The five juniors and one senior selected as the College’s inaugural class of Stamps Scholars are planning and launching their projects this fall.
In a town hall meeting with around 115 faculty and staff Thursday, executive vice president and chief financial officer Rick Mills called for cross-campus dialogue about the College’s future. The informal, open gathering featured a brief talk by Mills, focused on current shifts in higher education, followed by questions from the audience.
More than 500 people have registered for one of the College's first EdX classes.
This week, 113 freshmen applied for 25 spots in the Dickey Center for International Understanding’s Great Issues Scholars program. They will join more than 50 participants living in the Global Village, a new living-learning community that will introduce a residential component to the program.
While transfer credits from courses taken at community colleges or other institutions still apply, this is the first year Dartmouth will stop granting pre-matriculation credit. Some students called the policy fair to those whose high schools did not offer college-level classes, but others said it would decrease D-Plan flexibility.
On the eve of the first anniversary of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s death, around 30 Dartmouth students gathered in support of the Venezuelan students thousands of miles away who are leading national protests against the regime of current president Nicolas Maduro.
On Monday — nearly 50 years after accepting their military commissions — Chilcote, McGrath and fellow veteran James Laughlin ’64 will return to speak to Miller’s class for a second time and to give a public lecture.
Students and faculty say that Folt’s handling of Willingham’s findings has shaped their perception of her leadership.
A Dartmouth Mock Trial Society team earned an honorable mention and a chance to advance to the next round of the American Mock Trial Association’s national tournament at a regional competition this weekend at St. Anselm College in Manchester. Dartmouth sent two teams of 10 students to the competition.
One screen shows five colored discs on three pegs, ready for the user to manipulate. Another presents faces and a word bank of possible emotions.