“This is a radically new approach to evaluating workplace performance using passive sensing data from phones and wearables, mobile sensing, and machine learning.”
—Andrew Campbell, professor of computer sciencein TimesNowNews
June 24, 2019
“Such international recognition of the battle (of Kohima) is vital because it reminds us that World War II was truly global, with pivotal conflicts outside of the European and Pacific theaters.”
—Lydia Walker, a U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understandingin The Washington Post
June 21, 2019
“Access to justice remains one of the most important commitments that a society makes to its people.”
—Dan Rockmore, associate dean of sciences, the William H. Neukom 1964 Distinguished Professor of Computational Science, and a co-writerin Slate
June 20, 2019
“Our greatest strength as a partnership is a true selflessness on either side because we know that a rising tide lifts all ships and, ultimately, we are on the same ship.”
—Alexi Pappas ’12 and Jeremy Teicher ’10, filmmakersin Talkhouse
June 19, 2019
“Diagnostic genetic tests look for specific changes in the DNA, in specific genes that are relatively well-proven to cause those genes not to work properly and for the person to develop disease. They are highly reliable and very accurate.”
—William Feero, associate professor of community and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicinein Insider
June 18, 2019
“The Fed is going to try to act sooner rather than later. If they wait too long, it will be much more difficult to get out of trouble.”
“It’s culture that inspires deep learning and curiosity, that makes us want to seek the universal principles that drive everything.”
—Yo-Yo Ma, cellist and Dartmouth’s 2019 commencement speakerin USA Today
June 14, 2019
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”
—Michelle Khare ’14 whose YouTube channel, “Challenge Accepted,” just topped 1 million subscribersin Tubefilter
June 13, 2019
“Finishing the challenge on the road or on the trail builds self-esteem, becoming a symbol of achievement for many other obstacles in life, with or without running shoes on.”
—Marcelo Gleiser, the Appleton Professorship of Natural Philosophy and professor of physics and astronomyin Orbiter
June 12, 2019
“It’s easy to imagine; you just erase all the ice. What’s hard to imagine is what all the ramifications would be.”
—Professor of Engineering Donald Perovich, a member of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climatein The Washington Post
June 11, 2019
“Never abuse this power. It is a gift.”
—Yo-Yo Ma, musician and Dartmouth’s 2019 commencement speakerin NHPR
June 10, 2019
“Through a self-driving car’s global positioning, system, navigational tools, and other data collection mechanisms, companies will be able to gain access to highly contextual data about passengers’ habits, routines, movements, and preferences.”
“Without active, intentional integration, even the most stably diverse neighborhoods in Boston are reinforcing racial inequality.”
—Emily Walton, associate professor of sociologyin WBUR
June 6, 2019
“If you haven’t seen the museum in three months, it’s time to come back.”
—John Stomberg, the Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director of the Hood Museum of Artin Valley News
June 5, 2019
“What began as a pointed anti-nuclear fable has since evolved into a broader allegory for human folly and our reckless disregard for the natural environment.”
—Nathaniel Dominy, the Charles Hansen Professor of Anthropology and Ryan Calsbeek, associate professor of biological sciencein The New York Times
June 4, 2019
“Avoiding tax successfully while staying just on the right side of the law is a skill, and that’s what wealth managers are trained to do.”
“If Godzilla is the embodiment of our anxiety, then our collective anxiety appears to be spiking as it did during the nuclear age of the 1950s.”
—Nathaniel Dominy, the Charles Hansen Professor of Anthropology, and Ryan Calsbeek, associate professor of biological sciencesin Tech Times
May 31, 2019
“At the heart of it, this very fun and tongue-in-cheek paper has some real relevance. It gave us a chance to look at all the different types of anxiety that are manifesting around the globe.”
—Ryan Calsbeek, associate professor of biological sciences and co-author of a paper about Godzilla published in the journal “Science”in Ottawa Citizen
May 30, 2019
“It’s easy to forget that keeping friends takes work. It may seem simple, but simply spending time together—in person, on the phone, or even on social media—is incredibly important.”
—Janice McCabe, associate professor of sociologyin NBC News