“As children, we come to associate fall with going back to school, new school supplies, seeing friends. It’s exciting, for most. We still respond to this pattern that we experienced for eighteen years.”
—Kathryn Lively, interim dean of the College and professor of sociologyin Brit + Co
August 31, 2018
“I’m willing to try things at Telluride at Dartmouth that I’m not going to see at the theater.”
—Sydney Stowe, director of film, the Hopkins Center for the Artsin Valley News
August 30, 2018
“During a time with a lot of uncertainty—there’s been a lot of political turmoil over what will or won’t happen with Obamacare—these gains we’ve made in reducing the number of uninsured have held pretty steady.”
—Ellen Meara, professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and adjunct professor in economicsin HealthDay News
August 29, 2018
“His strategy was to go to as many town halls, meet as many voters, talk about policy, get to know people, allow them to get to know him, and that was a strategy that worked. Sometimes John McCain was called the third senator from New Hampshire because we liked him so much.”
—Joseph Bafumi, assistant professor of governmentin MyChamplainValley
August 28, 2018
“With the economic power and political influence of the U.S. on the wane, cracks are appearing in the global English phenomenon.”
—Roberto Rey Agudo, research assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguesein Los Angeles Times
August 27, 2018
“This is another piece of the puzzle that very much confirms that the picture that was taking place before, which is that he (Japan’s wartime emperor, Hirohito) was extremely culpable, and after the war he was devastated about this.”
“E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product now among American adolescents, more so than cigarettes. These are the products that young people seem to be turning to, and they continue to turn away from cigarettes.”
—James Sargent, the Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart Professor at the Geisel School of Medicinein CNN
August 23, 2018
“Criticism does not mean you are failing.”
—Lara Ronan, associate professor of neurology and of medicinein In-House
August 21, 2018
“They say history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. When you read about the 1950s, there’s a lot of rhyming.”
“The possibilities for developing a sustainable approach to aquaculture are exciting.”
—Pallab Sarker, research assistant professor of environmental studiesin FoodIngredientsFirst
August 17, 2018
“That’s kind of the next question we’re going to tackle … how much of this is caused by that shift in ocean temperatures, caused by climate variability, and how much of it is really driven by greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.”
—Jonathan Winter, assistant professor of geographyin VPR
August 16, 2018
“Tariffs are not generally used as a part of a sanctions regime to change political behavior. More often you would see embargoes or prohibitions.”
—Douglas Irwin, the John French Professor of Economicsin MarketWatch
August 15, 2018
“Like any fast-developing technology, 3-D printing, described more technically as ‘additive manufacturing,’ is susceptible to a variety of misconceptions.”
—Richard D’Aveni, the Bakala Professor of Strategy at the Tuck School of Businessin The Journal Gazette
August 14, 2018
“You can’t learn anything when you talk, only when you listen.”
“People see (Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko) as sincerely and respectfully trying to reach out to wartime victims in a deeply symbolic and very reconciliatory way.”
—Jennifer Lind, associate professor of governmentin Reuters
August 10, 2018
“Trump’s economic policies are likely to increase the trade deficit, not reduce it, because they will reduce national savings.”