“You need to recruit the best and brightest in the field and give them some flexibility to act on their own initiative. We have to trust them to find the best way to get from A to B and not micromanage.”
Kendall Hoyt, assistant professor of medicine| USA Today
May 22, 2020
“Evidence suggests that for women with uncomplicated pregnancies, the chance of having an intervention-free birth is higher when women deliver with a midwife in a birthing center or at home than in the hospital.”
Zaneta Thayer, assistant professor of anthropology| Sapiens
May 20, 2020
“We need to build a health system that supports people when they are at risk, when they are doing better and when they can keep the risk from coming back.”
Philip Goodney, associate professor of surgery and professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice| ProPublica
May 19, 2020
“I have a lot of members of my family who are essential workers and I've been hearing lots of stories of the struggles they've been having finding the resources they need, so I wanted to find a way to help others in that situation.”
“As countries around the world ponder strategies for developing a COVID-19 vaccine, it should be clear that the fastest and most effective approach is to work together.”
Kendall Hoyt, assistant professor of medicine, and co-authors| Project Syndicate
May 15, 2020
“I'm really, really excited to go back … to see how things have changed when I have been gone and to do new science.”
Ian Raphael '18, Thayer '21, who spent six as part of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition in the Arctic| Valley News
May 14, 2020
“I think that this COVID pandemic is going to speed up the diversification of our educational models, but if there's anything that this pandemic has highlighted for us at Dartmouth, it is how much our students miss being in residence.”
“I think that this COVID pandemic is going to speed up the diversification of our educational models, but if there's anything that this pandemic has highlighted for us at Dartmouth, it is how much our students miss being in residence.”
“Too often, the reported statistics leave out demographic data, obscuring the enormous racializing and class-based impacts of COVID-19 infections.”
Jacqueline Wernimont, Distinguished Chair of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement| Wired
May 11, 2020
“To be able to connect with, in our case, 120-plus people around the country to conduct basically a virtual spring practice, coaches meetings, and so forth is phenomenal.”
Eugene "Buddy" Teevens '79, the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach| WCAX
May 8, 2020
“Beyond being empirically interesting, the midlife dip in well-being has implications for substantial parts of the world's population.”
David Blanchflower, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics| Brookings
May 7, 2020
“Living in isolation, confined with just a few other people, is a challenging thing to do, and it can be done successfully.”
Jay Buckey, professor of medicine at Geisel and a former NASA astronaut| NHRP
May 6, 2020
“The real-life implications of this drug are so profound that a condition that once killed most patients before they turned 30 has seemingly been transformed overnight.”
“Those who pin their hopes for a better Middle East on shocks that compel its leaders to reconsider their strategies stand to be disappointed.”
Ezzedine Fishere, senior lecturer, Middle Eastern Studies| The Washington Post
May 4, 2020
“The underlying massive change is that wealth no longer needs to justify itself—it is self-justifying. I look back, and I think, that's when we gave up on being a 'we.' ”
“The political future of the discriminatory handshake could be as easy to suspend as the handshake itself—and for perpetuity.”
Yuliya Komska, associate professor of German studies| Artforum
April 29, 2020
“We face a global health crisis and we must be laser-focused on resolving it. But as the coronavirus also takes down our economy, let's use our response to address an even more potent—albeit slower-moving—threat called climate change.”
Dan Reicher '78, member, the Irving Institute Advisory Board| The Hill
April 28, 2020
“Fans grieving the absence of sports … are starving for games to return. When they do, sports will once again play the role of national healer.”
“We need to be aware that this epidemic is far from over.”
Elliott Fisher, professor of medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute| CBS News
April 24, 2020
“Conspiracy theories seem especially likely to take hold during disasters and tragedies when people experience a loss of control and are trying to make sense of the world.”