Athletes must improvise before this year's NFL draft, the paper says. Dartmouth's Jared Gerbino '20 notes that "if you are talented, it's gonna get out there and people will see it even if scouts can't physically come and watch you do it."
In an opinion piece, Dartmouth's Vijay Govindarajan and a co-author write that there are "many indicators that this crisis is going to transform many aspects of life. Education could be one of them if remote teaching proves to be a success."
"The experimental filmmaker Jodie Mack is secretly one of the best directors of musicals working today," says the paper, which features the associate professor's short animated film Curses as one of its "short film of the day" picks.
In a column, Amal Cheema, Geisel '23, appeals to her generation: "If there has ever been a time for altruism, for self-sacrifice, this is it. Our communities and countries need us in overcoming one of the biggest crises of our lives."
"The year 2020 will be remembered as a turnaround point in human history. Not just because many will die, but because the Covid-19 pandemic is offering us a chance to reinvent ourselves," says Dartmouth's Marcelo Gleiser in an opinion piece.
In a story about information—and misinformation—being communicated about COVID-19, the website turns to a study by Dartmouth's Brendan Nyhan. In early stages, when a disease is not well known, information can quickly become outdated, he says.
Gunnar Esiason, Tuck '21, who has lived with CF since age 2, talks about being on high alert during the pandemic. He takes every precaution, but says that "what we know from some of the early data is that COVID-19 doesn't really spare anyone."
In a story about how people are coping with self-isolation, Katherine Goyette '22 says her "most recent dictum is to quarantine nonperishable groceries for one to three days (depending on packaging) before letting them enter the house."
In a story about the economy, Vox turns to Dartmouth's Bruce Sacerdote '90, who says a new recession will, as in 2008, hit hardest those with the least education and resources. "The gap by education will be strong again, if not stronger."
In a story on COVID-19's impact on research, Dartmouth's Mary Albert says her team halted an April visit to Qaanaaq, Greenland, where they are developing sustainable energy projects, relying on email, phone calls, and teleconferencing instead.
A story about medical students throughout the United States volunteering to help physicians on the frontlines of the pandemic mentions Dartmouth's Stephen Conn, Geisel '22, who last week started the COVID-19 Healthcare Workers Childcare Co-op.
In a story about the impact of high-resolution satellites, AI, and other tools, Dartmouth's Jonathan Chipman says a lot depends on how "the data are being distributed, how widely available are they, and how easy are they to use."
Tuck's Paul Argenti, who studies crisis communication, says he tells students and clients that it's vital "to communicate early and often with your key constituencies throughout a crisis. … it is still better to be as transparent as you can."
Renowned anthropologist and filmmaker David Feingold '62 first visited Cambodia as an undergraduate at Dartmouth, he tells the paper during an interview about his upcoming photo exhibition and film screening in Cambodia's Meta House.
In the newspaper's report on college rankings, Dartmouth is on its list of the top 10 midsize institutions of higher learning in the nation. The schools considered midsize are those with 3,000 to 10,000 undergraduates, reports the newspaper.
VPR interviews Dartmouth's Jeff Sharlet about his new book and the late-night interviews that he did as research. "I was fortunate in finding people who were working night shifts of their own and could share their lives with me," he says.
USC medical student Drayton Harvey '17 tells the American Medical Association that his four years of research as an undergraduate at Dartmouth led to published studies and gave him experience that strengthened his medical school applications.
Amanda Trunzo '11, who played ice hockey at Dartmouth, is the reigning women's world champion of the extreme sport of ice cross downhill, reports the newspaper. She keeps fit with workouts on a skating treadmill, yoga, and much more.
It is not due to a lack of ambition that women fill only a fifth of top executive jobs, Noreen Doyle, Tuck '74, tells CNBC. The slow progress clearly indicates that "there are a lot of subtle ways where men have been advantaged over women."
A study co-authored by Dartmouth's Brendan Nyhan suggests that fringe "fake news" websites supply only a small amount of the information people take in about politics, Poynter reports. Most of it, Nyhan says, comes from mainstream sources.