Judges Quote Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Lorax’ in Denying Permit for Pipeline
December 19, 2018
A panel of judges in Virginia quoted The Lorax in denying a permit for a pipeline through 21 miles of national forest.
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Best College Art and History Museums in the Northeast
December 18, 2018The Hood Museum of Art, reopening next month after major renovation and expansion, is listed among the Northeast’s best college art and history museums. The website also cites the Orozco Murals in the Dartmouth Library’s Baker-Berry Library.
Connie Britton ’89 on ‘Dirty John’ and Strong Women, Including Another Alumna
December 17, 2018Actress Connie Britton ’89 talks about her role in the Bravo television drama Dirty John and her friendship with the New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, whom she got to know when both were undergraduates at Dartmouth.
Five Surprising Tips for New Engineering Students
December 13, 2018Thayer School of Engineering offers five tips for new engineering students, reports the website. The first is to take some classes outside the engineering field: “At Dartmouth, liberal arts provide grounding for the study of engineering.”
Warming in Arctic Raises Fears of a ‘Rapid Unraveling’ of the Region
December 12, 2018Thayer’s Donald K. Perovich, an expert on sea ice, says the big story for ice this year is “in the Bering Sea, off western Alaska, where the extent of sea ice reached a record low for virtually the entire winter,” writes the newspaper.
Dartmouth Is No. 2 Among 50 LGBT-Friendly Colleges
December 11, 2018Dartmouth is No. 2 among the nation’s top 50 LGBT-friendly colleges, according to Study.com, which notes the “annual LGBTQIA celebration called Dartmouth Pride Week,” and “numerous events for their LGBTQIA students throughout the year.”
List of Books Meant to Cure the Ills of Modern American Capitalism
December 10, 2018Tuck professor Sydney Finkelstein’s "Superbosses" reveals that “while successful bosses differ in personal styles, they all focus on identifying promising newcomers, inspiring their best work, and launching them into highly successful careers.”
New Software Will Let Artists Control How Light Interacts With Objects
December 06, 2018“There is a whole range of dramatically different appearances that artists just couldn’t explore until now,” says Dartmouth’s Wojciech Jarosz, part of a team studying how microscopic particles interact with light in the rendering of objects.
Cooling Off the Planet by Planting More Corn
December 05, 2018A study done by Dartmouth and MIT found that increased crop planting in the Midwest may have caused an increase in moisture in the atmosphere, which may have resulted in lower temperatures and more rainfall in the region, notes the website.
Pediatricians Want Parents to Stop Giving Toddlers Digital Toys
December 04, 2018Digital toys for toddlers? Maybe not. “Often parents may feel pressure to get their kids the newest, digital educational toy for their children, but this … is not needed,” says Geisel’s Jennifer Emond. Simpler may be better, she says.
Founding Contradiction: Thomas Jefferson’s Stand on Slavery
December 03, 2018NPR talks about Jefferson with historian Annette Gordon-Reed ’81, a former Dartmouth trustee and expert on the life of the third U.S. president, who says contradictions of Jefferson’s life are “a window into us, into who we are as Americans.”
Americans Are Dying Even Younger
November 30, 2018Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to decline, due largely to preventable causes of death such as “overdose, suicide, and … chronic lower-respiratory diseases, many of which are attributable to tobacco use,” says Dartmouth’s Ellen Meara.
Their Graduates in Demand, Engineering-Management Programs Gain in Popularity
November 29, 2018“There’s not a single company that isn’t touched by engineering and technology,” says Dartmouth’s Ross Gortner, Thayer ’03, ’04, in a story about master-of-engineering-management programs like the one at Thayer School of Engineering.
Claim of DNA-Edited Babies Raises Ethical Concerns
November 28, 2018Discussing claims of DNA editing, Dartmouth’s Ronald Green tells WMUR, “The problems are that rogue researchers will go ahead and introduce new techniques that are unnecessary and start a kind of arms race of having to have the perfect child.”
When You Have to Make Your Own Home for the Holidays
November 27, 2018Keshia Naurana Badalge ’16, an international student during her time at Dartmouth, couldn’t go home on school breaks. She writes about how she found other places and families to celebrate with.
Project for Women-Created Crossword Puzzles Finds All the Right Clues
November 26, 2018Dartmouth’s Laura Braunstein and a colleague created the Inkubator, a venue for publishing crossword puzzles created by women, writes NHPR. More diversity would mean crossword puzzles would have “broader appeal to greater audiences,” she says.
Rising to the Occasion: The 2018 International Black Theatre Summit
November 21, 2018Dartmouth’s Monica White Ndounou, the host of the summit, says it was “fertile ground for thinking through many of the structural challenges and opportunities across platforms. … I’m excited about the possibilities for sustained change.”
Kings, Tyrants, and Mobs: Shakespeare and Politics
November 20, 2018“Language dictates emotions, and emotions drive politics,” says Rockefeller Center senior lecturer Charles Wheelan ’88. With Professor Thomas Luxon, Wheelan spoke to VPR about Coriolanus, opening Nov. 30 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Three Lessons Startups Can Learn From Silicon Valley
November 19, 2018In a story about startups, the writer turns for comment to Dartmouth’s Sydney Finkelstein, who says “superbosses” become successful by creating “industrywide networks of people who have worked for them so that they’re always well-connected.”
‘Gerald Auten: Graphite Insomnia’ at White River Gallery
November 16, 2018“If this is the stuff of sleepless nights, it is as beautiful and elusive as dreaming itself,” writes a reviewer of Senior Lecturer in Studio Art Gerald Auten’s new show, which reflects “a fertile mind and the exacting pursuit of a vision.”