President Sian Leah Beilock, right, and other senior leaders at Dartmouth get a tour of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on Dec. 8, talking here with Geisel School of Medicine professor Margaret Karagas, the chair of the Department of Epidemiology. Second from left is Joanne Conroy ’77, the president and CEO of Dartmouth Health. (Photo by Mark Washburn)

President Beilock, a cognitive scientist, gets information about the Center for Surgical Innovation , a joint collaboration between Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the Geisel School of Medicine, and Thayer School of Engineering, from neurosurgical oncologist Linton Evans, an assistant professor at Geisel. To the right of President Beilock is Interim Chief Advancement Officer Ann Root Keith. (Photo by Mark Washburn)

Members of the Dartmouth community celebrated the lighting of the menorah for Hanukkah on Thursday, Dec. 7. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)

Rabbi Moshe Gray of Chabad at Dartmouth lights the menorah on the Green Thursday evening to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)

President Sian Leah Beilock, second from right, joins other community members on the Green Thursday evening as the menorah is lit to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)

Hundreds of community members and Hanover-area residents attended the annual Christmas tree lighting on the Green on Dec. 1. Despite some rain, the lights came through. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Some boys from the Hanover area hopped up from the crowd to join Harmony Nights while they sang carols at the annual Christmas tree lighting on the Green. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Maya Barrell and Robert Gill enjoy the tree lighting. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Dean of Libraries Sue Mehrer, center, and Head of Special Collections Jay Satterfield give President Sian Leah Beilock a tour of the Rauner Special Collections Library. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)

CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker, center, walks around campus with Senior Lecturer Ezzedine Fishere, left, and Visiting Professor Bernard Avishai as part of his reporting for a 60 Minutes segment on Dartmouth academic forums about the Israeli-Hamas war. (Photo by Amy Olson)

Dartmouth community members peruse the soy wax candles on Melissa Rothenberg’s Fat Max Design Co. table at the annual Tuck holiday craft fair. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Every year the Tuck School of Business hosts a craft fair in Stell Hall where members of the Dartmouth community can support local artisans with holiday purchases. Candles, blankets, hats, and Christmas tree ornaments are yearly offerings. (Photo by Robert GIll)

An ornament adorns the Christmas tree in Stell Hall, where Tuck held its annual craft fair. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Hanover Improvement Society General Manager Jeff Graham, center, looks on as John Pepper ’91, Tuck ’97, right, shows Nugget Arcade Manager Clem Powers where to attach his stars to power outlets. Pepper organized the distribution of the stars Dartmouth had purchased for the town from outside his Hanover Boloco location. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Clem Powers, manager of the Nugget Arcade, hangs some stars on the sign in front of the building. Dartmouth helped the Hanover Improvement Society buy 100 stars that downtown businesses will hang through January. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Earth sciences researcher Vivien Taylor tests samples for traces of mercury in the Steele Laboratory. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Scenes from the Hanover Inn’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation-themed gingerbread house, which sparks amusement in the lobby every December. Pam Brochu, head of the inn’s bakery, designed and created most of the structure, while Jessica Lake brought all the characters to life. Front desk clerk Bill Kimball also had a hand in designing the RV and some of the animals. (Photo by Robert Gill)