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(10/17/24 9:10am)
On Sept. 10, former Manchester, N.H. mayor Joyce Craig won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Craig — who served as mayor from January 2018 to January 2024 — won the primary with a six-point lead over executive councilor Cinde Warmington. Next month, she will face Republican nominee Kelly Ayotte in the race to replace incumbent Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who announced in July 2023 that he will step down after four terms in office. The Dartmouth sat down with Craig to discuss her candidacy and tenure as Manchester’s mayor.
(10/16/24 9:41pm)
Parkhurst Hall was vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti on Oct. 16, according to images reviewed by The Dartmouth. Vandalism included the words “Free Palestine” and “Divest” and red spray paint on the Parkhurst steps and walls.
(10/18/24 9:00am)
An anonymous $15 million alumni donation will help the College fund more than 300 additional internships each year, the College announced on Sept. 27.
(10/17/24 9:05am)
On Sept. 25, the Grafton County Superior Court held a non-evidentiary hearing to consider “legal issues” in the resentencing case of Robert Tulloch. Tulloch was convicted in 2002 of the murders of German studies and comparative literature professor Susanne Zantop and Earth sciences professor Half Zantop.
(10/15/24 9:05am)
On Sept. 30, the Dickey Center for International Understanding hosted former Iranian ambassador to Germany Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Brookings Institution vice president Suzanne Maloney for an event titled “Israel and Iran: The Future of the Middle East.”
(10/15/24 9:00am)
In 2019, five years after Russia invaded Crimea and the Donbas, sparking the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian-born Oleksandr Zavalov ’26 founded the Futurevia Foundation — a nonprofit organization that provides aid to Ukraine. Since its founding, Futurevia has raised $1 million through donations to support Ukrainians’ educational, medical and financial needs and has been supported by more than 50 volunteers in Ukraine, Zavalov said. The Dartmouth spoke with Zavalov about fundraising efforts and his experience as Futurevia’s CEO.
(10/11/24 9:10am)
On Oct. 7, Hillel at Dartmouth and the Rohr Chabad Center at Dartmouth hosted a vigil in remembrance of Hamas’s attack on Israel one year earlier. Approximately 100 community members gathered on the Green to honor the lives lost.
(10/11/24 9:00am)
After winning the Republican primary with 56.2% of the vote on Sept. 10, Kim Strathdee became the Republican nominee for New Hampshire’s second Executive Council district. Strathdee has sought the office three times before, in 2018, 2020 and 2022. New Hampshire’s Executive Council is composed of five districts that each elect a representative to work closely with the governor, according to previous reporting from The Dartmouth. The council approves the majority of spending from legislative appropriations and confirms gubernatorial nominations. The Dartmouth sat down with Strathdee to discuss her background, motivation for running and what she hopes to accomplish.
(10/11/24 9:05am)
Approximately 600 Upper Valley community members attended the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Oct. 5, according to event chairperson Kathy Harvard.
(10/10/24 9:05am)
On Oct. 7, 32 Dartmouth students completed the Dartmouth Outing Club Fifty, a roughly 54-mile overnight hike from Moosilauke Ravine Lodge to campus. This year, nine groups of four participated in the biannual hike, which also takes place during the summer term.
(10/10/24 9:00am)
Over the past few months, Fellowships and Scholars Programs director and English professor Christie Harner has kept busy helping students and alumni navigate the postgraduate fellowships process — which came to a close for many with the Fulbright Program deadline on Oct. 8. This year, a record high number of Dartmouth students submitted applications to “the big three” postgraduate awards — the Fulbright Program, Marshall Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship, according to Harner. The Dartmouth spoke with Harner about her role as fellowships director and her reflections on this year’s application process.
(10/08/24 9:10am)
On Monday, the government department canceled a scheduled talk with Georgia State University political science professor Toby Bolsen, according to an Oct. 7 email obtained and reviewed by The Dartmouth. Bolsen is a registered child sex offender in the state of Illinois.
(10/08/24 9:05am)
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership has been organizing the Latine and Caribbean Heritage Celebration 2024 — its annual month-long series of events. This year’s theme is “creative pioneers,” according to OPAL Latine and Caribbean student advisor Lucrecia Calleros.
(10/08/24 9:00am)
Beginning in summer 2024, Undergraduate Research Assistantships at Dartmouth raised its termly research stipend from $1,200 to $1,600, according to undergraduate advising and research director Margaret Funnell. At the same time, URAD also reduced the maximum number of terms students can qualify for funding from five to four, she added.
(10/08/24 9:15am)
On Sept. 19, Dartmouth fired family giving coordinator Marc Jacques, according to a College spokesperson. Six months earlier, Jacques had pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of distribution of child pornography.
(10/07/24 9:00am)
As members of the Class of 2025 navigate the job hunting process, some may worry about a bad job market with high unemployment and slow hiring. While some have locked down return offers on summer internships, others are just beginning the search.
(10/04/24 9:00am)
Sorority recruitment began on Sept. 30 with a heightened focus on diversity and financial aid transparency, according to Inter-Sorority Council president Hannah Shariff ’25.
(10/04/24 9:10am)
The Arab Student Association held a candlelight vigil on Tuesday in remembrance of those who have recently died in Lebanon. Last month, Israel started carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon, targeting senior leaders of Hezbollah.
(10/03/24 9:10am)
Starting in January 2025, students will have the option to swipe in at the Class of 1953 Commons with palm biometric recognition technology provided by Idemia — a technology company that specializes in biometrics and cryptography — rather than with physical ID cards, according to Dartmouth Dining director Jon Plodzik. Other dining locations are also undergoing changes, Plodzik said, including a new boba menu at Cafe@Baker launched at the start of fall term and a new ordering kiosk at Courtyard Cafe coming in March 2025.
(10/03/24 9:00am)
On Sept. 16, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting free speech rights, improved Dartmouth’s “speech code rating” to the “green light” level. FIRE and online survey company College Pulse originally ranked Dartmouth 224th out of 251 schools with a “yellow light” rating in their annual collaborative College Free Speech Rankings on Sept. 5.
