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Sounds of Home

By Numaira Khan | October 4, 2017

After listening to Jacob Kirkegaard's sound expedition in Fairchild, Numaira investigates the sounds of home.

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Dartmouth releases annual Security and Fire Safety report

By Rachel Pakianathan | October 4, 2017

Dartmouth released its annual Security and Fire Safety report — also known as the Clery Act report — for 2016 on Sunday, showing no major changes from last year’s report, which noted a sharp decrease in reported rape cases. Clery Act Compliance Officer Allison O’Connell said that the College annually discloses incidents of crime and fire that have occurred on or around Dartmouth property.

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STEM program draws inspiration from ENGS 21

By Eileen Brady | October 3, 2017

Founded in 2013 by George Boateng ’16 Th’17, Project iSWEST, which stands for Innovating Solutions with Engineering, Science and Technology, is a three-week summer program for high school students in Ghana based in part on the College’s curriculum for Engineering Sciences 21, “Introduction to Engineering.” The course serves as the flagship program of the Nsesa Foundation, a nonprofit founded and run by Boateng and six of his colleagues.  Nsesa, which means “change” in the Ghanaian language Twi, hopes to help young people use science, technology, engineering and math to benefit their communities, according to the foundation’s website.

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Online course on bipedalism launches

By Maria Harrast | October 3, 2017

On Sept. 26, the College released its latest massive open online course, or MOOC, called “Bipedalism: The Science of Upright Walking.” Taught by anthropology professor Jeremy DeSilva, this free five-week course, open to the public, is the newest addition to DartmouthX, a collection of Dartmouth MOOCs created over the past three years. The course is comprised of five units: comparative anatomy, evolutionary origins, evolutionary history, human variation and the trade-offs of bipedalism, DeSilva said.

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