College joins online learning platform edX
DartmouthX will launch its initial course this fall and plans to offer three additional MOOCs during the 2014-2015 academic year.
DartmouthX will launch its initial course this fall and plans to offer three additional MOOCs during the 2014-2015 academic year.
In a lecture on Thursday afternoon, Sunstein explored the advantages and disadvantages of impersonal default laws, generic data rules applied en masse, versus active choosing, where the consumer decides which information to share with retailers.
POLAR VORTEX BETA'S BACK: Break out your America gear — probation is over. SNOW SCULPTURE MYSTERY: We are more and more intrigued with every single wooden board that gets placed on this mystery box... DARTMOUTH OLYMPIANS: Did you know that 25 Dartmouth athletes are going for gold at the Sochi Olympics this winter?
Fagin is one of 1,058 individuals chosen by Mars One — a program that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet — to advance into the second round of its application process.
After a whirlwind of controversy surrounding the revocation of his offer to become Tucker Foundation dean, the Right Rev. James Tengatenga started his position as a presidential fellow at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass. this month.
In case you were wondering, toothpaste, or what we recognize as toothpaste, was first invented by Washington Sheffield in 1892. Various other tooth-cleaning agents had been used before then, including but not limited to crushed bone, salt, charcoal and pulverized brick.
The men’s and women’s hockey teams face crucial ECAC games this weekend. The women (5-13-1, 4-8-1 ECAC) will play Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College, looking to pick up four points in the standings, while the men (3-13-3, 2-9-1 ECAC) square off against RPI on the road.
Basketball, captain Tyler Melville ’14 said, is in his blood.
Sasha Nanji ’13 is a former Big Green hockey player and will write a column every other week about her life post-Dartmouth as a professional hockey player in Canada.
Dinesh D’Souza ’83 was indicted for campaign finance fraud on Thursday in relation to a 2012 U.S. Senate election. Although no candidates were named in the indictment, news organizations report that the race concerned was between Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-N.Y. and Republican challenger Wendy Long ’82.
The College announced today that it will begin offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, through the online learning platform edX. DartmouthX will launch its initial course this fall and plans to offer three additional MOOCs during the 2014-2015 year.
Ninety-five women received bids at the conclusion of the winter Panhellenic sorority recruitment on Tuesday, according to Panhellenic Council vice president of recruitment Mandy Bowers ’14.
The website, launched Wednesday, serves as an outlet to suggest, vote on and discuss ideas that could benefit campus.
Hosted by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning and Sexual Abuse Awareness Program, the 90-minute sessions use interactive discussion to teach faculty how to assist students and colleagues that seek their help after incidents of sexual violence.
Solving global issues of resource efficiency and pollution requires creative thinking and flexibility. To equip student leaders with these skills, the sustainability office will launch a new program called Ecovate next week.
Canta Chorale, a student-run choral-orchestral group that specializes in classical music, will perform its first concert on Sunday in Rollins Chapel. The repertoire will include 12 pieces from the 17th through 20th centuries.
Dartmouth should raise awareness about eating disorders.
The Hopkins Center's workshops are underutilized resources.
As the women’s hockey team gears up for two major conference tilts this weekend against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College, all eyes will be on forward Lindsey Allen ’16, who leads Dartmouth in scoring with 15 points and 10 goals.
Note to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found thatJake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, wedecided to remove his articles from our website.\n For a full statement, clickhere.