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Recent graduates live, work in Hanover

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Despite the completion of their undergraduate degrees, many members of the Class of 2012 continue to populate the Green, Dartmouth's graduate school campuses and fraternity basements as they explore academic and employment opportunities in Hanover. Marietta Smith '12, who returned to Hanover in the middle of Summer term, will spend a gap year serving as a teaching and research assistant to engineering professor Joseph Rosen and applying to medical schools.


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The College reflects on 40 coed years

In the fall of 1972, the College enrolled 200 full-time female students, making Dartmouth one of the last Ivy League schools to become coeducational.


After a successful open rush event last year, Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority will allow members of the Class of 2015 to
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EKT holds second open rush process

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Tracy Wang / The Dartmouth After the success of last year's event, Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority will hold another open rush process this year, according to EKT president Carla Galarza '13. In a process similar to men's rush, members of the Class of 2015 have been invited to EKT's physical plant on Sept.


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Daily Debriefing

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U.S. News and World Report ranked Dartmouth 10th among its 2013 national university rankings, released Wednesday, according to a College press release.


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Great Issues program gains new components

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The Great Issues Scholars program was created by the Dickey Center for International Understanding in 2009 with the intent of engaging first-year students, and it has since provided an opportunity for participants to pursue their global ambitions both on campus and around the world, according to Dickey Center Student Programs Officer Amy Newcomb. Before the creation of the program, administrators at the Dickey Center realized that most events and programs in international affairs were targeted at upperclassmen, according to Acting Director of the Dickey Center and government professor Christianne Wohlforth.


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Computing changes strengthen security

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Computing Services has implemented a number of changes intended to streamline the way students access online services, connect to the Internet, store data and communicate with each other, according to Director of Academic and Campus Technology Services William Garrity. Students must now use a single username, in the form of their "NetID," and password for all of the College's online services, Garrity said.


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Geisel School partners with Peruvian leaders

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Courtesy of DCHCDS Following the success of a four-week pilot program designed to evaluate community health and medical sites within Peru this summer, the Geisel School of Medicine has announced plans to partner with the Peruvian government. The pilot program designed by Peruvian native Jaime Bayona, the director of global health programs and practice at the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science and a professor of community and family medicine at Geisel enabled five undergraduates and three medical students to visit non-governmental organizations, clinics and government organizations throughout Peru during July and the first week in August, according to Geisel student Anna Huh. Bayona is the co-founder and former director of Socios En Salud, the Peruvian branch of Partners In Health.



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College welcomes 23 new professors

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This year, 23 new professors will join the Dartmouth faculty in 17 different departments, according to Janet Terp, chief of staff for the Administration and Advancement for Arts and Sciences.


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Daily Debriefing

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When asked to select comparable institutions, colleges typically chose schools of higher status rather than delineating actual peers, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.


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Pilot program guides professors in op-ed writing

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To help professors share their academic research in public forums, English professor Colleen Boggs and government professor Jennifer Lind have collaborated to bring The Op-Ed Project, a national initiative provides training in writing opinion columns to academics and professionals at Dartmouth. Working with corporations, foundations, nonprofit organizations, think tanks, universities and community organizations throughout the United States, The Op-Ed Project seeks to incorporate more individuals' voices into public forums of discussion by teaching them to present their research in a format that will appeal to a broader audience.


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Student groups take summer service trips

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Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Despite bus breakdowns and challenges with government bureaucracy, the Big Green Bus and Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering promoted both sustainability and philanthropic engineering projects through entirely student-led trips this summer. The 10 students on the Big Green Bus crew were on the road for 12 weeks and arrived back on campus Sept.


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Deans Office pilots advising programs

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Two pilot advising initiatives will supplement existing Deans Office programs this academic year, easing freshmen's transition into academic life at Dartmouth, according to Inge-Lise Ameer, associate dean of the College for student academic support services.


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Daily Debriefing

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Vanderbilt University graduate student Kimberly Muhich is suing the university, claiming the school failed to inform her of the full conditions of her financial aid grant, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.


Construction on the Sarner Underground, slated to open this week, has been delayed several times.
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New social space to open this week in '53 Commons

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Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth More than two years after construction began on the Class of 1953 Commons, the Sarner Underground will open later this week in the dining hall's basement, offering an alternative social space that will cater to a wide range of student activities, according to Eric Ramsey, the director of the Collis Center.


The College initiated the year with the annual Convocation ceremony, including speeches from key campus figures and musical groups.
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243rd Convocation marks new year

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Tracy Wang / The Dartmouth Award-winning filmmaker Ricki Stern '87 and Student Body President Suril Kantaria '13 urged students to embrace and overcome failure at Convocation on Monday afternoon in Leede Arena, marking the commencement of the College's 243rd year.


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Career Services to offer new programs for Fall quarter

In an effort to increase its accessibility and usefulness to students, Career Services has designed a new website, launched a series of seminars and organized the first annual Law School Fair over the past year.



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Daily Debriefing

The Pell Grant program's total cost decreased by $2.2 billion last year even though the total number of grant recipients increased, resulting in smaller awards for lower-income students, Inside Higher Ed reported.