Special Issue

Senior fellows adapt to COVID-19 challenges

By Jacob Strier | June 14, 2020

Senior fellows, whose year-long research projects accompany or take the place of a major, have worked through unforeseen challenges due to COVID-19, including halted lab experiments and reconfigured presentations. 

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Special Issue

Sheinberg: Keeping the Door Open

By Aidan Sheinberg | June 14, 2020

I’ve never been a fan of goodbyes.

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Special Issue

Editors' Note

By Christina Baris and Ioana Andrada Pantelimon | June 14, 2020

If there’s one thing we’ve learned to expect in these past months, it’s the unexpected. Emails flood our inboxes, each expressing the consequences of “these unprecedented, uncertain times.” While the context of your departure from Dartmouth is certainly unique, we know that this is not the first time your Dartmouth experience has been unpredictable.

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Cartoon

Lest the Old Traditions Fail

By Winston Chen | February 7, 2020

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Special Issue

'It felt very much like a punishment': Medical leave at Dartmouth

By Aleka Kroitzsh | February 7, 2020

In spring 2018, a student visited her friend Jeremy Hadfield ’21’s room after not hearing from him for several days and found a carefully-crafted suicide note on his desk.

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Special Issue

Legacy admissions has a complicated history at selective schools

By Emily Zhang | February 7, 2020

At Dartmouth, as well as other highly selective schools, legacy status has had, and continues to have, a noticeable presence in admissions.

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Special Issue

Q&A with Safety and Security Officer Teddy Willey

By Jacob Strier | February 7, 2020

Safety and Security Officer Teddy Willey has kept a close eye on campus from his cruiser, and when the weather permits, his bicycle, for over 20 years.

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Special Issue

Gap years offer opportunities to explore passions, take a break

By Coalter Palmer | February 7, 2020

Each year, two- to three- dozen incoming students decide to postpone their matriculation to Dartmouth, opting to spend a year in between their senior year of high school and college working, volunteering, traveling or engaging in a combination of these experiences, according to director of admissions Paul Sunde.

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Special Issue

College, PBS department see changes after lawsuit

By Amber Bhutta | February 7, 2020

In the aftermath of the federal class action lawsuit that brought forth allegations of years of sexual misconduct by three former professors in the psychological and brain sciences department, the Dartmouth community has experienced a number of changes.

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Special Issue

Students balance classwork and extracurriculars with campus jobs

By Pierce Wilson | February 7, 2020

At Dartmouth, where 10-week terms keep students busy and pressure runs high to participate in extracurricular activities, compete for employment opportunities and have a vibrant social life, it can be difficult to imagine students have time for anything else.  

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Special Issue

Verbum Ultimum: Good Terms for Interns

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 7, 2020

The College must support a diverse set of off-term pursuits. 

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Special Issue

Many students take advantage of College's study abroad options

By Debby Cobon | February 7, 2020

One aspect of Dartmouth that draws students to the College is its study abroad offerings and the College’s commitment to the value of global learning through international study and global engagement.

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Special Issue

Levy: Still in Crisis?

By Gabrielle Levy | February 7, 2020

Dartmouth's mental health services are stuck. 

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Special Issue

Opinions differ on state of House system

By Emily Lu | February 7, 2020

East Wheelock House Professor Sergi Elizalde’s home on campus is neatly surrounded by the East Wheelock residence halls: Andres, McCulloch, Morton and Zimmerman.

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Special Issue

Second College Grant provides enterprise, recreation for Dartmouth

By Marco Allen | February 7, 2020

In the rural region of northern New Hampshire lies an area of land roughly the size of San Francisco owned and operated by the College.

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Special Issue

Khanna: The Necessity of a Natural Education

By Maya Khanna | February 7, 2020

Dartmouth should renew its commitment to outdoor education. 

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Special Issue

Editor's Note: Winter Carnival Special Issue

By Savannah Eller and Chantal Elias | February 7, 2020

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News

The evolution of Dartmouth's Homecoming through the ages

By Hayden Welty | October 11, 2019

Given the ubiquity of Homecoming in contemporary American society, it can appear as though the tradition has always existed; even at Dartmouth, however, this celebration did not begin with the institution’s founding in 1769.

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News

Q&A with College President Phil Hanlon

By Maggie Doyle and Arielle Beak | October 11, 2019

The editors of The Dartmouth Homecoming Special Issue, Maggie Doyle ’22 and Arielle Beak ’22, sat down with President Hanlon to discuss his personal journey at Dartmouth, mental health on campus, the new residential access policy, and his vision for the College as a global research institution.

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News

Black community groups look to help College address history

By Lauren Adler | October 11, 2019

When Dartmouth graduated its first black student, Edward Mitchell, in 1828, the College did not keep records of students’ race. While some mixed-race students may have attended earlier and graduated, there is no official documentation of their presence on campus. This year, in honor of Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary, the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association is working to change that.

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