Baker-Berry Library will be silent. Few people will be heard chatting in the halls of Fahey-McLane residential hall. But the machine shop at the Thayer School of Engineering will be whirring between Dec. 7 through 10, as engineering students learn to engrave with state-of-the-art laser cutters.
The Canadian groundfruit of Dartmouth Outing Club’s First-Year Trips is just one of the delicacies the Big Green offers its students after they matriculate. Back on campus, students can select from a variety of establishments run by Dartmouth Dining Services.
The Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) at the Geisel School of Medicine was recently awarded a five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The $3.8 million grant will be used to pilot a new Northeast Node in NIDA’s National Clinical Trials Network (CTN).
On Wednesday, the Student Assembly announced that it had succeeded in shifting this fall’s weekend classes to later hours. Classes will begin at 10 a.m. and 8:45 a.m., rather than 8 a.m., on the Saturdays of Sept. 26 and Oct. 24, respectively.
Campus has been home to some new faces over the past few weeks. For the second consecutive year, the College hosted the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a flagship program of President Obama’s Youth African Leaders Initiative, a State Department-led program that equips young African leaders with the skills and resources necessary to foster change in their communities.
On August 1, Dino Koff will become the College’s new financial aid director. He succeeds Virginia Hazen, who will retire this summer after 45 years of at the College, 25 of which were spent as financial aid director.
In the past week, the men’s and women’s tennis teams were honored as Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic teams and the men’s and women’s track and field program was recognized as a U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team. Seven members of the sailing team were also honored.