Former directorate member Laura Weiss '16 reflects on losses she's experienced and how her perspective on Dartmouth has changed throughout her four years here.
With a yield of 50.4 percent for the Class of 2019, the proportion of students accepting the College's offer of admission has declined from last year's yield of 54.5 percent but is up from 48.5 percent in 2013. For the past decade, the yearly yield rate has hovered around 50 percent, according to a College statement.
Associate dean of the faculty for the arts and humanities Adrian Randolph has been selected to take on the role of dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University beginning July 1, according to a Northwestern press release.
The College entered the national media spotlight again last week as College President Phil Hanlon announced his Moving Dartmouth Forward plan, with most coverage focusing on the decision to ban hard alcohol on campus.
WISE @ Dartmouth will begin its first support group — a weekly, student-run group for self-identifying women who have experienced emotional, physical or sexual abuse or stalking — next week, Caeli Cavanagh ’14, a co-chair of WISE @ Dartmouth, said.
Geisel School of Medicine pharmacology and toxicology professor Michael Spinella is being awarded a $250,000 two-year grant by the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to support his research, which could lead to a treatment for testicular cancer that is more effective and less toxic than current treatment options. Spinella is among five researchers across the country receiving a 2014 Reach Grant from the foundation, which gives the grants to move childhood cancer research from the lab to the clinic.
Dartmouth enters the school year amid two federal probes, high turnover in staff who deal with sexual assault and a new sexual misconduct policy.
In May 2013, the Greek Leadership Council passed a policy banning freshmen from attending Greek events serving alcohol during the first six weeks of the fall, with the goal of protecting the safety of first-year students and mitigating risk for Greek houses.
The Dartmouth Summit on Sexual Assault concluded its open sessions Tuesday, and attendees worked in groups on key issues surrounding sexual assault on Wednesday and Thursday.
Stern kicked off the Dartmouth Summit on Sexual Assault on Sunday night, preceded by remarks from Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson and Rep. Ann McLane Kuster '78 (D-N.H.).
Applications for the Class of 2019 are up six percent from last year.
Applications for the Class of 2019 are up six percent from last year.