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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE INFORMATIONDartmouth College is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and is a private college. Dartmouth College is a four year college and offers Bachelor's Degrees, Master's Degrees, Doctoral Degrees, and a number of different programs and courses. Dartmouth College is in a relatively rural area (in the country away from any large cities), which may be something you prefer if you like the country lifestyle as a student. Dartmouth College does not have a rolling admission policy, and you will want to make sure that you get your application in before January 1. Dartmouth College is relatively smaller in size with an enrollment of only 5,780 students. Dartmouth College accepts about 18% of its applicants on average, and 50% of the students receive some sort of financial aid for college at Dartmouth College. If you are looking for more information on financial aid at Dartmouth College, you can may want to contact Virginia S. Hazen, who is the Director of Financial Aid at Dartmouth College. You may also qualify for free grants for college in New Hampshire to attend Dartmouth College. You may also need to take one or more of the following tests to qualify for admission at Dartmouth College:
If you are interested in joining the Army, Dartmouth College does have an ROTC Army program that is available for attending students. Dartmouth College offers the following extracurricular activities to its students:
On a 4.0 scale, the average high school gpa for students that are entering Dartmouth College is 3.66. You may want to brush up on your ACT preparation as well, because the average ACT score for students that are entering Dartmouth College is 31. Don't forget to study for the SAT, because the average SAT score for students that are entering Dartmouth College is 1417. Do a lot of students come from out of state to attend Dartmouth College? Well, about 97% of the student body at Dartmouth College comes from outside the state of New Hampshire. Are you thinking of joining a fraternity or a sorority while you are attending Dartmouth College? You're not alone - about 24% of the students at Dartmouth College join a fraternity or sorority. Do a lot of the students at Dartmouth College live on campus? Well, about 83% live on campus, while 17% live off campus and commute to school every day. QUICK FACTS ABOUT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Data provided by Data-lists.com Universities and Colleges Database. Data last updated on 2007-10-31. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID INFORMATIONAcademic Competitiveness (AC) Grant Program Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program Grants and Scholarships available in New hampshire DARTMOUTH COLLEGE NEWSEvent: February 8: Lecture—"'Liberty is a Slow Fruit': Reconsidering the Emancipation Proclamation," with Louis Masur4pm-5:30pm, Rockefeller 2 Event: February 8: Hood Museum Artist Talk—"A Conversation with Artist Kay WalkingStick" 5:30pm-6:30pm, Hood Museum of Art In the NEws: Two Museums Show Native American Art, Then And Now (The Boston Globe) The Boston Globe has given the Hood Museum of Art’s ongoing Native American exhibition a rave review, calling it one of “the most thrilling shows you are likely to see this year.” Read more. News: Former Obama Official to Speak Today on New Economy, Political Polarization A look at why policymaking in the United States has become so polarized will be the topic when former Obama Administration official Peter Orszag speaks at Dartmouth on Wednesday, February 8. He served as director of the Office of Management and Budget from January 2009 until July 2010. Read more. Feature: Enduring Alliance Writing in the New York Times on the 50th anniversary of Attorney General Robert Kennedy's visit to Japan in the wake of a treaty crisis, Assistant Professor of Government Jennifer Lind suggests that those events hold important lessons for the present. The recent political transitions in North Korea have put Lind's expertise on East Asia in demand as well. Event: February 7: Performance—2012 Dartmouth Idol Semi-Finals 7pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center Event: February 7: Tucker Tuesdays—"What Matters to Me and Why," with Richard Wright Noon-1pm, Tucker Living Room, Fairbanks Hall In the News: Spotlight On The Phantom Limb & 69°S Shackleton Project (CBS Boston) CBS BostonThe Phantom Limb Company’s 69°S: The Shackleton Project brings Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trip across Antarctica to the stage February 7-12 in Boston. The production was co-commissioned by the Hopkins Center, and made its North American premiere there, on Friday, September 30, 2011. Read more. In the News: Learning to Share the Stage (The New York Times) New York TimesWriting on the fiftieth anniversary of Attorney General Robert Kennedy’s visit to Japan in the wake of a 1960 security treaty crisis that nearly killed the U.S.-Japan alliance, Assistant Professor of Government Jennifer Lind suggests that those events “hold important lessons for today’s problems in the alliance, and indeed for U.S. alliance relationships all over the world.” Read more. Feature: The Artist in the Laboratory Jane Prophet has been a key member of a number of internationally acclaimed projects that break new ground in art and science. Her collaborations with stem cell researchers, mathematicians, and heart surgeons radically re-envisage the human body. Prophet speaks about her work today, Tuesday, February 7 at 4:30 p.m., in the Hood Museum of Art's Loew Auditorium. Event: February 5: Film—World on a Wire 7pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center Event: February 5: Men's Tennis vs. Army 10am, Boss Tennis Courts Event: Dartmouth Athletics Events Schedule All Sport Schedule Event: February 4: Performance—Dartmouth College Glee Club 8pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center In the News: Two Museums Show Native American Art, Then and Now (Boston Globe) The Boston Globe has given the Hood Museum of Art’s ongoing Native American exhibition a rave review, calling it one of “the most thrilling shows you are likely to see this year.” Read more. In the News: Hearing Screening an Imperative for HIV Patients (The Hearing Journal) The Hearing JournalWorking in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Jay Buckey, MD, Dartmouth Medical School professor and adjunct professor of engineering, is conducting leading-edge research on the relationship between HIV and hearing loss. Read more. Sights & Sounds: Dartmouth Glee Club: Pirates of Penzance Act 1 Finale Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" Finale Act I Event: February 3: Lecture—"Why Civil Resistance Works: Nonviolence in the Past and Future," with Erica Chenoweth 4:30pm-6pm, Rockefeller 3 Event: February 3: Jones Seminar—"Creative Confidence," with David Kelley 3:30pm, Spanos Auditorium In the News: Facebook Files Initial Public Offering Papers (NPR) On the day Facebook filed papers for an initial public offering, Anant Sundaram, a visiting professor of business administration at the Tuck School, was interviewed alongside NPR journalist Steve Henn about what a Facebook IPO might mean for investors. Read more. Feature: Wheel of Fortune The Dartmouth College Glee Club's presentation of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana kicks off a month of performances by the talented dancers, musicians, and actors of the College's student ensembles. Catch the drama and humor of the Carmina's songs of love and life, and see what the rest of ensemble season has in store. The Glee Club performs Saturday, February 4, at 8 p.m. in the Hopkins Center's Spaulding Auditorium. In the News: Cold Hard Facts (Mission Critical) Engineering Professor Laura Ray has worked with undergraduate students to build a robot that can monitor climate change in the most remote areas of Greenland. Read more. In the News: Doctors Track Patients' Mood, Social Life to Manage Illness (WSJ) Medicine is largely based on numbers and statistics. But Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Spine Center is bringing feelings and other difficult-to-measure elements into the mix. Read more. Feature: Technology Trends, 2012 From his perch at the Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies, Tuck School of Business Professor M. Eric Johnson has a good view of the future of technology. Following the Center's latest CIO Roundtable on Digital Strategies, Johnson offers a list of five tech trends, as well as thoughts on what they might mean for consumers and businesses. Event: February 2: Great Issues Lecture—"Liberal Arts Vision in a Global Age: Romance or Realism?" with Mariet Westermann 4:30pm-5:30pm, Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium, Room 041 Event: February 1: Film—Perdida 7pm, Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art News: "Sweetest Carnival Ever" Begins February 9 The 101st Winter Carnival, “Carnival in Candyland: The Sweetest Carnival Ever,” will be held February 9 through 11. The three-day event includes a mix of lighthearted outdoor activities and athletic contests such as the Polar Bear Swim, the family-friendly Occom Pond Party, and the Division I downhill races at the Dartmouth Skiway. Read more. Feature: Transformational Change Through its new Health Care Delivery Science master's degree program, Dartmouth is creating a new kind of health care professional. In the second installment of this week-long series, MHCDS student Dr. Kenneth Rosenfield '77 of Massachusetts General Hospital explains how he's bringing new knowledge to the national cardiology programs he organizes. Event: January 30: Lecture—"The End of Time: Maya Apocalypse Soon?", with Anthony Aveni 4:15pm-5:30pm, Filene Auditorium News: Former Obama Official to Speak on New Economy, Political Polarization A look at why policymaking in the United States has become so polarized will be the topic when former Obama Administration official Peter Orszag speaks at Dartmouth on Wednesday, February 8. He served as director of the Office of Management and Budget from January 2009 until July 2010. Read more. News: US Immunologists to Honor William Green of Dartmouth Medical School The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) will honor Dartmouth Medical School's chair of microbiology and immunology, William Green, for his work on public policy issues and his advocacy of research funding on behalf of fellow immunologists and other scientists. Read more. Feature: Faceblind Prosopagnosics—people who are unable to recognize faces—are the focus of research at Dartmouth led by Brad Duchaine, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences. Recent work by Duchaine, just published in the journal Brain, sheds new light on what takes place when one person looks at another. Event: January 29: Film—Children of Men 7pm, Spaulding Auditorium Event: January 29: Men's & Women's Swimming vs. Princeton 11am, Karl Michael Pool, Alumni Gym Event: January 28: Film—Margaret 6:30pm & 9:15pm, Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art Event: January 28: Men's Ice Hockey vs. Yale 7pm, Thompson Arena Rink In the News: Chinese Musician Bridges East and West In Dartmouth Residency (Vermont Public Radio) Vermont Public Radio interviews Dartmouth’s visiting artist Wu Man, virtuoso performer on the pipa, a Chinese lute that dates back 2,000 years. As part of her week-long residency, she has been teaching Dartmouth students alongside ethnomusicologist Ted Levin, the Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music in Dartmouth’s Department of Music. Read more. In the News: "Starbursts" and Black Holes Lead to Biggest Galaxies (BBC) An international research team led by Dartmouth’s Ryan Hickox has discovered that today’s largest galaxies began as “starbursts.” Read more. Feature: Ice Pick When a Dartmouth medical student picked Antarctica as the place to serve one of his elective rotations, he knew he was consigning himself to seven weeks of ice, snow, and cold. But he came away with warm feelings for those who work at the far end of the Earth and a deepened appreciation for wilderness medicine. Event: January 27: Biological Sciences Seminar—"Diverse Roles of Ethylene Receptors in Plants and Cyanobacteria," with Brad Binder 4pm-5pm, 201 Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center In the News: An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform (Medscape Today News) Professor Elliott Fisher has been involved with the medical field’s accountable-care movement since day one. He recently sat down with Medscape Today News to discuss its history and implications. Read more. News: Dartmouth's United Way Campaign Wraps Up a Record-Setting Effort Dartmouth’s United Way Steering Committee has announced that the 2011 Dartmouth United Way campaign raised a record $282,000. Read more. News: Dartmouth Professor Investigates Neural Basis of Prosopagnosia For Bradley Duchaine, there is definitely more than meets the eye where faces are concerned. With colleagues at Birkbeck College in the University of London, he is investigating the process of facial recognition, seeking to understand the complexity of what is actually taking place in the brain when one person looks at another. Read more. Event: January 26: EYEWASH Film and Video Series, with Xander Marro 7pm, Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, FREE Event: January 26: Lecture—"Empire And Nation In 19th Century America: Reconsidering the Monroe Doctrine," with Jay Sexton 4pm-6pm, L02 Carson Hall In the News: Smiley & West: Susannah Heschel (PRI) Susannah Heschel, the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, is writing a study of Jewish scholars of Islam who flourished from the 1830s through the 1930s, and their impact at the time on the relationship between the two religions. Read more. In the News: Gingrich's Electability Argument Doesn't Make Much Sense (The Atlantic) The Atlantic recently asked Assistant Professor of Government Brendan Nyhan to weigh in on Newt Gingrich’s claim that he is the GOP presidential candidate most capable of winning the general election. Read more. Feature: Leading Voices in Higher Education: Cathy Davidson As the Dartmouth community looks to the future through strategic planning, ideas from beyond campus are critical to the conversation. Today, January 26, humanities scholar Cathy Davidson discusses Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. Her talk begins at 5 p.m. in Filene Auditorium in Moore Hall. Event: January 23: Book Arts Program Orientation—Letterpress Workshop 6:30pm-9pm, Baker Library Room 23 Event: January 23: Lecture—"Counter Strike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda," with Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker 4:30pm-6pm, 041 Haldeman Center, Kreindler Conference Center Feature: Musical Ambassador Wu Man, virtuoso on the ancient lute-like pipa, one of China's most popular instruments for the past two millennia, and an advocate for the music of China's rural ethnic minorities, brings her music and her message to Dartmouth for a week-long residency. Her time at Dartmouth includes a performance in the Hopkins Center's Spaulding Auditorium on Friday, January 27. Event: Through January 22: Exhibition—"Mateo Romero: The Dartmouth Pow-Wow Suite" In spring 2009, the Hood Museum of Art commissioned Mateo Romero, Class of 1989, to paint a series of ten portraits of current Native American Dartmouth students as they danced at the college’s annual Pow-Wow. Read more. Event: January 22: Performance—Chamberworks: Dave Newsam and Friends 2pm, Rollins Chapel, FREE Event: January 21: Men's Basketball vs. Harvard 7pm [new time], Berry Leede Arena Event: January 21: Hop Stop Performance—The Dragon King 11am, Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center In the News: First Ladies (Valley News) Valley NewsToday, the Dartmouth women’s ice hockey team is frequently ranked one of the best in the country. But it all began with a group of lacrosse players in figure skates. Read more. News: Writer and Activist Larry Kramer Visits Dartmouth as Montgomery Fellow Larry Kramer, author of the play The Normal Heart and the screenplay Women in Love, the co-founder of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GHMC), and the founder of ACT UP, is in residence at Dartmouth as a Montgomery Fellow this month. Read more. Feature: The Content of Our Character A second week of Dartmouth's annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is underway. In the coming days, events marking this year's theme, "The Content of Our Character," include two Dartmouth Medical School offerings and the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Awards. Event: January 19: Performance—"Words and Their Consequences," with spoken word artist Taylor Mali 7pm-9pm Collis Common Ground Event: January 19: Panel Discussion—"Dartmouth Alumni of the Civil Rights Movement" Noon-1:30pm, Collis Common Ground News: Shanée Brown '12 Awarded National Fellowship for Future Teachers Shanée Brown ’12 of Bridgeport, Conn., has been selected as one of 25 nationwide recipients of the 2012 Aspiring Teachers of Color Fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The fund was created to help recruit, support, and retain individuals of color as public education teachers and administrators. Read more. News: Top Thinkers, Innovators Headline "Leading Voices in Higher Education" Lectures As the Dartmouth community looks to the future through strategic planning, ideas from beyond campus are critical to the conversation. Beginning this month, the new “Leading Voices in Higher Education” strategic planning speaker series brings influential scholars and writers to Hanover for public lectures. Read more. Feature: Leadership Lives at Dartmouth What makes a great leader? How does leadership live in our own lives, and in our universities, businesses, organizations, and communities? In the second of a three-part video series, Dartmouth Medical School student Jessica Linden Swienckowski discusses how Dartmouth's class size and its opportunities for student clinical research help to build leaders. Sights & Sounds: Photos: 2012 Student Forum on Global Learning Helping midwives deliver babies in Ghana, studying the impact of global warming on the Sami culture in Finland, and teaching brass music in Cape Town are among the first-hand experiences that students will discuss during the third annual Student Forum on Global Learning on January 16, 2012. See more. Event: January 17: Lecture—"Miniaturization and Integration: The Basis of Future Diagnostic Systems?" with Axel Scherer 4pm-5pm, 658 West Borwell Conference Room - DHMC Event: January 17: Presentation—"What Matters to Me and Why," with writer and actor Tayo Aluko Noon-1pm, Tucker Foundation Living Room In the News: Biotechs Strike Partnerships to Spread their Costs, Risks (The Boston Globe) In a story surveying a recent flurry of partnerships, buy-outs, and alliances among various pharmaceutical companies, entrepreneurs, and research labs, the Boston Globe spoke with Thayer School’s Tillman Gerngross about his efforts on behalf of his Lebanon, N.H.-based company Adimab LLC. Read more. Feature: Watch and Learn In a new paper, Professor of Economics Douglas Staiger explores the best ways to measure what is observed in a teacher's classroom. Staiger is a lead researcher for the Gates Foundation's Measuring Effective Teaching project. Event: January 15: Men's and Women's Squash vs. University of Pennsylvania Noon, Berry Squash Exhibition Event: January 15: Community Faith Celebration 2pm-3:30pm, Rollins Chapel Event: January 14: Film—Anonymous 7pm, Spaulding Auditorium Event: Dartmouth Athletics Events Schedule All Sports Schedule News: Lucky Mkosana '12 Selected for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer SuperDraft Dartmouth men's soccer forward Lucky Mkosana (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) became the Big Green's third MLS draftee when the Chicago Fire selected him with the No. 23 overall pick of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft on Thursday (Jan. 12). Read more. Feature: Honoring Dr. King In 1962, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. urged a Dartmouth audience "Towards Freedom." On Sunday, January 15, a community faith celebration is among the first of events of Dartmouth's annual month-long series honoring the life and work of Dr. King. The theme this year: "The Content of Our Character." Event: January 13: Performance—Everett Dance Theatre: Brain Storm 8pm, The Moore Theater In the News: Will Kim Jong-il's Death Spark Change in North Korea? (New Atlanticist) Assistant Professor of Government Jennifer Lind told the New Atlanticist that the United States should see Kim Jong-un’s rise to power as an opportunity. Read more. News: Dartmouth Among First Schools Showcased in Google Maps Feature Prospective students, alumni wanting to stroll down memory lane, and others curious about Dartmouth can now take a virtual walk around campus and explore far beyond Main and Wheelock Streets thanks to the recent inclusion of the campus on the Google Maps feature called Street View. Read more. News: Herman Boone is Keynote Speaker for 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Celebrated football coach Herman Boone, who led a newly-integrated high school football team to the 1971 Virginia state championship and was the subject of the movie Remember the Titans, will be the keynote speaker at Dartmouth’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on January 16. Read more. Feature: Shark, Rattle, and Roll Associate Professor of Anthropology Nathaniel Dominy recently joined a research team in Western Australia investigating what attracts sharks. One item of interest: rattles made from shells, seed pods, or coconuts used by Aboriginal hunters—examples of which are found in Dartmouth's Hood Museum of Art. Event: January 12: EYEWASH Film and Video Series, with Amy Beste 7pm, Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art Event: January 12: Panel Discussion—"Occupy Dartmouth: Voices Crying in the Wilderness?" 4pm-5:30pm, Collis Common Ground In the News: Analysis: Late Voting Decisions Make N.H. Primaries Unique (WBUR) Speaking on WBUR’s Morning Edition on the day of the New Hampshire primary, professor of Government Linda Fowler affirmed that old-style “retail politics” are still alive and well in the state. Hear more. News: Dumais Sends Women's Hockey Home a Winner at Frozen Fenway The Dartmouth women's hockey team, playing in the center of the baseball diamond at Fenway Park, came away with a 3-2 victory over Providence on Tuesday after junior Camille Dumais (Beaconsfield, Quebec) scored the game-winning goal with 1:14 left in the third. Read more. Feature: Walk This Way Prospective students, alumni wanting to stroll down memory lane, and others curious about Dartmouth can now take a virtual walk around campus, thanks to the recent inclusion of the College in Google Maps' Street View. Dartmouth is one of the first schools to be featured in the Street View update, which was announced this week by Google. In the News: Dartmouth President Hopes to Apply Public-Health Lessons From Rwanda and Peru to Binge Drinking (The Chronicle of Higher Education) As the 32-member Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking convenes in Austin, Texas, this week for its second meeting, the Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed President Jim Yong Kim about the project. Read more. Feature: The Beauty And Mystery of the Brain Art meets neuroscience this week at Dartmouth, with the Everett Dance Theatre's world premiere of Brain Storm at the Hopkins Center on Friday and Saturday, January 13 and 14. The performance combines dance, theater, and visual art; related public events begin Wednesday, January 11. Event: January 12: William H. Timbers '37 Lecture—"Our Foreign Affairs Constitution: The President, Congress, and the Making of International Law," with Oona A. Hathaway 4:30pm - 6pm, Rockefeller 2 Event: January 11: Film—Melancholia 7pm, Spaulding Auditorium Feature: Breaking Point Students studying solid mechanics at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering put their studies to a hands-on evaluation, constructing model bridges for strength-testing. But it's the students' ability to accurately predict the experiment's outcome that's truly on the line. Event: January 9: Book Arts Program—Letterpress Workshop Orientation 6:30pm - 9pm, Baker Library Room 23 Event: January 9: Pre-N.H. Primary Public Program: "America at a Crossroads: The Fiscal Challenges and a Way Forward," with the Hon. David M. Walker 4:30pm - 6pm, Filene Auditorium Feature: Impact on Business From learning from corporate failures to building better financial systems, the reach and real-world impact of research by the faculty of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business is profound—and it resonates far beyond the classroom. Event: January 8: Performance—The Met Opera Live in HD presents Faust 1pm, Spaulding Auditorium Event: January 6-8: Track and Field 43rd Annual Dartmouth Relays Multiple times, Leverone Field House Feature: Compelling Ideas In this Dartmouth Alumni Magazine interview, President Jim Yong Kim considers the first years of his presidency and talks about his search for "compelling ideas" to drive what comes next. Event: January 6: Jones Seminar—"Upper Valley 20/20: Using Systems Thinking to Engineer a New Economic Model," with William Bittinger 3:30pm, Spanos Auditorium In the News: Republicans Look Toward N.H. Next (WPTZ) WPTZ television logoInterviewed on the day of the Iowa caucuses, Research Associate Professor of Government Ron Shaiko, associate director of curricular programs at the Rockefeller Center, highlighted the “winnowing” function of early contests like Iowa and New Hampshire. Read more. In the News: What The Close Race In Iowa Means for N.H. (NPR) NPR’s Talk of the Nation tapped Linda Fowler, professor of Government and Frank J. Reagan 1909 Chair in Policy Studies, for a morning-after analysis of the January 3 Iowa caucuses and a look towards the next contest for Republicans contending for their party’s Presidential nomination: the New Hampshire primary, set for Tuesday, January 10. Read more. News: Dartmouth Professor Offers New Insights on Left Brain/Right Brain Paradigm The left brain/right brain dichotomy has been prominent on the pop psychology scene since Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry broached the subject in the 1960s. The left is analytical while the right is creative, so goes the adage. Read more. Feature: Art and Life: Kayla Gebeck '12 Artist Mateo Romero '89 chose Kayla Gebeck '12 as the subject for a portrait in "The Dartmouth Pow-Wow Suite," now on display at the Hood Museum of Art. In this video, Gebek, a double major in linguistics and Native American studies, discusses the Romero exhibition and her own work as a dancer and an artist. Event: January 5: Discussion—"The Ethics of Political Speech" 12:30pm, Ctr Straus Conf. Room (125) Event: January 5: Panel—"The End Of The World As We Imagine It," presented in conjunction with Baby Universe 5pm, Faculty Lounge, FREE In the News: Winter Carnivals (National Geographic Traveler) National Geographic TravelerProfiling winter carnivals in Japan, across Canada, and throughout the United States, National Geographic Traveler magazine highlights the range of events on offer at Dartmouth. Read more. News: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Psychiatrist Co-authors Report on Novel Treatment for Depression, Bipolar Disorder Dartmouth-Hitchcock psychiatrist Paul E. Holtzheimer, MD, is the lead author of a new study showing how deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a particular region of the mind can safely and effectively treat depression in patients with either unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar II disorder (BP). Read more. Feature: Rethinking Right Brain vs. Left Brain Looking at how the brain processes faces, Professor Ming Meng is unlocking the mysteries of the right brain/left brain paradigm. His study of facial perception, just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, combines fMRI, computer vision, and psychophysics to take our understanding of brain function in a new direction. News: Orangutans in Borneo Offer a New Evolutionary Model for Early Humans Starving orangutans in Borneo may be teaching us new lessons about human evolution. Feature: Time Out Take off sophomore winter and study off campus junior fall or study abroad sophomore winter and take off junior spring? The D-Plan—Dartmouth's signature quarterly calendar—offers flexibility and opportunity. And as these life-altering stories from alumni in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine attest, one term away can make all the difference. Sights & Sounds: Photos: Christmas Revels 2011 An Elizabethan celebration of the Winter Solstice. Performed at Spaulding Auditorium in the Hopkins Center. Ask: What is the oldest book that Dartmouth owns? The oldest printed book in the Dartmouth College Library collection is a Catholicon, a Latin dictionary by Giovanni Balbi and one of the first books to be printed. Read more. Event: January 4: Winter term classes begin Winter 2012 January 4, Wednesday -- Winter term classes begin at 7:45 a.m. January 16, Monday -- Martin Luther King Jr. day - classes moved to x-periods except 3A classes to 3B on Tuesday; laboratories meet as scheduled February 10, Friday -- Carnival holiday (Classes moved to x-periods) March 7, Wednesday -- Winter term classes end at 5:20 p.m.; start of Pre-Examination Break March 10, Saturday -- Final examinations begin March 14, Wednesday -- Final examinations end In the News: 40 Years After the National Cancer Act (VPR) Forty years ago, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act, creating a nationwide program to fight cancer. DMS Professor Mark Israel spoke to VPR about the progress that has been made since. Feature: Happy Holidays The goings-on at Dartmouth this year have kept the College's news team busy covering and sharing stories. Dartmouth's news has also caught the attention of reporters and media outlets around the globe. Enjoy the Dartmouth Now team's selection of 11 favorite stories published in 2011, and these other seasonal offerings from Dartmouth. Event: Dartmouth Athletics: Upcoming Events All Sport Schedule Feature: A League of Their Own Hockey is more than just a game at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. It's woven into the fabric of the school, an all-comers activity that builds on Tuck's time-honored traditions of teamwork and community. In the News: If Kim Jong-un Fails to Control Arsenal, North Korea Could Be 'Truly Terrifying' (PBS Newshour) Assistant Professor of Government Jennifer Lind appeared on PBS Newshour Monday night to discuss the handover of power in North Korea following the death of Kim Jong-il. Read more. Event: Hopkins Center for the Arts: Upcoming Performances The Hop’s 2011/12 season features outstanding performances covering tremendous creative ground. In the News; Fewer Veterans with PTSD Using Anti-anxiety Drugs (Reuters) Professor Matthew Friedman has co-authored a study that shows doctors are moving away from an addictive class of drugs when treating veterans for posttraumatic stress. Read more. Feature: The Most Famous Reindeer of All You no longer have to wait for a foggy Christmas Eve to see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Santa's most famous flyer can be found year-round in a more protected habitat, high above the Rauner Special Collections Library on the fourth level of the glass-enclosed rare book stacks. Read more about why Rudolph makes his home at Rauner. Feature: Year in Review The goings-on at Dartmouth this year have kept the College's news team busy covering and sharing stories. Dartmouth's news has also caught the attention of reporters and media outlets around the globe. As the year draws to a close, the Dartmouth Now team shares a selection of 11 favorite stories published in 2011. Event: December 19: Microbiology/Immunology Seminar—“Diversity and Posttranslational Modifications of Prokaryotic Sec and Tat Substrates,” with Mecky Pohlschrvder 4pm - 5pm, Chilcott Auditorium Event: December 18: Performance—The Christmas Revels Dec 18, 1pm and 5pm Spaulding Auditorium Event: December 20: Genetics Seminar—"Chromatin in the Circadian System," with William Belden 4pm - 5pm, Chilcott Auditorium News: Men's Basketball Defeats Elon, 62-54 Freshmen Gabas Maldunas and John Golden each registered double-doubles to help host Dartmouth, playing its first home game in four weeks, defeat the Elon Phoenix on Saturday afternoon at Leede Arena, 62-54. Event: December 16-18: Performance—The Christmas Revels Dec 16, 7pm Dec 17, 2pm and 7pm Dec 18, 1pm and 5pm Spaulding Auditorium Event: December 16: Lecture—“Metabolic Activation of Arsenic: A Potential Cell Type Specific Mechanism for Endocrine and Enzyme Disruption,” with Jack E. Bodwel 4pm - 5pm, Auditorium E In the News: Worst CEOs of 2011: Netflix’s Reed Hastings Tops Tuck Prof’s List (The Daily Ticker) Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management at Tuck, has released his 2011 listing of the worst CEOs. Finkelstein appeared on The Daily Ticker to discuss his choices. In the News: U.S. Trade Policy “Avoided Disaster,” Irwin Says (Bloomberg) Economics Professor Douglas Irwin appeared on Bloomberg’s Surveillance Midday to discuss his new book, Trade Policy Disaster: Lessons from the 1930s. Feature: Evolutionary Clues from Orangutans The quality of food available to orangutans living in Borneo varies dramatically year to year. In the apes' enduring adaptations to periodic scarcity, anthropologist Nathaniel Dominy sees clues to what happened to human ancestors in deep time. Read more about his research, just published in Biology Letters. News: Hanover Conservancy Celebrates 50 Years of Collaboration with Dartmouth Some of Hanover, New Hampshire’s most beautiful public natural areas—including Balch Hill and Mink Brook—might not exist in their current state without the nonprofit organization, the Hanover Conservancy. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the organization thanked Dartmouth for its ongoing support during the Conservancy’s annual meeting this month. News: Dartmouth Admits 465 Early Decision Applicants to the Class of 2016 Dartmouth has admitted 465 students into next year’s entering Class of 2016 from a pool of 1,801 Early Decision applicants. The prospective students were notified via a secure website on December 9. Feature: Advancing Science Five Dartmouth faculty members have been selected as 2011 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. Professors Duane Compton, Russell Hughes, Lee Lynd, Jason Moore, and George O'Toole are among those newly recognized by the AAAS for their distinguished efforts to advance science. Event: Ongoing: Exhibition—Hood Museum of Art: "Native American Art at Dartmouth" through March 11, 2012, Hood Museum of Art Event: December 15-18: Performance—The Christmas Revels Dec 15 & 16, 7pm Dec 17, 2pm and 7pm Dec 18, 1pm and 5pm Spaulding Auditorium News: Dartmouth Researchers Evaluate Rice as a Source of Fetal Arsenic Exposure A study just published by a Dartmouth team of scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advances our understanding of the sources of human exposure to arsenic and focuses attention on the potential for consuming harmful levels of arsenic via rice. Read more. News: Five Dartmouth Faculty Elected AAAS Fellows Five Dartmouth faculty members have been selected as 2011 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science. Professors Duane Compton, Russell Hughes, Lee Lynd, Jason Moore, and George O’Toole are among 539 new fellows recognized by AAAS this year for their distinguished efforts to advance science. Read more. Feature: Know Ye, Therefore... The Dartmouth College Charter was signed on December 13, 1769—242 years ago today. Before getting to the legal language officially establishing the College, the charter recounts Dartmouth's beginnings. Do you know the story? Read the text of the charter—and go visit a facsimile of the original displayed at the west end of Baker Library's main hall. Sights & Sounds: Video: A Conversation with Yolanda Griffith To the Dartmouth women's basketball team she's Coach Yo. To the rest of the world she's Yolanda Griffith, seven-time WNBA All-Star, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and widely considered to be one of the best players ever to play the game. Griffith, who helped lead the Sacramento Monarchs to a WNBA title in 2005, was named an assistant to head coach Chris Wielgus in August. Event: December 10: Performance—Hopkins Center Film Presents The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Faust 4pm - 5pm, Auditorium G In the News: Where's the Stimulus? (The Hospitalist) With much of the national discussion on healthcare policy still dominated by the Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law March 23, 2010, it’s easy to forget that the healthcare industry received a big influx of money through 2009’s federal stimulus. In all, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act gave the go-ahead for roughly $160 billion in new health-related spending. Read more. In the News: Debating Genetically Modified Salmon (NPR) The biotech company AquaBounty has developed a genetically engineered salmon that grows twice as fast as normal fish. Are they safe for consumers and the environment? The Food and Drug Administration is trying to determine the answer. Feature: A Talented Team The Christmas Revels are a long-standing tradition at the Hopkins Center. When the 2011 edition of the show, An Elizabethan Celebration Of The Winter Solstice, opens on December 15, another tradition will be upheld, as Dartmouth employees take the stage alongside the production's profession performers. Read more about these talented members of the College community. Feature: Dartmouth Research Addresses Arsenic and Rice A study just published by a Dartmouth team of scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advances our understanding of the sources of human exposure to arsenic and focuses attention on the potential for consuming harmful levels of arsenic via rice. Event: December 7-8: Performance—Dartmouth College Gospel Choir Holiday Show 6pm and 8pm, Rollins Chapel Event: December 7: Hood Museum of Art Holiday Open House 5:30pm - 7pm, Hood Museum of Art In the News: Arsenic in Rice Poses Health Risks for Pregnant Women, Researchers Find (Bloomberg) Dartmouth researchers are calling for the government to monitor arsenic in food after detecting increased levels of the element in pregnant women who had recently eaten rice. The team at Dartmouth Medical School studied pregnant women because scientists believe arsenic may be linked to premature births and low birth-weights. Read more. Feature: Remembering Pearl Harbor Seventy years ago, the weeks following December 7, 1941, were filled with a good deal of uncertainty and anxiety for the entire nation and the world. For a Japanese student on campus during the Pearl Harbor bombing, a Dartmouth president proved a reassuring presence. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine publishes an excerpt from the memoirs of Takanobu Mitsui '43. |
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