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  • November 18, 2009
    The rematch - For the third straight year, and for the fifth year in the last six, Dartmouth's men's soccer team has advanced to the NCAA tournament, one of four Ivy League teams in this year's 48-team field. And they'll face a familiar tournament foe: Boston College, which the Big Green defeated on penalty kicks in the second round last season. The Green and the Eagles square off Thursday night in Boston.
  • November 16, 2009
    Number One (again) - More than 650 Dartmouth undergraduates studied abroad in 2007-08, reflecting a 61 percent participation rate, the highest rate in the Ivy League and sixth among doctorate-granting institutions, according to data released Monday by the Institute of International Education in its 2009 "Open Doors" annual report.
  • November 15, 2009
    Financial literacy - More and more workers are expected to handle all the minute details related to their own retirement. With little financial knowledge and no planning, many people are taking on this task without the resources to help them. Dartmouth economist Annamaria Lusardi has been named the inaugural director of a new financial literacy center that hopes to change all that.
  • November 13, 2009
    Triskaidekaphobia - Norse gods, the Last Supper, and teenagers. There's a lot of history and lore around the meaning of the number 13 and Friday the 13th. But not to fear: Dartmouth mathematician Dan Rockmore has some thoughts on why we pay so much attention to this legendarily unlucky number.
  • November 12, 2009
    Antici ... pation - A non-stop, over-the-top rock-'n'-roll musical and science-fiction spoof, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" has been setting box office records since its 1973 London opening. The Dartmouth Theater Department presents Richard O'Brien's stage version of the cult classic, in a two-weekend run starting Friday night in The Moore Theater. This is a live performance—not the film. Throwing objects at the stage is prohibited, but singing, dancing and cross-dressing are encouraged!
  • November 11, 2009
    "With gratitude …" - On Veteran's Day, Americans pause to honor those members of the Armed Forces who have defended, and continue to defend, the rights and liberties we all enjoy. Dartmouth President Emeritus James Wright continues his work on behalf of wounded veterans. Today, he'll speak at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC as part of Veteran's Day observances there.
  • November 10, 2009
    Clock-wise - For the past 25 years, a pair of Dartmouth researchers has been trying to figure out how a fungus tells time. Along the way, Jay Dunlap, Ph.D., and Jennifer Loros, Ph.D., have helped to explain one of biology's fundamental mysteries—how organisms, including humans, have adapted to the 24-hour cycle that we call a day.
  • November 9, 2009
    Front and center - Dartmouth's Hopkins Center for the Arts features its own in November, with concerts from all nine Hop music ensembles and a mainstage show by the Department of Theater. Dartmouth Wind Symphony, under the direction of new conductor Matthew M. Marsit, performs tomorrow. On Friday, Nov. 13, "The Rocky Horror Show" opens a two-week run in The Moore Theater, and three ensembles perform on Saturday, Nov. 14: the World Music Percussion Ensemble in a free HopStop program at 11 am, the Dartmouth College Glee Club at 3 pm in Rollins Chapel, and the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, with visiting jazz luminary Jason Lindner, at 8 p.m.
  • November 8, 2009
    No fake - It is one of the iconic images from American history: accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, holding a rifle and Marxist newspapers. Oswald and others claimed that the incriminating photo was a fake, noting the seemingly inconsistent lighting and shadows. But after analyzing the photo with modern-day forensic tools, Dartmouth computer scientist Hany Farid says the photo almost certainly was not altered. "Those who believe that there was a broader conspiracy can no longer point to this photo as possible evidence," Farid says.
  • November 5, 2009
    Hoops hype - Get ready for the official kick-off of basketball season with a celebration of Dartmouth spirit. "Spirit Week" at Dartmouth culminates with Hoops Hype 2009, a high-energy, special effects filled event with introductions of the 2009-10 men's and women's basketball teams, giveaways, contests, prizes, and live performances by the Dartmouth Cheer Team and by Ujima dance troupe! 8 p.m. in Leede Arena.

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