Grad News Forum

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) program continues to thrive with the addition of two new graduate students, Elizabeth Reinke and Christine Urbanowicz. Both Elizabeth and Christine were awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, extremely prestigious and coveted fellowships. During the past year, current students received an impressive number of fellowships and grant [...]

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The past year has seen a number of awards and exciting events for the graduate program in the Department of Chemistry. Matt Cain, who worked with Professor David Glueck, shared the Hannah T. Croasdale Award, given annually to acknowledge those who best exemplify the qualities of a scholar. His work was also chosen to grace [...]

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Coral reef ecosystems harbor tremendous biodiversity, perform important functions in the biogeochemical cycles of the planet, and provide the foundation upon which humans create unique and diverse relationships with nature. In the summer of 2012, I traveled to Buen Hombre, Dominican Republic—a community of 600 residents on the northwestern coast of the country—to assess the [...]

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the César Chávez Dissertation Fellowship. It was established in 1993 in honor of César Chávez, with the aim of providing support for underrepresented minorities in academia as they pursue their Ph.Ds. By providing our undergraduates with examples of successful Latino students, the fellowship also promotes diversity at Dartmouth [...]

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Dear Graduate Community, Greetings from Hanover! As we approach the end of the calendar year I wanted to take a minute to write to you all about the exciting state of Graduate Studies. I must say that it has been quite an exciting term. Back in August, I began my tenure as the Dean of [...]

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The students in the Microbiology and Immunology Program have had a remarkably successful year, receiving a variety of awards and recognition from on and off campus. Several of our students graduated this year: Kevin Hart, in Brent Berwin’s lab; Kyle Cady, who worked with George O’Toole; Adel Malek, Amy Piispanen, and Diana Morales, in Professor [...]

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Dartmouth’s prolific scholars contribute to the creation of new knowledge and the advancement of their disciplines in many ways—one of which is publishing their discoveries and commentary in peer-reviewed journals. For full article go to Dartmouth Now. .

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  The Graduate Forum is delighted to announce that Maria Hindt, a fourth year Molecular & Cellular Biology PhD candidate, has been awarded a travel grant from the Genetics Society of America to attend the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research in Sydney, Australia. Hindt works in Professor Mary Lou Guerinot’s lab, where she studies iron [...]

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Maile Arvin, a PhD Candidate in Ethnic Studies at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD), is this year’s Charles Eastman Fellow. Maile is living at the Native American house, and hopes that her proximity to undergraduate students will present unofficial mentoring opportunities. She’s available to help students with graduate school applications, as well [...]

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Save the Date! The newly-formed Graduate Consulting Club is holding their first event – a workshop on the “case interview,” which is an intergal part of the application process. See below for more information: Graduate Consulting Club (GCC) Consulting Interviews: Case Workshop Date: Wednesday, December 12th Location: Steele Room 007 Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm    You’ve [...]

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