Grad News Forum

Spring has sprung! Well, just incase you needed a few more excuses to get outside and enjoy the wonderful weather, here are ten great Spring activities. 1. Start a garden! Perhaps one of the best things about New Hampshire summers is growing your own produce, flowers, and herbs. Have an apartment? No problem! Many people [...]

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Each year during Graduate Appreciation Week, the Graduate Studies Office hosts the annual Graduate Poster Session in the Top of the HOP. At the poster session, PhD students from Dartmouth’s Arts & Sciences Graduate Programs and the Thayer School of Engineering present their research to the event’s attendees. In addition, a panel of judges—comprised of [...]

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A month into their organizational life, the Graduate Veterans Association (GVA) has already started to coordinate community-service initiatives. The GVA is running a food drive to support the Claremont Soup Kitchen, which is located only a few exits south of Hanover on Interstate 91. With the hope of bolstering the Kitchen’s low supply, the group has worked [...]

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Wendy Kopp, founder and chief executive officer of Teach for America, the nonprofit organization that enlists top college graduates to teach in under-resourced urban and public schools, will deliver the main address at Dartmouth College’s 2012 Commencement exercises on Sunday morning, June 10, on the Green. Kopp proposed the creation of Teach For America in her undergraduate [...]

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The newly transformed Hanover Inn at Dartmouth—featuring modern conference facilities, beautifully appointed guest rooms and amenities, and world-class dining—will reopen in June, in time for Commencementand Reunions. The Inn closed for major renovations last year and will reopen in phases. Work is continuing on schedule for 94 of the Inn’s 108 guest rooms to open in June. The [...]

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In honor of National Administrative Professionals’ Day on Wednesday, April 25th, the Graduate Studies Office and the editors of the Graduate News Forum would like to recognize all of the contributions of the administrative staff at Dartmouth. In order to thank all of these valuable employees for their efforts, all administrators and administrative staff within [...]

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At the Graduate Poster Session on Tuesday, April 10th, Dean of Graduate Studies, Brian Pogue, had the pleasure of presenting the Graduate Community Award to Chris Audu (Chemistry) and Marcella Lucas (Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine). Each year, the award is given to graduate student(s) who best exemplify a deep commitment to serving the [...]

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Graduate Appreciation Week April 9-15, 2012 In recognition of graduate students and their valuable contributions to the Dartmouth community. GSC Indian Cooking Class Monday, April 9, 7-9 pm Fahey Commons Do you love Indian food, but have no idea how to cook it at home? Learn how to make a full-course Indian meal—from appetizer to [...]

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It’s now the end of February, and I’m sad to say as I write this article, it is a balmy 40°F outside. Let’s be honest—at this point, snow looks pretty hopeless. Though there’s a chance that old man winter still has a blizzard or two tucked up his sleeve, it might be time for the [...]

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“If [the] halls [of Baker-Berry Library] could talk,” writes Library Journal’s The Digital Shift, “they might say, ‘Treasure the past, but also look to the future.’” In line with the Dartmouth Library’s tradition of service and culture of innovation, it was among the first libraries to test-drive Serials Solutions’ next-generation discovery service Summon. Summon employs a single search [...]

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