Grad News Forum

On Tuesday May 8th, the GSC held it’s annual elections for the Executive Board. Eight positions were open for election. They were: President, Vice President, Finance Chair, Student Life Chair, Academic Chair, Secretary and two Social Chairs. The Executive Board is responsible for the leadership of the GSC. Each member has their own portfolio and collectively [...]

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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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Graduate students collaborate on the research… Co-authors Vivek Venkataraman and Thomas Kraft collaborated with Dominy on field studies in the Philippines and Africa that inform their PNAS paper. Venkataraman and Kraft are Dartmouth graduate students in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology PhD program in the Department of Biological Sciences, and are supported by National Science [...]

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The Graduate Student Council (GSC) is proud to provide funding bi-annually for graduate students travelling to conferences. These funds help members of our community get the most out of their studies by helping them get to present their research and meet other experts in their field. Here are the three students who were awarded a [...]

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With the last group of fellows arriving on campus this fall, one might think things are winding down for Dartmouth’s IGERT program. But in reality, research and collaboration are starting to truly cook now that all of the fellows are on campus. “We’re really starting to move rapidly,” says Ross Virginia, the Myers Family Professor of [...]

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Many of these outstanding faculty advise and teach graduate students. Dartmouth Graduate Studies extends congratulations to all of the new American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows. The following article is reprinted from the Dartmouth Now – please follow the link at the end to continue reading.  Six Dartmouth faculty members have been selected as 2012 fellows [...]

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Graduate Students and Community: As the term winds to a close, and winter begins to set in, I wanted to take a minute to address the graduate community. I’ve been settling in to my new position here at Graduate Studies, and I’m enjoying all of the opportunities to interact with and on behalf of our [...]

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About 140 miles northeast of Hanover, in the north country of New Hampshire, lies Dartmouth’s massive Second College Grant. While the Grant clearly offers fewer cultural events than Hanover, the rugged wilderness provides many unique research and recreational opportunities for Dartmouth students. For the full article go to Dartmouth Now. The Second College Grant was [...]

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With graph paper and pencils, crayons and paper strips, and pinecones and Brussels sprouts in hand, 82 Upper Valley middle and high school girls and their teachers participated October 20, 2012 in the Dartmouth Department of Mathematics’ Sonia Kovalevsky Math Day, a hands-on workshop aimed at inspiring future generations of female mathematicians. For full article [...]

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