Grad News Forum

On Thursday, May 17th, the first annual GradTalks was held in Filene Auditorium.  Attracting a healthy crowd, the purpose of the event was to highlight the variety of world-class research conducted by graduate students at Dartmouth. At the same time, it provided a forum for students to practice tailoring their research presentation skills to a [...]

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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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On Tuesday, May 1st at 5:00 PM, elections for the Executive Board for the Graduate Student Council (GSC) were held in Dartmouth Hall. Moderated by the lively Executive Board, each candidate delivered a two-minute speech to the election’s eligible voters, and answered three questions asked by the voters. Votes were cast by secret ballot and [...]

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It’s that time of year! For Dartmouth’s master’s and doctoral students who plan on graduating in June, theses are due this month. If you’re one of the graduate students who has been chipping away at a thesis or dissertation for the past year, the May deadline is the final academic milestone in your graduate studies [...]

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On Tuesday, May 1st, eight new graduate students will be elected members of the Executive Board of the Graduate Student Council (GSC) for the 2012-13 academic year. While the departmental representatives of the GSC have already nominated candidates who they feel would be appropriate to serve as year-long representatives of the graduate student body, elections [...]

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Dartmouth’s Graduate Relief Team (GRT) is an organization chaired by Marie Onakomaiya, Student Life Chair of the Graduate Student Council (GSC), which coordinates outreach initiatives for graduate students. This coming week, the GRT is hosting two events open to all graduate students. On Monday, March 25th the GRT is coordinating a dinner at Margaritas to [...]

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Twenty scholars—in fields including economics, history, government, Spanish and Portuguese, computer science and earth science—joined the Dartmouth faculty of arts and sciences this academic year, launching their courses and establishing their research programs. “Each year,” says Michael Mastanduno, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government, “our [...]

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The bi-annual GSC Travel Grant provides graduate students with funds of up to $250 to help defray the costs of attending a conference to present a paper or poster. This funding is meant to supplement but not replace other funding sources, such as funding from a student’s advisor or department or the travel grants offered [...]

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Get to know your GSC Execs! Throughout the year, The Graduate Forum will be highlighting each Executive Board member of the Graduate Student Council (GSC). Check back for more highlights as the weeks go by. GSC Exec Board Academic Chair, Jeremy Fitzpatrick. Prior to being elected Social Co-Chair last May, Jeremy Fitzpatrick—a 4th year PhD [...]

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On Thursday, March 1st, Julia Bradley-Cook, the Academic Chair of the Graduate Student Council (GSC), hosted the first Nerd Night. Held in One Wheelock, a student-run café in the basement of Collis, five of Dartmouth’s graduate students presented their research to the event’s attendees. Thursday’s presenters were: -Rich Lopez (PBS) -Erin O’Flaherty (MALS) -Liz Macari (Pharmacology [...]

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