Grad News Forum

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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This October Desmond Webster, a student in the MALS program and a U.S. Navy Veteran, helped secure a $10,000 donation for the Claremont Food Pantry in Claremont, NH. The donation will help to buoy the Pantry through the winter months, as demand for their services rises with the costs of heating bills and holiday spending. [...]

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The Dartmouth graduate community has always supported an environment of diverse individuals. People come to study here from around the world. They hail from different walks of life and academic backgrounds. Having known and interviewed many students, I’m not often surprised by a person’s background and life story; meeting a playwright, revolutionary, and Fulbright scholar [...]

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On Tuesday, September 18th, President Carol Folt held a reception for the incoming class of graduate students, welcoming them to Dartmouth in the beautifully renovated Hanover Inn. President Folt chatted with new students from all disciplines, emphasizing her excitement about the growing strength of graduate studies. The reception was held in the beautiful Hayward Ballroom [...]

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The Graduate Forum would like to extend a warm welcome to the new Dean of the Arts and Sciences Graduate Programs, Professor of Chemistry, Jon Kull, ’88. We’re excited to have Dean Kull working in the Graduate Studies office – stay tuned for our interview with him, which we’ll publish later this week. For the [...]

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On Wednesday August 15, 2012, a new faculty member will begin serving as Dartmouth’s Dean of Graduate Studies. The editors of The Graduate Forum would like to take a moment to welcome the new Dean, and also to thank outgoing Dean Brian Pogue  for his four years of service. “The Deanship at Dartmouth has been [...]

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This article has been reposted from the Dickey Center for International Understanding. Five Dartmouth graduate students in engineering, earth sciences, and ecology are bundled into puffy parkas and insulated pants standing on a layer of ice a mile thick marveling at a panoramic 360-degree blanket of white. “It makes me feel so small. It’s humbling,” [...]

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On Sunday, June 10, graduating masters and doctoral students from Dartmouth’s Arts and Sciences Graduate Programs took the stage to celebrate Dartmouth’s 2012 Commencement ceremonies. Dartmouth’s Graduate Programs shone under sunny Hanover skies, as 175 students received their advanced degrees. The Grad Forum wishes the best of luck to all those who celebrated this June! Video by [...]

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The 2012 Senior Class Marshals have officially been announced on Dartmouth Now. 2012 Senior Class Marshal: Michael Hopkins A&S Grad ’12 After graduating from Colgate University in 2002, Hopkins came to Dartmouth to do research in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and worked with Professor David Bucci to advance scientific understanding of exercise-induced mental health [...]

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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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