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Dartmouth IGERT Tackles Pressing Polar Environmental Issues

Dartmouth IGERT Tackles Pressing Polar Environmental Issues

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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Collaborative Learning: TDI and Texas Tech

Collaborative Learning: TDI and Texas Tech

For the past few months, faculty and staff from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice (TDI) have been kindling a relationship with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. The collaboration reflects an effort to pursue mutual learning experiences. Capitalizing on a special TDI alumni [...]

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Six Dartmouth Faculty Named AAAS Fellows

Six Dartmouth Faculty Named AAAS Fellows

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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Donald E. Pease Awarded the Prestigious Bode-Pearson Prize in American Studies

Donald E. Pease Awarded the Prestigious Bode-Pearson Prize in American Studies

Professor Pease, who chairs the Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Dartmouth, has been awarded his field’s highest honor. The following is an exerpt from an article posted by the Dartmouth Now – please follow the link below to read the rest of the article.  The legendary Donald E. Pease, one of Dartmouth’s [...]

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An Open Letter from Dean F. Jon Kull

An Open Letter from Dean F. Jon Kull

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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Dartmouth’s Second College Grant Provides Research Opportunities for Grad Students

Dartmouth’s Second College Grant Provides Research Opportunities for Grad Students

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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Math Graduate Students Inspire Future Generations of Female Mathematicians

Math Graduate Students Inspire Future Generations of Female Mathematicians

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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Graduate Student Secures $10,000 for Claremont Food Pantry

Graduate Student Secures $10,000 for Claremont Food Pantry

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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Grad Student Highlight: Haifa Fersi

Grad Student Highlight: Haifa Fersi

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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Academic Job Search

Academic Job Search

Early in the fall term, the Graduate Studies Office hosted a discussion panel on academic job searching, in preparation for the upcoming application season. Hosted by Kerry Landers, the Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Affairs, the presentation attempted to illuminate some of the details and nuances of searching for a position inside of academia. With [...]

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