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  • February 22, 2012
    Taking on the World's Troubles - William Jewett Tucker, Dartmouth's ninth president, believed that students should not be "content with the commonplace in character any more than with the commonplace in ambition or intellectual attainment." The Tucker Foundation, Dartmouth's center for service, spirituality, and social justice, has launched a series profiling student volunteers who, through their work with the foundation, are making the world a better place.
  • February 21, 2012
    Soaring Scientifically - Launching a research career in the biomedical sciences takes more than just the right degrees and training. Dartmouth Medicine magazine reports on several new Dartmouth Medical School initiatives that are helping junior faculty learn to soar.
  • February 20, 2012
    Arts and Activism! - For five decades, Hugh Masekela has been a defining force in world music, the preservation of South Africa's musical heritage, and the struggle for freedom and human rights in Africa and beyond. Today, Monday, February 20, he speaks on "The Artist's Role as Activist," at 6:30 p.m., in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall. Masekela performs at the Hopkins Center on February 21.
  • February 17, 2012
    How Healthy? - As people seek healthier dietary regimens they often turn to foods labeled "organic." But new research by Brian Jackson and others at Dartmouth has found that lurking in the background is an ingredient that may be a hidden source of arsenic.
  • February 16, 2012
    Hairspray! - Get swept away to 1960s Baltimore, where heroine Tracy Turnblad has a passion for dancing. Transformed from outsider to teen celebrity, can she find true love without messing her hair? The Dartmouth Theater Department presents the musical Hairspray, opening Friday, February 17.
  • February 15, 2012
    Tech@Tuck - "Innovation On-Demand: The Promise of Cloud Computing" is the marquee event for the 2011-12 Britt Technology Impact Series at the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. A panel of industry experts from Amazon, AT&T, IBM, and more consider the cloud, beginning at 4:45 p.m. today, Wednesday, February 15 in Franz II, located in the Tuck School's Raether Hall.
  • February 14, 2012
    Can You Hear Me Now? - Nathaniel Dominy, associate professor of anthropology, has solved a mystery. Unlike other species of tarsiers, the Philippine tarsier didn't seem to have much to say. In research just published in the journal Biology Letters, Dominy and colleagues reveal that the tiny primates are in fact communicating out loud, just with sounds inaudible to the human ear.
  • February 13, 2012
    Art and Activism - The inaugural Angela Rosenthal Distinguished Lecture, reflecting the legacy of Rosenthal's commitment to gender and racial justice as a scholar of art history, brings the feminist Guerrilla Girls' cultural conscience to Dartmouth today, Monday, February 13. Founding member "Frida Kahlo" will talk about the group's work and philosophy in 105 Dartmouth Hall, beginning at 4 p.m.
  • February 12, 2012
    Sweetest Carnival Ever - The 101st Winter Carnival, "Carnival in Candyland: The Sweetest Carnival Ever," continues through Sunday, February 12. The weekend's events include the Occom Pond party—a community celebration on ice—and a Webster Avenue chili cook-off, both Saturday; plenty of sports, and tours of the Baker Library bell tower both days.
  • February 10, 2012
    Sweetest Carnival Ever - The 101st Winter Carnival, "Carnival in Candyland: The Sweetest Carnival Ever," continues today, Friday, February 10. The four-day event, held through Sunday, includes a mix of lighthearted outdoor activities and athletic contests. Highlights today include "polar bears" plunging into the icy waters of Occom Pond, ski competitions, and the Carnival Ball.<

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