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Dartmouth Anthropologist Speaks at Kuwait Commencement

Dartmouth Anthropologist Speaks at Kuwait Commencement

Professor Dale Eickelman tells graduates about the partnership with Dartmouth.

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Dinners Symbolize Shared Ownership of ‘Dartmouth’s Future’

Dinners Symbolize Shared Ownership of ‘Dartmouth’s Future’

Faculty, students, and staff participate in a series of dinner discussions about campus climate.

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Early Primates: Color-Filled Nights (<em>The New York Times</em>)

Early Primates: Color-Filled Nights (The New York Times)

Dartmouth study finds that tarsiers’ ability to see in color evolved during a nocturnal existence.

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The Lemurs: Our Primate Cousins Face Impending Doom

The Lemurs: Our Primate Cousins Face Impending Doom

Habitat destruction on Madagascar is pushing lemur populations toward extinction.

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Cottage Industries and Civilizations in Ancient Mexico

Cottage Industries and Civilizations in Ancient Mexico

Anthropologist Deborah Nichols explores the importance of household-based manufacturing in ancient Mexico.

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Did Lucy Walk on the Ground or Stay in the Trees?

Did Lucy Walk on the Ground or Stay in the Trees?

Dartmouth researchers investigate tree-climbing behavior of modern hunter-gatherers to elucidate our fossil ancestors’ terrestrial versus arboreal preferences.

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Dartmouth Team Attends Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking

Dartmouth Team Attends Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking

President Carol L. Folt calls on conference attendees to “create new ideas and implement transformative interventions.”

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Author and <em>New Yorker</em> Writer Philip Gourevitch Visits Dartmouth as Montgomery Fellow

Author and New Yorker Writer Philip Gourevitch Visits Dartmouth as Montgomery Fellow

Gourevitch, the author of We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, will deliver a public lecture on July 17

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Orangutans in Borneo Offer a New Evolutionary Model for Early Humans

Orangutans in Borneo Offer a New Evolutionary Model for Early Humans

Studying how the orangutans cope with a harsh environment may offer a glimpse into what early human ancestors faced, says Professor Nathaniel Dominy.

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Dartmouth Junior Wins Truman Scholarship

Dartmouth Junior Wins Truman Scholarship

Christian Brandt ’12, an advocate for the homeless, has been awarded a prestigious grant to support graduate studies after Dartmouth.

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