‘Among the Best’: Winston ’14 Honored As Beinecke Scholar

‘Among the Best’: Winston ’14 Honored As Beinecke Scholar

The junior is one of 20 recipients of the national scholarship and the only one whose focus is geography.

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Who Will Take Chavez’s Place? (<em>Al Jazeera</em>)

Who Will Take Chavez’s Place? (Al Jazeera)

Sharlene Mollett says the next Venezuelan leader must keep poverty on the agenda in Latin America.

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Watch These American Cities Segregate, Even As They Diversify (<em>The Atlantic</em>)

Watch These American Cities Segregate, Even As They Diversify (The Atlantic)

Segregation and diversity in major U.S. cities is occurring at the same time, in the same place, says Professor Richard Wright

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Racial Diversity Increases, But Segregation Persists Says Geography Professor

Racial Diversity Increases, But Segregation Persists Says Geography Professor

In a Dartmouth Now video interview, Professor Richard Wright says highly diverse neighborhoods are still rare and African American neighborhoods remain largely segregated.

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Tough Questions on Dam Removal (<em>PBS NewsHour</em>)

Tough Questions on Dam Removal (PBS NewsHour)

Little is known about the effects dam removal can have on a river, but Professor Frank Magilligan is out to change that.

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Rivers Roll Toward Recovery (<em>Valley News</em>)

Rivers Roll Toward Recovery (Valley News)

The ecosystems of rivers actually rely on flooding to remain healthy, says Dartmouth Professor Frank Magilligan.

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Dartmouth Professor Recognized as Top 25 Author by Journal

Dartmouth Professor Recognized as Top 25 Author by Journal

An article by Professor of Geography Xun Shi has been named one of the 25 seminal papers published by the International Journal of Geographical Information Science.

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A Semester in the Czech Republic (<em>The Boston Globe</em>)

A Semester in the Czech Republic (The Boston Globe)

Geography major Heather Reiley ’12 spent spring term 2010 studying in Prague.

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Dartmouth Hosts Symposium, “Feast or Famine: Global Food Realities”

Dartmouth Hosts Symposium, “Feast or Famine: Global Food Realities”

The production, economics, and sustainability of a globalized food supply will be addressed during Dartmouth’s seventh “Great Issues in Medicine and Global Health” conference.

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’Round the Girdled Earth (part 2 of 4)

’Round the Girdled Earth (part 2 of 4)

Professor Jennifer Fluri studies aid work, development, geopolitics, and gender in Afghanistan.

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