Video: Dartmouth Is One of the ‘Islands of Excellence’

Video: Dartmouth Is One of the ‘Islands of Excellence’

Georgia Tech professor Richard DeMillo says Dartmouth is a leading institution in higher education.

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Video: ‘America’s Best Social Critic’ on Higher Ed

Video: ‘America’s Best Social Critic’ on Higher Ed

Columbia Professor Andrew Delbanco says online education has the potential for both harm and good.

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Lenhart on Technology and Tomorrow’s Students

Lenhart on Technology and Tomorrow’s Students

The senior researcher at Pew studies how technology is affecting the next generation of teens, children, and families.

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Video: Cultivating Relationships Is Important, Says Slaughter

Video: Cultivating Relationships Is Important, Says Slaughter

The Princeton professor and mother of two says colleges should emphasize the value of downtime.

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Koller: ‘Higher Education Is Changing Drastically’

Koller: ‘Higher Education Is Changing Drastically’

Online education pioneer Daphne Koller talks about the college classroom of the future.

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Jake Tapper ’91 Brings the War Home to America

Jake Tapper ’91 Brings the War Home to America

“Outpost” author and a soldier work to show the human face of the war in Afghanistan.

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On Martin Luther King Day, a Call for ‘Maladjusted Men and Women’

On Martin Luther King Day, a Call for ‘Maladjusted Men and Women’

Professor N. Bruce Duthu echoed the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in saying it would be the maladjusted among us who would bring forth needed societal changes.

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Video: The Dartmouth Community Welcomes President-Elect Philip J. Hanlon ’77

Video: The Dartmouth Community Welcomes President-Elect Philip J. Hanlon ’77

Following Hanlon’s formal introduction, students, faculty, alumni, and staff gathered in Alumni Hall to meet and greet the President-Elect and his wife, Gail Gentes.

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Top Scientists at the E.E. Just Symposium Reflect on Just’s Legacy

Top Scientists at the E.E. Just Symposium Reflect on Just’s Legacy

The three E.E. Just Symposium keynote speakers reminisce and reflect on the life and legacy of one of Dartmouth’s first African American graduates, the symposium’s namesake.

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Dartmouth Theater Professor Has Role in the Film ‘Lincoln’

Dartmouth Theater Professor Has Role in the Film ‘Lincoln’

Jamie Horton, director of the Dartmouth theater program, plays U.S. Rep. Giles Stuart, D-N.Y., in Steven Spielberg’s film about President Abraham Lincoln, “Lincoln.”

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