Tag: Dartmouth College

STEM

Dartmouth College Receives $20M to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM

To increase representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), two Dartmouth College alumni gifted $20 million to the institution.

May 17, 2021

Asian American Pacific Islander

AANHPIHM “Poster Boy” Is Accused Student Who Stands Up to Dartmouth

Sirey Zhang is the new higher ed poster boy for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. He is blasting away at the negative stereotype of the AANHPIHM person who lacks the courage and good sense to speak up. Zhang’s showing some guts standing up to the bullying of Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine.

May 10, 2021

African-American

Nearly 300 Faculty, Students Say Dartmouth Is ‘Racially Hostile’

Close to 300 Dartmouth College faculty and students have written a letter to the college leadership saying the institution is “racially hostile” and needs to take “concrete steps to unravel its built-in structural racism perpetuated through the superficial and short-term fixes that our senior leadership constantly applies to the problem.” In the letter to Dartmouth […]

July 21, 2020

African-American

After Anti-Racism Protests, UNLV Removes Statue, Dartmouth to Remove Weather Vane

Dartmouth College will replace a weather vane that “represents an offensive image of a Native American” and the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) has removed the statue of its mascot that many say is connected to the Confederacy. These actions come amid anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd due […]

June 17, 2020

COVID-19

Dartmouth Dean Warns Students of Disciplinary Action if They Don’t Socially Distance

After receiving several complaints about Dartmouth College students gathering in contravention of coronavirus social distancing guidelines, the school’s dean this week sent a letter to undergraduates warning them of strict disciplinary action, including suspension, if they violate the institution’s handbook rules, reported CBS Boston. The handbook says students must follow local, state and federal law, […]

April 16, 2020

News Roundup

Students Support Racially Diverse Campuses, Say Book’s Authors

College students broadly support having racially diverse campuses and that support cuts across ethnicities, genders, socioeconomic status and partisan affiliations, say authors of a new book, Campus Diversity: The Hidden Consensus, in an article in The Washington Post. The authors are John M. Carey, professor at Dartmouth College; Katherine Clayton, Stanford University Ph.D. student; and […]

April 14, 2020

News Roundup

University of Colorado Names Theodosia Cook New Chief Diversity Officer

University of Colorado leaders announced that Theodosia Cook will be the new chief diversity officer for the four-campus system, said a university statement. She “will help develop and implement system-wide policies and initiatives that promote diversity, equity and inclusion,” the statement said. Cook, currently director of the campus climate and culture initiative at Dartmouth College, […]

February 14, 2020

Students

Reports Question Merits of Free Community College Programs

Scholars and education policy analysts are questioning whether two-year institutions and the students they serve — especially those most in need — are actually benefiting from free tuition programs.

December 9, 2019

News Roundup

Dartmouth Settles Class-Action Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit

Dartmouth College has settled with nine former and current female students and researchers who filed a class-action lawsuit accusing college administrators of ignoring sexual misconduct by three professors in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, according to the Valley News. The settlement, which the college announced Tuesday in a community-wide email, includes $14 million […]

August 6, 2019

Native Americans

Community Is Key for Native American Scholars

Building a supportive network is crucial for Native American scholars, many of whom are the only scholars in their field at a college or university.

November 15, 2018

Native Americans

Dartmouth Cultivates Vibrant Native American Studies Program

The education of Native American youth was part of the charter when Dartmouth College opened its stately doors two and a half centuries ago. But it wasn’t until recent years that the school began graduating indigenous students in significant numbers, and its Native American Studies program has emerged as one of the strongest in the United States.

November 14, 2018

African-American

New Yorker is Dartmouth’s First Black Female Student Body President

Monik Whitney Walters isn’t afraid of people with different ideological beliefs – she likes to challenge herself by engaging them and seeking mutual understanding.

October 17, 2018