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These New England Colleges Rank Among the Most Expensive in the US
Five New England colleges — three in Massachusetts, one in Rhode Island and one in New Hampshire — were named among the most expensive in the U.S., according to a new ranking by Wealth of Geeks. Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the website ranked the top 10 most expensive four-year institutions, taking into account the schools’…
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Dartmouth to Eliminate Loans For Undergraduate Students
Dartmouth is joining several of its Ivy League peers in adopting a no-loan policy.
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Slain Vermont Cyclist Moriah Wilson, 25, Was ‘Exceptional in Every Way'
Moriah Wilson had shifted gears a number of times in her 25 years of life, but no matter her focus — collegiate ski racing, a career in logistics and, most recently, professional mountain bike and gravel racing — those who knew her described her as “exceptional in every way.” The Vermont native’s life was abruptly taken from her May 11 — just…
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Lawsuit Claims 16 Top Colleges Overcharged Over 170,000 Students by ‘Hundreds of Millions of Dollars'
Some of the country’s most exclusive universities have been accused.
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Dartmouth Marking 50th Anniversary of Coeducation
Dartmouth College is celebrating a half century of its shift to coeducation. On Nov. 21, 1971, then-College President John Kemeny announced that the Board of Trustees had voted to allow women to apply for admission to four-year undergraduate programs, with a target enrollment of 1,000 women and 3,000 men. The board said it had become clear that “women will now…
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NH Professor's Video Game Joystick, 9 Feet Tall, Sets Record as Largest
A 9-foot-tall video game joystick made of wood, rubber and steel has made it into the Guinness World Records 2022 as the largest. Dartmouth College professor Mary Flanagan created the giant controller — nearly 14 times the size of an original classic Atari controller — in 2006 to celebrate her childhood experience of “maniacally” playing Atari 2600 video games. She…
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Here Are the Fall Plans for New England's Colleges and Universities
Colleges and universities across New England shifted campus life to a virtual setting last March as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. A year later, as vaccine distribution ramps up, many schools are planning for a more typical fall semester in 2021. Here’s a look of what universities across the region are saying about their fall semesters. Most Boston University students…
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These Are the Top Colleges in New England
New England schools ranked among the best in the nation in a new ranking of U.S. colleges released Monday. Harvard University in Massachusetts was again second on the list of the best national universities compiled by U.S. News & World Report, trailing only Princeton University. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked fourth, Connecticut’s Yale University was fourth, New Hampshire’s...
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Dartmouth College Limits Student Travel to Handful of Towns
Dartmouth College students barely will be able to venture off-campus when they return this fall. According to the latest travel restrictions, undergraduate students will not be permitted to travel beyond the local area, which is defined as the towns of Hanover, Enfield, Lebanon, Lyme, and West Lebanon in New Hampshire, and Norwich and Hartford in Vermont. Graduate students, faculty and…
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Settlement in Dartmouth College Sexual Misconduct Gets Final Approval
A federal judge has submitted final approval of a $14 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Dartmouth College for allegedly ignoring years of harassment and assault by former psychology professors. Of the $14 million, $5.1 million will cover lawyer fees and other expenses, each named plaintiff will receive $75,000 for their contributions, and the remaining balance will be split…
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Students Urge Dartmouth to Take Down ‘Racist' Weather Vane
Students and alumni are asking Dartmouth College to take down a campus weather vane that critics say includes a racist depiction of a Native American.
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Top Racers Practice Ahead of World Cup Ski Competition in Vt.
Ahead of this weekend’s Audi FIS Women’s Ski World Cup races at Vermont’s Killington Resort, top athletes had a chance Tuesday to practice on the race course. “It’s a pretty nice, interesting course — quite short, so it needs to be full gas from the start to the finish line,” observed Ana Bucik, a Slovenian ski racer.
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World Cup Ski Races to Be Held in Vt.
The Women’s Ski World Cup races in Vermont have become a Thanksgiving weekend tradition.
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Dartmouth College to Replace Damaged $1.4 Million Microscope
Dartmouth College will have to replace a microscope valued at more than $1.4 million after water from a storm damaged it. A college official said Wednesday that the electron microscope was damaged during a Sept. 24 storm and that Dartmouth was working with its insurer. It is hoping the microscope, which was housed at the Electron Microscope Facility, can be replaced soon.
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Dartmouth Lets Students Select Chosen Names
Dartmouth College has become the latest university to allow students to easily change their name or gender identity in directories, on identification cards and elsewhere across the Ivy League campus.
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Biden: Imagine What Would Have Happened If Obama Were Assassinated
Former Vice President Joe Biden posed a stark hypothetical to voters in New Hampshire Friday as he discussed today’s volatile political climate: What if Barack Obama had been assassinated? The comment came toward the end of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College ostensibly about healthcare issues, NBC News reports. It was not part of Biden’s standard...
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Dartmouth College Announces New Sexual Misconduct Policy
Dartmouth College on Tuesday announced a new unified policy on sexual misconduct aimed at providing clarity and consistency for faculty, students and staff across the Ivy League campus.
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Dartmouth Settles Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit With 9 Women
Dartmouth College has settled a federal lawsuit with nine women who sued the school over allegations that it ignored years of harassment and assault by former psychology department professors. In a statement Tuesday, both sides say the settlement includes $14 million for students who can prove they suffered abuse, as well as several initiatives by the college “to rectify current...
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Dartmouth Pays State for Student's Search, Rescue
Dartmouth College has paid the New Hampshire Fish and Game department $19,000 to the cover the cost of a two-day search and rescue effort after a student got lost during a school-sponsored hike. Authorities said it was a miracle that 21-year-old Arun Anand was found alive on Mount Moosilauke in May. Citing a number of “troubling factors,” the college has...
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Man Won't Ask for Early Release in Stabbing Deaths of Dartmouth Professors
A man serving a 25-year-to-life sentence for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two Dartmouth College professors has withdrawn his request for early release after the victims’ families objected. The 16-year-old James Parker and 17-year-old Robert Tulloch, of Chelsea, Vermont, posed as students conducting a survey. Parker pleaded guilty to second-degree murder to killing Suzanne Zantop and agreed...