Field Work in Costa Rica Proves ‘An Amazing Experience’
Posted On Thursday, May 23, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Global, Graduate Studies, Keith Chapman, Research, Science, Students
Not every college student wants to spend 10 weeks in rural Costa Rica, working long hours in the field while battling muggy weather and vicious mosquitoes. But count Ellen Irwin ’14 as one who does.
“It was a lot of fun,” she says. “It was an amazing experience.”
Irwin spent a term ...
Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive Plays Host To Rare Recordings
Posted On Thursday, January 24, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Alexander Hartov, Archives, Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive, Faculty, Hebrew studies, Keith Chapman, Lewis Glinert
Radio broadcasts from Israel’s Independence Day in 1962. A children’s choral group singing folk songs in Fes, Morocco, in the 1940s. A 1951 address by the Israeli Prime Minister at a Jewish college in Massachusetts. These are just a few of the sounds housed in the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive ...
Professor Donald E. Pease to Debate at The Renowned Oxford Union Society
Posted On Sunday, January 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Adrian Randolph, Debate, Donald E. Pease, Faculty, International, Keith Chapman, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Oxford Union Society
When Professor Donald E. Pease taught at Oxford more than a decade ago, he often strolled past the gothic buildings of the Oxford Union Society. But he didn’t imagine he would ever speak in the chambers that have hosted Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa, and Gandhi.
“It came to me as a ...
Dartmouth Lombard Fellow Helps Coordinate Emergency Response to Superstorm Sandy
Posted On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Alumni, Dave Seliger, Hurricane Sandy, Keith Chapman, Richard D. Lombard Public Service Fellowship, Service
When Dave Seliger ’12 applied for a Dartmouth Lombard Fellowship, he figured a good place to do emergency response work was New York City. He had no idea he would respond to the greatest natural disaster the city has faced in decades.
“My logic was that if I wanted to get ...
Dartmouth IGERT Tackles Pressing Polar Environmental Issues
Posted On Monday, December 3, 2012 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Institute of Arctic Studies, International, Keith Chapman, Lee McDavid, Meredith Kelly, National Science Foundation, Research, Ross Virginia, Science, Students
With the last group of fellows arriving on campus this fall, one might think things are winding down for Dartmouth’s IGERT program. But in reality, research and collaboration are starting to truly cook now that all of the fellows are on campus.
“We’re really starting to move rapidly,” says Ross Virginia, the ...