January 2015

When Dartmouth Hires Faculty

Recently, Dr. Jason Moore, director of Dartmouth’s Institution for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, was hired by fellow Ivy University of Pennsylvania to head its new Institute…



Sorens on Liberty

Editor’s Note: Jason Sorens is a Lecturer in the Department of Government, the Program Director of the Political Economy Project (PEP), and the President and…


Liveblogging Moving Dartmouth Forward

President Phil Hanlon is announcing the long-awaited “Moving Dartmouth Forward” recommendations that the Steering Committee reported today in the Hopkins Center’s Moore Auditorium.  The Dartmouth Review is…


The Corporate Screwdriver

1 cup complimentary orange juice 1 flask vodka 1 actual Phillips head screwdriver 1 medium sized wooden mallet Your first info session was for a…


Boom Country: Evan Osnos’s China

American sinophiles have a tough time of it. Even painting in the broadest strokes possible, the complexity and breadth of China’s political and cultural history…


The Opposite of Loneliness

The cover of The Opposite of Loneliness shows a young woman standing on the sidewalk, tightly framed against a blurred-out background, from mid-thigh to the…




The Bell Tolls

Terminal illness, advanced aging, and the inevitability of death- sure to put a damper on any casual conversation, it comes as little surprise that disheartening…