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The True Story of the Orozco Mural

The College’s “Greatest Art Asset” or a “Nauseating Obscenity”?

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The Rise of Grade Inflation

The growing number of high marks has many professors—and some students—worried academic excellence is being cheapened. Has Dartmouth reached a breaking point?

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Dartmouth’s Christmas Stars

Rudolph and the Grinch took very different paths to redemption, but both conquered the holiday world.

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The Devil and Daniel Webster’s Punch

“Black Dan” wasn’t just a legendary orator and statesman. He also inspired a cocktail.

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Reading Romantasy

Dragons, faeries, enemies who become lovers, lovers who become revolutionaries—at Dartmouth, this is homework.

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The Backcountry Adventurer

Writer-turned-conservationist defended nature to his final hours.

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From Rogues to Respectability

Seventy-five years after students formed a rugby team for a free trip to Bermuda, the club has evolved into a perennial national contender.

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Trouble in the Forest

Loggers in the Second College Grant confront a little-known impact of climate change.

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The Revolution is Here

Dartmouth braces for dramatic change as artificial intelligence takes center stage in the classroom.

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Beyond the Call of Duty

Florimond “Duke” DuSossoit, class of 1918, volunteered to face Nazi torture so he could protect the secrets of D-Day.

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On the River

Thomas Ames Jr. ’74 has inspired generations of fly-fishermen with a stunningly detailed guide to aquatic insects.

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A Maestro in Motion

Conductor Filippo Ciabatti keeps the music flowing at the College—and well beyond.