Unprecedented
Four-time All-Ivy basketball star Gail Koziara Boudreaux ’82 was on hand February 25 when the athletics department raised a banner depicting her No. 20 jersey in her honor during halftime of a women’s game at Leede Arena. It’s the first time any Big Green athlete has been given such an honor.

Well-Earned
The College raised the minimum wage for non-union student employees to $16.25 an hour. The $4.75 increase took effect March 19.

New Hire
Jomysha Delgado Stephen will join new President Sian Beilock’s administration as executive vice president for strategy, chief of staff, and special counsel in August. Stephen is coming from Barnard College, where she serves as EVP and general counsel.  

Road Game
Four football players participated in the Japan-U.S. Dream Bowl in Tokyo. Luca Di Leo ’22, Michael Flores ’23, Jake Guidone ’21, and Joe Kramer ’22 were part of an all-Ivy team that defeated a squad of Japan’s top players, 24-20, on January 22 at Japan’s National Stadium.

Stage Presence
Keynote speaker DeWanda Wise discussed her acting experience and film roles as part of Black Legacy Month in February. 

Even-Handed
City Journal, the self-described “nation’s premier urban-policy magazine,” ranks Dartmouth No. 1 among the Ivies and No. 83 in the nation for “institutional neutrality.”

Polar Vortex
Record wind chill forced some students out of their housing because of frozen and cracked water pipes in early February, when temperatures reached -13 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Homecomings
Author and Georgetown University computer science prof Cal Newport ’04 will be on campus as a Montgomery Fellow this summer. Another fellow, author and Marine Phil Klay ’05, spent a week on campus in February. Both have been featured in DAM.  

Presidential Party
Dartmouth’s senior leadership group hosted a mid-April gathering to celebrate outgoing President Phil Hanlon ’77 and his wife, Gail Gentes. The fete went down at the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society atrium.

Shiver Me Timbers
A pirate-themed 2023 Winter Carnival featured events such as walking the plank for the Polar Bear Plunge into Occom Pond, a sea shanty singalong, and parrot origami.

Heavy Lift
Four members of the club powerlifting team qualified for nationals, which take place this summer.

No One Hurt
A Sunday morning fire at the Remsen Medical Sciences Building forced its closure because of smoke and water damage. One of the largest buildings on campus, Remsen houses classrooms, study rooms, and laboratories. An electrical malfunction caused the blaze in a seventh-floor lab used for circadian rhythms research. 

Good Company
“I know the students are brilliant here, and I am excited to learn from, and with, them,” says Rachele Hall, new senior assistant dean and director of the office of pluralism and leadership. She started in February