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Papers, Please
Uncertainty about immigration policy, enforcement, and travel has international students, faculty, and staff on edge. In mid-March the College issued travel guidance, including details on what to do if approached on campus by ICE or other law enforcement. 

Inventive Spirit
Dartmouth again made the National Academy of Inventors’ Top 100 list of universities worldwide granted U.S. patents last year. It ranked 75th with 52 patents issued. 

On the Ball
Led by head coach David McLaughlin, the men’s basketball coaching staff was named 2024-25 Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year. The team clinched its first winning record since 1998-99 and first Ivy Madness appearance. 

Schuss!
Twelve skiers qualified for the NCAA ski championships, and Luke Allan ’25, Benny Brown ’27, Jasmine Drolet ’25, John Steel Hagenbuch ’25, Ava Thurston’ 26, Oscar Zimmer ’26, and Zoe Zimmermann ’25 earned First-Team All-American honors.

Profs Honored
Neuroscientist Luke Chang and climate scientist Hélène Seroussi each earned a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Lawyering Up
Matt Raymer ’03 took office as the College’s senior VP and general counsel. He was most recently chief counsel at the Republican National Committee.

Report Card 
The College topped the Ivies with a B, up from a C, in the Anti-Defamation League’s latest report card on how U.S. colleges combat antisemitism and protect Jewish students. 

The Dating Game
In a student poll on dating culture, The D found 55 percent had received or sent a “flitz,” a flirty email. Also, 55 percent identified as single, 32 percent were in a serious relationship, and 6 percent reported it was “complicated.”

Champs
Men’s hockey earned its first sole Ivy League title since 1979-80 with a 5-1 win over Yale in March to close out the regular season.

Gathering Wool
A fiber-art knitting bee meets once a month at the Hood Museum. 

In the Classroom
This winter President Beilock—with profs Paul Christesen ’88 and Doug Van Citters ’99, Th’03 Th’06, and athletics director Mike Harrity—taught an interdisciplinary course on college athletes in the 21st century.

First 100 Days
In April the Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth Dialogues, and student groups launched a wide-ranging series of talks on the start of President Trump’s second term, with speakers from across the political spectrum.

Dorm Disruptions
Residents of Hitchcock Hall and Wheeler Hall were required to attend meetings—or face a $100 fine—to address recurring issues related to cleanliness and noise.

French Connection
As part of “Monet: Reimagining the French Landscape,” which runs until September 28, the Hood Museum is exhibiting two paintings by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet for the first time. 

Portfolio

Book cover for Conflict Resilience with blue and orange colors
Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (May/June 2025)
Woman wearing collard shirt and blazer
Origin Story
Physicist Sara Imari Walker, Adv’10, goes deep on the emergence of life.
Commencement and Reunions

A sketchbook

Illustration of baseball player swinging a bat
Ben Rice ’22
A New York Yankee on navigating professional baseball

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