Seen & Heard

The Circle is Small

The death of Canadian folksinger Gordon Lightfoot in early May led a dozen old College friends back a half-century to a cellar bar at the Hanover Inn—and well beyond. Here are the emails they exchanged during the week after they heard the news.

Ready for Battle

An excerpt from “The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War,” a cross-country exploration of the nation’s deepening divide.

Movie Magic

Caitlin Hackett ’13 helps create the worlds you see on screen.

Portfolio

Book cover that says How to Get Along With Anyone
Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (March/April 2025)
Woman wearing red bishop garments and mitre, walking down church aisle
New Bishop
Diocese elevates its first female leader, Julia E. Whitworth ’93.
Reconstruction Radical

Amid the turmoil of Post-Civil War America, Amos Akerman, Class of 1842, went toe to toe with the Ku Klux Klan.

Illustration of woman wearing a suit, standing in front of the U.S. Capitol in D.C.
Kirsten Gillibrand ’88
A U.S. senator on 18 years in Washington, D.C.

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