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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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Sarah (Murray) Sliva ’03

“When I was a small kid, I always had my nose in a book and thought I’d be an author. Now, it’s as if my life is coming full circle because hospice and palliative medicine is so much about learning people’s stories to provide the best care possible.
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Lea DeFrancisci Lis ’98

A child psychiatrist on sex ed and self-esteem for kids

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James Newman ’78

An astronaut’s perspectives on gravity, Earth, and aliens

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“Globally Diversified”

New CIO Alice Ruth ’83 heads an investment team dedicated to finding new opportunities, wherever they may be.

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Not the Same Old Song

A failed bid for American Idol led Jarrett Cato ’07 to chart his own path into the music industry.

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Living Well for Culture

Journalist Chelsey Luger ’10, who has roots in the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe and Standing Rock Lakota Nation, is on a mission to promote health and fitness among Native American communities.

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Give Peas a Chance

San Francisco-based “entrepeaneur” Larissa Russell ’13 on the joys and challenges of launching a sustainable cookie company

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The Grinch and Rudolph and their Dartmouth creators

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Dartmouth’s Christmas Stars

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Compassion and Success

Letter A being held up by strings

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The Rise of Grade Inflation

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