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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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Compassion and Success

When Centenari thinks back to his college days, “It was my peers, the students around me, who were the most influential.” He didn’t much like classmate Buddy Teevens ’79 the first year, when they competed to be football quarterback, but they went on to become best friends and roommates.
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New Voices

Diana Hwang ’04 helps Asian American women flex political muscle.

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Deep Digging

Journalism flourishes in syrup country thanks to Paul Heintz ’06.

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Bright Lights, Big City

Actor Sharon Washington ’81 writes a love letter to home

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Public Domain

New director Brent Reidy ’05 focuses on library’s future.

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Awash in Memories

Playwright Celeste Jennings ’18 explores family dynamics.

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Rock Solid

Geologist Edward Grew ’66 keeps making discoveries.

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Satiric Nature

Mike Gillis ’12 slices and dices the news as head writer at ‘The Onion.’

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Share Wear

Ambika Singh ’07 enhances work wardrobe options.

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Rock and Beyond

Music critic Robert Christgau ’62 keeps rolling.

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Sands of Time

David Garczynski ’12 resolves mystery of lost island.

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Contact Buzz

Showrunner David Benioff ’92 takes on a new ‘Problem.’

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Building Bridges

Architect Parke MacDowell ’07 takes a hands-on approach.

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