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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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Mountain Air

Radio reporter Lexi Krupp ’15 covers rural Vermont.

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Sporting Life

Former quarterback Brian Mann ’02 scores AD job at William & Mary.

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Thrill Seeker

Aerobatic pilot’s future is up in the air.

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Scent of Success

Fragrance maker Keta Burke-Williams ’15 launches new line.

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A New Trail

India Wood ’88 walks a 732-mile transect.

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Never Too Old

Rookie producer Larry Jaffe ’46 hits paydirt at 98.

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Order in the Court

New chief justice Gordon J. Macdonald ’83 joins state supremes.

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Passion Project

Liz Klinger ’10 moves analytics into the bedroom.

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View From Above

Ultra runner Jarmal Richard ’91 gains altitude Down Under.

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Global Perspective

UN investment leader Preeti Sinha ’93 focuses on poor countries.

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“Special Adventure”

Economist Mike Pyle ’00 returns to the White House.

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Sea Changer

Fisheries leader Linda Behnken ’84 champions sustainability.

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