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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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Canine Commotion

Behind the scenes of our feature on Dartmouth dogs.

By Rob Strong '04

Updated on May 18, 2026

Photographer Rob Strong ’04 spent hours with a pack of professors’ dogs to capture the portraits for our March-April 2023 cover story. Some were camera-shy, others not so much. In the end, everyone earned their treats.

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The New College Tri

This club sport requires triple dedication.

Geared Up

Portraits of the 2018 Dartmouth cycling team

Celestial Canvas

Denver-based artist Stella Maria Baer ’03 explores the mythology of the desert and the cosmology of space through her Southwest landscape photography and her paintings of celestial bodies.

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