Seen & Heard
A selection of must reads about Dartmouth alumni making news around the world.
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Michelle Khare ’14
Up for a Challenge
Khare racks up more than a million YouTube subscribers with unique series of personal adventures.
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Tor Raubenheimer ’84
Physical Physicist
When he’s not designing particle accelerators, Raubenheimer travels the world in search of craggy outcrops.
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Frida Polli ’94
Match Maker
Polli raised $58 million in venture funding for her company pymetrics, which creates custom algorithms for top companies to find better job candidates.
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Bill Carpenter ’62
End of an Era
The first faculty member of the College of the Atlantic is retiring after his 48th year at the institution.
Matt Calkins ’94
Winning Strategy
The head of software company Appian attributes his success to an obsession with board games.
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Mike Rabil ’06
Scoring Opportunity
The former Big Green football captain offers a bold new model for professional sports with his Premier Lacrosse League.
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Yan Fan ’11
Called to Code
Fan left a comfortable job in finance to pursue software engineering. Now she’s helping others make their own career leaps with her Tokyo-based coding camp.
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Barry Sharpless ’65
Molecular Magician
The eccentric chemistry professor has won the American Chemical Society’s highest honor for his pioneering work in the field.
Matthew Heineman ’05
“Homage to Journalism”
The director of Cartel Land and City of Ghosts tells the tragic story of foreign correspondent Marie Colvin in his first biopic, A Private War.
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William Kamkwamba ’14
Streaming Now
The new Netflix film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is based on the true story of Kamkwamba, who built a windmill to power his Malawi family’s home.
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