Dartmouth welcomed leaders from its partners in the international Matariki Network of Universities to Hanover September 9 and 10, 2013, for the consortium’s first conference on research in the humanities.
[more]Former Dartmouth President and history Professor James Wright, along with eight other retiring Arts & Sciences faculty members attended their last commencement on June 9, receiving acknowledgement and applause from the graduates of 2013 as they all begin new phases of their lives. Together, these teachers, scholars, and mentors have a combined 334 years of service to Dartmouth, and many say retirement is not the end of their work, but the start of a new phase.
[more]In a time flooded with media that’s available virtually anywhere, anytime, there is a vast world of moving images and sound recordings on the verge of extinction, says Film and Media Studies Professor Mark Williams.
[more]boggs-2501.jpg Colleen Glenney Boggs is an associate professor of English and of women’s and gender studies. (photo by Eli Burakian '00)
[more]Dartmouth has long had a special relationship with the world of games. Richard Tait, Tuck ’88, is the inventor of the game Cranium, David Roberts ’83 is the senior vice president and general manager of PopCap Games Inc., while Brian Goldner ’85 is president and CEO of Hasbro. A number of alumni have either founded their own game companies (Justin Gary ’02, founder and CEO of Gary Games and Gamer Entertainment) or work in game design (Sam Beattie ’ 07 of Zynga Inc.).
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