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Published: 7/3/2021 10:00:05 PM Modified: 7/3/2021 10:00:05 PM As we celebrate July 4, we must take action for democracy Amid the fireworks and celebrations marking the Fourth of July, let’s pause and consider what the holiday commemorates: freedom for self-determination and avoidance of subjugation by the powerful. Yet, as of May 21, 14 state legislatures around the country, including New Hampshire, had passed 22 new laws making voting more difficult. And 61 other bills were moving through 18 other states. Even more dangerous than voter suppression, 24 laws in 14 states allow states to in...

HANOVER — Dartmouth College students are calling on school administrators to do more to support their mental health and to allow them to grieve following the death of a fourth student this academic year.While they welcomed the changes the college...

Parasitic infections were likely widespread in New England, even in remote areas and in wealthy households, report archaeologists who analyzed excavated fecal samples. Parasitic infections, including tapeworm and whipworm, were a common problem in the United States until the 20th century. The common belief is that these infections mainly affected lower-income, urban areas where conditions—including shared public spaces, lack of sewage systems, and poor sanitation—were prime for disease spread. However, the new research, published in the “Unlike today, when high-income households are le...

Research suggests disease may have been more widespread in New England than previously thought A photograph likely from the 1860s showing the Dartmouth College Congressionalist Church and vestry (left) and the adjacent Ripley/Choate House. (Photo courtesy of the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth) May 3, 2021 SHARE Parasitic infections, including tapeworm and whipworm, were a common problem in the United States until the 20th century. It is commonly believed that these infections mainly impacted lower-income, urban areas where conditions — including shared public spaces, la...

Dean Nitin Nohria welcomed more than 2,500 participants to the June 11 event led by Senior Lecturers Andy Zelleke and Tony Mayo. Following the Dean’s introduction, HBS alumni, staff, and students—Mia Mends (MBA 2003), George Ellis (MBA 1984), HBS CIO Ron Chandler, Chichi Anyoku (MPP/MBA 2021), Ronnie Wimberley (MBA 2021), Priyanka Chaurasia (MBA 2021), and Mike Klain (JD/MBA 2022) —shared their lived experiences in reaction to and in reflection of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and those before them. Walking into Harvard Business School as frien...