The students in “Macroeconomic Policy and Reform in Chile and Argentina” dove into the reality of classroom theories on a winter-interim trip to South America, visiting current and former ministers of finance, top business executives, leading economists, community organizers, and students in the two countries.
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Dartmouth economists Nina Pavcnik and Douglas Irwin appear in a video on the benefits of trade presented to more than 70 heads of state and 200 business leaders at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York.
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What does it mean to be a good global citizen? What should colleges and universities do to support and develop global citizenship in education and research, both on and off campus? And what role should academic institutions play in the face of complex social challenges worldwide?
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Carmen Braceras ’20 spent the fall term studying the transformation of Poland to a market economy, but it was a tour of Saint Mary’s Basilica in Krakow during the winter break that gave her an insight into the Polish perspective, she says.
The uneven towers of the brick Gothic church dominate the city’s main market square, where Dartmouth students were touring with some of their counterparts from the Krakow University of Economics. One of the Polish students told Braceras about the...
[more]Students in Dartmouth’s War and Peace Fellows program toured U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., in January, and they met with CENTCOM Commanding General Joseph Votel, SOCOM Commanding General Tony Thomas, and officials from the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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[more]As part of the environmental studies foreign studies program, Dartmouth undergraduates visit the Namib Desert of Namibia and get an opportunity to conduct original research on social-ecological systems and conservation issues involving the local Topnaar people, the economic importance and ecology of the !nara melon, and the ecology of this desert environment.
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[more]Follow the Big Green on our Olympics blog and Twitter. (If you have Dartmouth-related news from the Olympics, we’d love to hear it. Please be in touch with staff writers Charlotte Albright and William Platt and social media manager ...
[more]With the late addition of Alice Merryweather ’21 and Tricia Mangan ’19 to the U.S. Alpine ski team, Dartmouth had 15 athletes and a head coach marching in 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the most ever for the College.
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[more]The US State Department has updated its Worldwide Caution notice and urges international travelers to maintain vigilance and increase their security awareness.
The Immigration Working Group (IWG) is a college-wide group of faculty and staff from across all schools working to monitor developments concerning immigration regulations and their effects on members of the Dartmouth community, including those enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and for those facing restrictions on travel by non-U.S. persons. More information and the current membership of the working group is available on the...
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