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Sociologist @caseystockstill.bsky.social discusses why racial and economic segregation in early education remains so under the radar and her work to document successful economically integrated programs. ⤵️

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🚨New expert survey data from Bright Line Watch🚨 93% of experts surveyed before the ruling (starting June 20) say that SCOTUS upholding Trump’s immunity claim threatens democracy 60% say it represents an extraordinary threat 27% say it represents a serious threat (Full report coming next week.)

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"One of the best trainings I've participated in!" 😍 That's one of the many rave reviews of Dartmouth Student Wellness Center Director Caitlin Barthelmes' Motivational Interviewing training. Register for the next two-day session by July 16! dartgo.org/july-MI

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"In acknowledging the limited representation of black soldiers in Civil War photographs, we confront the enduring legacy of racial exclusion and the imagery that continues to bind blackness to death." Professor Kimberly Juanita Brown shares insights from her new book, "Mortevivum". ⬇️

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Geography professor Justin Mankin spoke with Marketplace about the cost of extreme heat. His study with Chris Callahan shows that heat waves due to climate change erased at least $16 trillion from global gross domestic product between 1992 & 2013. 🔽

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In his new book “Common Boundaries," professor Michael Cox examines environmental property rights across cultures. "There is no 'best.' Too much depends on implementation ... and context for there to be one policy we should prefer over all others."

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A study by Muhammad Haseeb, Guarini ’24, and professor Sharon Bickel reports the first evidence that oocytes rejuvenate the protein linkages that bind chromosomes together—potentially an important step toward reducing age-related pregnancy complications.

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Congrats to Assistant Professor of Music Richard Beaudoin, who received Dartmouth's 2024 Jerome Goldstein Award for Distinguished Teaching! 🥳 🎵 He was presented with the annual award on Class Day.

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Congrats to Dartmouth professor Darrin McMahon, who was awarded the 2024 Jacques Barzun Prize from the American Philosophical Society for his book, "Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea"! 🤩 🎉 The prestigious award will be presented in November. bit.ly/3z2N0nG

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The Statecraft podcast from the Institute for Progress features professor Chris Snyder on his role in the advance market commitment for the pneumococcal vaccine and how to place a market value on future innovations, among related topics. ➡️ bit.ly/4aYLErd

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Kudos to professors Rebecca Biron, Elizabeth Cascio, Robyn Millan, Alex Rimberg, and Michelle Warren, who received 2024 Dartmouth Canvy awards! Students nominated faculty whose Canvas sites best supported their learning. 🎉
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The inaugural Dartmouth Sculpture Biennale, organized by math and computer science professor Dan Rockmore, studio art faculty Karol Kawiaka and Zenovia Toloudi, and Kyle Hartin '21, focuses on sustainability and is open to the public through June 23.

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New in Nature: Misunderstanding the harms of online misinformation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Debunks unsupported claims about social media exposure/effects and shows low exposure concentrated in motivated fringe. We recommend holding platforms accountable for exposure in high-risk tails.

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Asked to recommend some of his favorite books by Native American and Indigenous writers, award-winning author and alum Morgan Talty ’16 includes "American Indians and the Law" by professor N. Bruce Duthu ’80, via People magazine. 😍 ⤵️

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"We in the drought community need to have a conversation about what it looks like to think about drought monitoring in the context of an aridifying climate." Dartmouth geography professor Justin Mankin assesses the U.S. Drought Monitor in the L.A. Times. ⤵️

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Tonight National Geographic will air two new documentaries about African Americans who served in the U.S. military during World War II, with commentary by Dartmouth professor @mattdelmont.bsky.social: "Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color" (a four-part series) and "The Real Red Tails."

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"The core of ancient stoic ethics is about the essentially rational nature of the human being, but that doesn't mean that we always behave in a sensible way." Professor Margaret Graver discusses the revival of the philosophy of stoicism on WBUR. ⤵️

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Seven longtime Dartmouth Arts and Sciences faculty will retire this spring. Warmest wishes for the future to professors Susan Ackerman, Catherine Cramer, Mary Desjardins, Douglas Haynes, Jay Hull, Irene Kacandes, and John Thorstensen! 😍

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A video essay by Dartmouth professor Desirée Garcia offers new insights into early American film—and was selected to screen at the Marienbad Film Festival, an international competition focused on audiovisual essays and videographic criticism.

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Congrats to Dartmouth philosophy professor Susan Brison,
who was elected to serve as the next vice president of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division! bit.ly/3yA0Ptt

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Kudos to theater professor Laura Edmondson, who started a two-year term as editor of Theatre Journal! 🤩 The journal has an international reputation in theater, dance, and performance studies. Edmondson edited the ambitious 75th anniversary issue: bit.ly/3Kc1YKl

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Congrats to Earth sciences professor @brenhinkeller.bsky.social, who received the Hisashi Kuno Award from the American Geophysical Union! 🥳 The award honors an early-career scientist for outstanding contributions to volcanology, geochemistry, and petrology. Read the full citation: bit.ly/4bPUWX8

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“These new observations are truly exceptional.” Earth sciences professor Mathieu Morlighem illuminates a new study that found that Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier may be far more exposed to warm ocean water than previously thought, via The Washington Post. 🔽

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Dartmouth music professor Allie Martin recently discussed the feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar on NPR affiliate LAist's "Air Talk": bit.ly/3K6ak5X

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"Water on Fire," the new memoir by Dartmouth Middle Eastern studies professor Tarek El-Ariss, is highlighted in the New York Times among its "6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week." 😍 ➡️ nyti.ms/4bEbPnK

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Last week, the Dialogue Project hosted Shanterra McBride and Rosalind Wiseman, who shared insights from their book, "Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Important, Brave, Life-Changing Conversations About Race and Racism." Watch the video ▶️ bit.ly/4ahOWFL

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“In some ways, the term ‘romantasy’ is a marketing term.” Marcela Di Blasi, professor in the Department of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Department, discusses the fast-growing literary genre on 1A’s "The Writers' Room." ⤵️

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“People like to fantasize that if we don’t tell kids about racism ... they won’t be racist.” Dartmouth professor @caseystockstill.bsky.social discusses a new book by Margaret Hagerman on racism among white children during Trump's presidency, via New York Magazine. ⤵️

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Professor Sujin Eom contributed to a new report from the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum on Asian American architects and designers—one of her many efforts to preserve the work of #AAPI architects and designers and expand American architectural history. #AAPIMonth

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Prosopometamorphopsia is sometimes referred to as “demon face syndrome.” When Maggie McCart got in touch with Dartmouth neuroscientist Brad Duchaine, he helped her realize that she wasn't alone in dealing with the rare ailment, via Slate ⤵️

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A new study by government professors Yang-Yang Zhou and @jaylyall.bsky.social focused on Afghanistan shows that prolonged contact with locals doesn’t curb prejudice toward migrants. “The data shows how very difficult it is to change peoples’ attitudes."

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Tomorrow, May 11, at 8 p.m. in Rollins Chapel: Brian Messier, award-winning director of bands at the Hopkins Center and lecturer in the Department of Music, leads the Dartmouth Wind Ensemble in an evening of Mexican, American, and European music. 🎵

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The tight correlation between rising unhappiness among young people and the growth of screen time is too dangerous to ignore, Dartmouth professor David Blanchflower says in The74. 🔽

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Congrats to Dartmouth environmental studies professor D.G. Webster and linguistics professor David Peterson, who received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2024-25 academic year! 🌎 🎉

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Kudos to professors Adedoyin Teriba and @wernimont.bsky.social and administrator Laurie Furch, whose interdisciplinary projects received funding from the Design Initiative at Dartmouth! From Nigerian architecture to Navajo weaving—read about their projects ⤵️

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Kudos to Dartmouth professor Lewis Glinert, who was named an honorary member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language!

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Extreme rainfall and floods have struck around the globe in recent weeks. Climate scientist and Dartmouth professor Justin Mankin helps explain the science behind why the world is getting wetter in the Wall Street Journal ⤵️

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Congrats to Dartmouth English and creative writing professor Vievee Francis, who was awarded the 2023 Vermont Book Award for poetry on Saturday! 🎉 She was honored for her recent poetry collection, "The Shared World."

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Kudos to Dartmouth astronomy professors Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil and Elisabeth Newton, who were named LSST Scialog Fellows! They will catalyze collaborations to analyze data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time. 🔭 ➡️ bit.ly/4bd30Bc

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Today at 5 p.m. at Rockefeller Center, Room 001: Dartmouth history professor Leslie Butler discusses her new book, "Consistent Democracy: 'The Woman Question' and Self-Government in Nineteenth-Century America." 👉 bit.ly/3weQouw

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I'm very excited that Dr. Christy Hyman will be coming to @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social for a talk on "Mapping Interspecies Cooperation in the Underground Railroad" on 5/2 at 2:30pm in Carson 060! We can't wait to welcome you to the green place, Dr. Hyman!

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Congrats to Dartmouth professor Randall Balmer, who was awarded the American Academy of Religion's 2024 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion! 🎉

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A study led by @josephtumber.bsky.social finds that a single hurricane could wipe out 5 to 10% of forest carbon, through tree damage, in New England—showing that carbon offset programs in the U.S. do not adequately account for the risk of hurricanes.

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An exhibit at the Howard University Museum curated by Dartmouth African and African American studies professor Jesse Weaver Shipley and featured by the Washington Post celebrates photographer Gerald Annan-Forson, a photographer of Ghana’s political history.

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Congrats to President Sian Beilock, who was elected today to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! 🎉 The renowned cognitive scientist (and Dartmouth psychological and brain sciences professor 🤩) was recognized for her contributions to the social and behavioral sciences.

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“What use is a liberal arts education in the age of ChatGPT?” Dartmouth history professor Cecilia Gaposchkin writes about why a liberal arts education is more critical than ever in Dartmouth Admissions’ 3D Magazine. ➡️ bit.ly/3UwJBFM

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