Carrie Hoverman Colla '01 Named Dean of the Guarini School
Effective Sept 1., Carrie Colla '01 will lead the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies as its next dean. A distinguished health economist, she has been a Dartmouth faculty member since 2010. Read more.
Chasing Wildfire Secrets Frozen in Ancient Ice
Earth and Planetary Sciences master's student Jacob Chalif spent three weeks camped on a Yukon icefield, drilling shallow ice cores to trace wildfire smoke, pollution, and climate history — and found the snowpack warming far faster than expected, threatening records preserved in the ice. Read more.
Research Bends a New Angle on Evolution
Chimps bend their ankles to climb; mangabey monkeys bend their midfoot instead — at almost the exact same angle. A new publication from Dartmouth postdoc Luke Fannin, Guarini ’25, offers a fresh angle on the debate over "ape-like" vs. "monkey-like" feet in human ancestors. Read more.
Video Game Shown to Ease Teen Depression
Can a video game help treat depression? Postdoctoral fellow Caroline Barry (play2PREVENT Lab and the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health) co-led a study showing PlaySmart, a self-guided game, reduced depressive symptoms in teens as much as in-school prevention programs. Read more.
Research Shows Rewards Beat Punishment
What keeps people cooperating on issues like vaccination and climate action? A new study by Alina Glaubitz, Guarini '24 (mathematics), and professor Feng Fu finds steady rewards work better than punishment. Read more.
Orientation 2026
Orientation for incoming students and postdocs is Sept. 9-11, 2026. View the schedule.
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