Guarini Investiture Honors Graduate Students
The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies recognized 273 graduate students during its 2025 Investiture ceremony on Saturday, June 14, on the Dartmouth Green. Read more.
Luke Fannin Receives 2025 Hannah Croasdale Award
Luke Fannin, a PhD graduate in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society (EEES) program, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Hannah T. Croasdale Award. A biological anthropologist and science communicator, Fannin has conducted primate research on four continents and shared his work in outlets like Smithsonianand The Washington Post. Read more.
Full Circle: ASURE Alum Returns to Pursue MD-PhD
Elisa Bu Sha, a two-time Academic Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASURE) participant, is back at Dartmouth, this time as an MD-PhD student. Drawn by her summer research experience in glioblastoma and the community she found through ASURE, Bu Sha credits the program with shaping her path as a physician-scientist. Read more.
How Wild Boars Became Pigs: Clues from Ancient Teeth
Yiyi Tang, a PhD student in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society (EEES) program, is a co-author of a new study revealing that pigs were first domesticated in South China around 8,000 years ago. The research shows that early pigs scavenged human food and waste, offering the earliest direct evidence of a close human-animal relationship that sparked the domestication process. Read more.
Study Reveals Soil Carbon as Early Climate Indicator
Neukom Fellow Sophie von Fromm led a new study exploring how soil carbon in northern hardwood forests responds to environmental change—revealing that while deep soil carbon remains stable, the upper litter layer is losing carbon more rapidly. Read more.
Orientation 2025
Incoming graduate students and postdocs: Preview the schedule and get ready for fall 2025 orientation.
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