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Prof. Kohn explains that the real obstacle to continuing economic progress was not the inherent limitations of a subsistence or organic economy, but predation.
Mon. Oct. 14 at 4:30 PM in Carpenter 13. S
ponsored by the Political Economy Project.
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
10/11/2023
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
How—and to what degree—does the black sermon emerge as one of the hallmark features of African-American culture within the sociopolitical context of the United States?
Monday. April 22nd, 2024 | 4:30-5:30 pm in Rollins Chapel
An introduction to applying mindfulness to our daily life to create a collective attitude of cooperation, abundance, and joy.
This event is part of exploring mindfulness through a week of presentations, discussions, and meditation practice with senior monastic Dharma teachers in the Plum Village Tradition of scholar, poet, peace activist, and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh from Deer Park Monastery in California and Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi.
Brought to you by the The William Jewett Tucker Center, the Student Wellness Center, and The Geisel School of Medicine in collaboration with and sponsored by Mindful Dartmouth Initiative, The Dartmouth President’s Office, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, The Design Initiative at Dartmouth, The Thayer School of Engineering, Biology 3: Mindful Physiology, Tuck Compass, The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, The Dartmouth Sustainability Office, The Irving Institute, The Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, The House Communities, and Wellness at Dartmouth.
Planning Committee - Prof. Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Rev. Nancy Vogele & Siddhant Babla
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 | 4:30-5:30 pm in Filene Auditorium
Panelists: Senior Plum Village Monastics joined by Caitlin Barthelmes, Sonu Bedi, Sienna Craig, Diane Gilbert-Diamond | Moderated by Scott Pauls
This panel brings together a diverse array of mindful educators, researchers, and scholars, each offering unique perspectives and insights into the transformative power of mindfulness in education. Through shared experiences, scholarly inquiry, and practical strategies, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how mindfulness can enrich both the academic and socio-emotional dimensions of teaching and learning, paving the way for a more compassionate and equitable educational landscape.
This event is part of exploring mindfulness through a week of presentations, discussions, and meditation practice with senior monastic Dharma teachers in the Plum Village Tradition of scholar, poet, peace activist, and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh from Deer Park Monastery in California and Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi.
This week is brought to you by the The William Jewett Tucker Center, the Student Wellness Center, and The Geisel School of Medicine in collaboration with and sponsored by Mindful Dartmouth Initiative, The Dartmouth President’s Office, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, The Design Initiative at Dartmouth, The Thayer School of Engineering, Biology 3: Mindful Physiology, Tuck Compass, The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, The Dartmouth Sustainability Office, The Irving Institute, The Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, The House Communities, and Wellness at Dartmouth.
Planning Committee - Prof. Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Rev. Nancy Vogele & Siddhant Babla
This event is being co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Center and Dartmouth Civics.
October 14, 2024
6:30PM
Filmed on October 10, 2024
The conversation will be moderated by Douglas Irwin, John French Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and Co-Director of Political Economy Project.
Monday, October 21, 2024
12:30-1:30PM
It's a way, she notes, to exchange and test ideas, a central part of Dartmouth's mission.
Video by Chris Johnson.
The workshops from Aug. 5 to Aug. 9 were designed for tribal officials who are early in their tenures as elected or appointed leaders, and topics ranged from workforce development to the delivery of health care. Together, the tribes represented comprise a population of more than 616,000 Indigenous people across the country.
Video by Chris Johnson.
Monday, August 19, 2024
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Monday, August 12, 2024
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building
Join us for a conversation with Maggie Goodlander and Colin Van Ostern, Democratic candidates for New Hampshire's Second Congressional District. The forum will take place in the Filene Auditorium, located in the Moore Building at 3 Maynard Street in Hanover, New Hampshire. The 5 p.m. forum will be followed by a meet-and-greet opportunity to engage with the candidates from 6 - 7 p.m.
This event is being co-sponsored by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, the Dartmouth Democrats, and the Hanover/Lyme Town Democrats.
Registration is highly recommended. Register at http://dartgo.org/NH02Forum.
For more information, contact:
The Rockefeller Center Public Programs
rockefeller.public.programs@dartmouth.edu
The Dartmouth Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life is honoring the author and civil rights activist's legacy with eminent scholars and writers, students, staff, and alumni.
The Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life kicked off a celebration of renowned writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin on Aug. 2, which would have been his 100th birthday.
One of the most celebrated and iconic writers of the 20th century, the African-American author—who died in 1987—is known for his eloquent, passionate prose on race in America.
For 100 Days of Baldwin, the institute will feature short videos on Instagram this summer and fall where fans of Baldwin read from one of his works.
"The short video pieces are part of a layered conversation concerning the timelessness and reach of Baldwin's literary offerings, and we hope to showcase his expansive, continued appeal," says Kimberly Juanita Brown, Institute Director and an associate professor in the Department of English and Creative Writing.
Award-winning filmmaker Iyabo Kwayana, an assistant professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies, created a trailer for the celebration, which will culminate with a panel discussion about Baldwin's legacy on Nov. 2 at Dartmouth.
"It's a great way for audiences beyond Dartmouth to know about the Institute and our programs and initiatives, while also celebrating the life of this writer whose work is central to Black studies research," Brown says.
Founded in 2023, the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life is a research center rooted in the study of the Black diaspora. IBICL illuminates and preserves the centrality of the transnational Black experience for the Dartmouth community and beyond.
The video features lighting and sound by R. Michael Murray and Signe Taylor, narration by Vievee Francis, and recitations by Anthony Fosu '24, Lucinda Hall, Jenee Potts, and Jorge Cuellar.
Video by Chris Johnson.
The Navajo Rug Weaving Workshop was supported by a Design Initiative at Dartmouth grant and stemmed from a collaboration by faculty and staff to provide an immersive, cross-disciplinary experience with hands-on learning, centered on an Indigenous way of knowing.
The video is by Signe Taylor and is set to the song Sunrise, composed and performed by Navajo pianist Connor Chee.
Video by Chris Johnson.
Using tools such as computer simulations, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and complex statistical analysis, initiatives supported by the center will explore a broad range of topics, many of which expose the double-edged sword of computational advances in the public and governmental sphere. The topics will include the dynamics of surveillance and safety, the protection of free speech in a time of widespread of misinformation, and the dangers—as well as the artistic possibilities—of image manipulation and creation.
Video by Chris Johnson.
When Polly Chesnokova ’24 was a first-year student and new to Dartmouth, they reached out to the Media Production Group to inquire about an internship.
What followed was a four-year collaboration that taught Chesnokova about the art of film and gave MPG, which is part of the Office of Communications, a talented student to work with.
Chesnokova, who is from Ukraine, went on to share in the Sudler Prize in the Arts and also found a “strong connection” between their cultural past and the creation of Ukrainian films.
“That’s where I find my purpose,” says Chesnokova, who made a short film related to the Holodomor, the Soviet-led starvation of Ukraine in the early 1930s.
Signe Taylor, a senior producer at MPG who served as a mentor to Chesnokova, turned the camera on the graduating student this spring for a look behind the video curtain.
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Andrew Nalani '16, Ph.D.
Title: "The Hidden Blessing of a Question"
The Tucker Center is excited to sponsor the Multifaith Baccalaureate Service, which will feature Dr. Andrew Nalani '16, Ph.D., as well as student speakers and the Gospel Choir. Dr. Nalani will be talking about "The Hidden Blessing of a Question." As a student, Dr. Nalani was the recipient of numerous student awards, including the Churchill Prize (awarded to a first year male student) and the Barrett Cup (awarded to a graduating senior). He was also a student speaker for the inaugural Twilight Ceremony in 2014. Dr. Nalani is an Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University
ABOUT THE SERVICE
The Baccalaureate Service seems to have originated in the early 15th century at Oxford University in England. Each graduate was obliged to deliver an oration or sermon, in Latin, to demonstrate his worthiness to receive the degree of bachelor, signified by crowning him with laurels. This service is what we now call commencement.
In America, at religious colleges (like Dartmouth was at its founding and early years), the graduation ceremony included a church service, so that new graduates would understand both the seriousness of their new responsibilities and the true Source of all their achievements.
Today's service has evolved greatly since the days of Eleazar Wheelock. It is now a multi-faith, multicultural service in which we celebrate what we hold in common while also recognizing each tradition's beautiful particularities. It is a time of celebration and worship when we pause, as a college, to reflect and express gratitude and joy for our graduates.
Filmed on June 8, 2024
Hanover, New Hampshire
And tennis champion Roger Federer dispensed some words to remember in his Commencement address.
Video by Mike Murray
Filmed on June 8, 2024
Hanover, New Hampshire
More from our 2024 Commencement: bit.ly/3yUug9E
More from our 2024 Commencement: bit.ly/3yUug9E
9:00 am Academic Procession
9:30 am Commencement Ceremony
00:00 - 22:00 - Introduction
22:01 - 47:15 - Academic Procession
47:16 - 53:48 - Welcome
53:49 - 58:27 - Invocation
58:28 - 1:15:34 - Conferring of Honorary Degrees
1:15:35 - 1:40:36 - Commencement Address by Roger Federer
1:40:37 - 1:41:34 - Recognition of 50th Reunion Class
1:41:35 - 1:43:46 - Singing of Dartmouth Undying
1:43:47 - 1:45:07 - Conferring of the Degree of Master of Business Administration
1:45:08 - 1:45:43 - Conferring of the Degrees Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering Management, and Master of Engineering
1:45:44 - 1:46:20 - Conferring of the Degrees Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Master of Arts, and Master of Science
1:46:21 - 1:46:45 - Conferring of the Degree Master of Public Health
1:46:46 - 1:47:09 - President Confers Mentioned Degrees
1:47:10 - 2:00:59 - Degree Recipients Walk
2:01:00 - 2:01:34 - Conferring of the Degree Doctor of Medicine
2:01:35 - 2:01:53 - President Confers Doctor of Medicine Degrees
2:01:54 - 2:02:28 - Doctor of Medicine Degree Recipients Walk
2:02:29 - 2:03:03 - Conferring of the Degree Doctor of Philosophy
2:03:04 - 2:03:33 - President Confers Doctor of Philosophy Degrees
2:03:34 - 2:05:32 - Doctor of Philosophy Degree Recipients Walk
2:05:33 - 2:09:10 - Recognition of Valedictorians
2:09:11 - 2:16:11 - Valedictory to the College by Brian Zheng '24
2:16:12 - 2:17:44 - Conferring of the Degree Bachelor of Arts
2:17:45 - 2:18:07 - President Confers Bachelor of Arts Degrees
2:18:08 - 3:20:51 - Bachelor of Arts Degree Recipients Walk
3:20:52 - 3:27:10 - Valedictory to the Graduating Students by President Beilock
3:27:11 - 3:30:10 - Singing of Alma Mater
3:30:11 - 3:35:00 - Recessional
They learned more about writing, collaborating, and working toward a common goal, and staged their plays at Theater on Currier. Video by Nellie Ryan '24, video intern for the Office of Communications.
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Taylor Mac Headshot
We are honored to welcome guest speaker Taylor Mac to address the students. The first American to receive the International Ibsen Award, Mac (who uses the pronoun judy) is also a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a Tony nominee for Best Play and the recipient of the Kennedy Prize (with Matt Ray), the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim, the Herb Alpert Award, a Drama League Award, the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, the Booth, two Helpmann Awards, a NY Drama Critics Circle Award, two Obies, two Bessies and an Ethyl Eichelberger. An alumnus of New Dramatists, judy is the author of Bark of Millions and The Hang (with composer Matt Ray); Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; A 24-Decade History of Popular Music; Prosperous Fools; The Fre; Hir; The Walk Across America for Mother Earth; The Lily's Revenge; The Young Ladies Of; Red Tide Blooming; The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac; and the revues Comparison is Violence; Holiday Sauce; and The Last Two People on Earth: an Apocalyptic Vaudeville (created with Mandy Patinkin and Susan Stroman).
African Giants and the American Hegemon:
Artists from megacities like Lagos or Seoul challenge the century-old global ascendancy of US cultural industries with Nollywood films, Afrobeats, K-Pop, and K-Drama.
A Conversation with Vinzenz Hediger:
In 1976 the Nigerian government produced a feature film, “Shehu Umar”, which was based on a Hausa language novel and premiered at FESTAC 77, the pan-African culture festival hosted by Nigeria. The film then disappeared – a key work of a post-colonial cinema which was given for lost and has only recently been rediscovered and restored. Today, Nigeria is one of the most prolific and successful producers of films and music worldwide.
What has changed? Just as new contenders like China, India or Brazil challenge the political and economic hegemony of the United States, megacities like Lagos, Istanbul, Mumbai, Seoul or Djakarta have emerged as new global centers of cultural production. Driven by a combination of affordable digital technologies, entrepreneurial ingenuity and cultural distinctiveness (plus, usually, a dose of hands-off government policy), Nollywood films, Afrobeats artists like Whizkid and Burnaboy, Korean K-Pop and K-Dramas now challenge the century-old ascendancy of US cultural industries from classical Hollywood cinema to the latest US global superstar, Taylor Swift.
But how much power do the “new kings of the world” really wield, as Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto calls them? Do we witness the dawn of a “new world order of cultural production”, or just a new iteration of US hegemony with minor variations? A historical perspective on Nigeria, based on recent work in the country’s national film archive, can be a good starting point to address these questions in a global perspective.
Filmed on
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hear students talk about the impact the DOC has on their lives and sense of community, and how it also helps them expand their activities beyond the bubble of campus.
Video by Chris Johnson.
A celebration of his life was held on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Memorial Field, which in the fall will be dedicated as Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial FIeld.
More than 1,500 people attended the celebration of his life, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Sponsored by: Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College
Recorded April 29, 2024
Athena LaTocha (b. Anchorage, Alaska) creates massive works on paper exploring the relationship between human-made and natural worlds. The artist has incorporated materials such as ink, lead, earth, and burned wood, while responding to the storied and, at times, traumatic histories that are rooted in place. Her work is in the collections of institutions such as the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. LaTocha is the recipient of numerous awards, among them the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Visual Arts Grant (2024); Anonymous Was A Woman Award (2023); Rockefeller Brothers Fund Pocantico Art Prize in Visual Arts (2022); the National Academy Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome (2021); Joan Mitchell Foundation (2019, 2016); Wave Hill (2018); and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (2013). The artist lives and works in New York.
Recorded April 2, 2024
In the 2022 book, McBride, who is Black, and Wiseman, who is white, discuss their own friendship and tap into their decades of anti-racism work to answer 20 uncomfortable-but-critical questions about race. Courageous Discomfort serves as a guide on how to have candid conversations around race and become a better advocate.
McBride is an international teacher, speaker, author, and preacher with expertise in youth development, diversity, and inclusion and allyship. In 2014 she founded Marvelous University, a social enterprise designed to meet the diverse needs of girls and young women as they navigate life. Working with young people from all backgrounds, Marvelous University focuses on life coaching, success planning, mentorship, and leadership development. As part of these efforts, McBride trains adults who engage with youth to ensure that there are well-equipped and trusted allies in the lives of the young people.
Wiseman is a speaker, writer, advisor, and thought leader on leadership, culture, conflict, and young people. Currently, she serves as a senior leadership consultant at the U.S. State Department’s Office for Overseas Schools, which serves more than 195 schools throughout the world; a consultant at the Texas Science Behavior and Mind Institute; and is supporting Professor David Yeager at the University of Texas on a forthcoming book on young people and motivation. Wiseman is the author of nine books, including Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World—the groundbreaking book that was the basis for the movie and Broadway Musical Mean Girls.
The Dialogue Project provides training in the development of essential collaborative dialogue skills—fostering a community that cultivates the respectful and open exchange of ideas. Programming for students, faculty, and staff builds skills in such topics as empathetic listening, managing emotions, navigating conversations, and finding points of connection. To learn more, visit dialogueproject.dartmouth.edu.
Featured Speakers: Barbara Epler, Alta Price, Daisy Rockwell, Jill Schoolman, Jonathan Smolin and Alex Zucker.
This event is supported by The Leslie Center for the Humanities, The Office of the Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Programs, The Department of English & Creative Writing and the Comparative Literature Program.
Recorded April 12, 2024
With the world at a pivotal moment in creating a sustainable future, the TuckLAB: Energy program helps students leverage business expertise and insights to address the energy transition.
Along with the Tuck School of Business, partners include Thayer School of Engineers, the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society, and the Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation.