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Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College," it is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. With an undergraduate enrollment of 4,248 and a total student enrollment of 6,141, Dartmouth is the smallest school in the Ivy League.

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Social relationships more important than hard evidence in partisan politics: study

The basic human need to get along with others results in the formation of extreme political groupings, according to a study from Dartmouth College.

Nov 13, 2018 in Social Sciences Political Science

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Study finds racial disparities in student debt increase after young people leave college

Racial disparities in student debt between blacks and whites may perpetuate the racial wealth gap according to a study in the online first edition of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

Oct 18, 2018 in Social Sciences

Energy harvesting and innovative inputs highlight tech show gadgetry

Wearable technology developed at Dartmouth College with the potential to change the way we live and work will be introduced at the 31st ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST 2018).

Oct 15, 2018 in Engineering

Versatile molecular system extends the promise of light-activated switches

Light-activated switches are too small to be seen by the naked eye, but the molecular systems are hard at work in research related to drug design, adaptive materials and data storage. To unlock the promise of new generations ...

Oct 10, 2018 in Materials Science

How slick water and black shale in fracking combine to produce radioactive waste

Radioactivity in fracking wastewater comes from the interaction between a chemical slurry and ancient shale during the hydraulic fracturing process, according to Dartmouth College research.

Sep 18, 2018 in Environment

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New research unravels the mysteries of deep soil carbon

Energy-starved microbes may be the force that causes huge amounts of carbon to be stored in deep soils, according to a Dartmouth College study. The research finds that less food energy at depth makes it more difficult to ...

Sep 11, 2018 in Environment

Getting policy right—why fisheries management is plagued by the panacea mindset

Fisheries management has often been characterized by regulatory policies that result in panaceas—broad based policy solutions that are expected to address several problems, which result in unintended consequences. An international ...

Aug 20, 2018 in Ecology

Making aquafeed more sustainable: Scientists develop feeds using a marine microalga co-product

Dartmouth scientists have created a more sustainable feed for aquaculture by using a marine microalga co-product as a feed ingredient. The study is the first of its kind to evaluate replacing fishmeal with a co-product in ...

Aug 18, 2018 in Ecology

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Lab identifies pulling and braking of 'ancient motor' in cell division

Researchers at Dartmouth College have revealed how a key protein functions during the millions of cell divisions that occur in the human body each minute. The research describes two separate but coordinated pulling actions ...

Aug 07, 2018 in Cell & Microbiology

What is causing more extreme precipitation in the Northeast?

From Maine to West Virginia, the Northeast has seen a larger increase in extreme precipitation than anywhere else in the U.S. Prior research found that these heavy rain and snow events, defined as a day with about two inches ...

Jul 31, 2018 in Earth Sciences

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