More than 150 alumni, parents, and friends attended the campaign and sestercentennial celebration at the Sanctuary in downtown Seattle.
Two young alumni and two professors spoke about transformative experiences they’ve shared through Dartmouth. Jeremy DeSilva, an associate professor of anthropology, and Katherine Clayton ’18 talked about their archeological work ...
[more]Research Assistant Professor Herschel Nachlis writes about the difficulty of regulating prescription opioids for the Washington Post.
"This past week, President Trump argued on national television that to end the opioid epidemic, Congress needed to fund the building of a wall at the United States’ southern border. What he didn’t discuss was the...
[more]Check Prof. Avishai's Article on The New Yorker about a new survey: “Party, Policy, Democracy and Candidate Choice in U.S. Elections". This survey was conducted by The Bright Line Watch team, composed by the political scientists John M. Carey and Katherine P. Clayton, at Dartmouth College, Gretchen Helmke, at the University of Rochester, Brendan Nyhan, at the University of Michigan, Mitchell Sanders, of Meliora Research, and Susan C. Stokes, at the University of Chicago.
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Since Trump’s election, the U.S. image abroad has plummeted. But is it really just about Trump?
A recent Pew Research Center report found continued evidence for a sharp downturn in how foreigners view the United States. According to Pew, 70 percent of people outside the United States have no confidence in President Trump to do...
[more]Congratulations to Prof. Linda Fowler for her article "The Long Decline of Congressional oversight and How Democrats Can Bring it Back" in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs.
The Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity held a research presentation and discussion with Dr. John Carey, John Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences, Dr. Yusaku Horiuchi, Professor of Government and Mitsui Professor of Japanese Studies, and Katie Clayton '18, Research Fellow on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 in Fahey First Floor Commons. Look out for a corresponding publication!
Congratulations to Alexander Agadjanian '18 and Professor Yusaku Horiuchi for the publication of their paper "Has Trump Damaged the U.S. Image Abroad? Decomposing the Effects of Policy Messages on Foreign Public Opinion" in the journal Political Behavior! The first version of this paper was Alexander's GOV 80 independent research paper submitted in spring term of 2017 which has now made its way into a leading journal.
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[more]Becca Heller '05 was named a 2018 MacArthur Genius Fellow for 'mobilizing the resources of law schools and law firms to defend the rights of refugees and improve protection outcomes for many of the world’s most at-risk populations.' She is one of only 25 individuals chosen for their "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction."
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[more]Secretary of Defense James Mattis spoke to Professor Michael Mastanduno’s Government 54 class, US Foreign and Military Policy, as well as Dartmouth veterans from the College and graduate schools, members of ROTC and the War & Peace Fellows of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. Secretary Mattis spoke about his overarching goals for US security policy as well as the values that inform those goals. After speaking for roughly 25 minutes, he spent the remainder of...
[more]Congratulations to Professor Daryl Press for receiving the American Political Science Association (APSA) award for best article on international security published in 2017! "The award cites his article “The New Era of Counterforce: Technological Change and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence,” published in International Security. The International Security organized section of APSA best-article honors are awarded in recognition of “the best peer-reviewed articles in the field of...
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