"Presidents are expected to make the case to the American people for major initiatives, especially when it comes to use of force.” Professor @brendannyhan.bsky.social reflects on President Trump announcing military action against Iran on Truth Social rather than a more traditional televised address.
"Persistent high tariffs, even under revised legal grounds, risk prolonged uncertainty for businesses and trading partners alike.” Economist @douglasirwin.bsky.social discusses President Trump's continued implementation of tariffs despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to strike them down.
In her new book, “The Development Film in the Americas” from @ucpress.bsky.social, professor Molly Geidel examines how Cold War-era development films presented a simplistic vision of poverty—and what they reveal about narratives of inevitability today.
Professor Jessica Beckman’s students handle rare manuscripts, print their own books, and grapple with what vanishes in the digital age. This hands-on access, paired with Beckman’s sweeping historical framework, distinguishes #Dartmouth’s approach to book history.
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.@dartmouthgeography.bsky.social lecturer Sarah Kelly won the Energy and Environment Specialty Group's 2026 Powershift Award, which recognizes energy geographers who seek to empower marginalized groups that are disproportionately vulnerable to climate or energy injustices. https://bit.ly/40kFcbi
"I find that particularly exciting, because it reframes the amygdala not just as a fear-related structure, but as a key contributor to flexible cognition and behavior.” @dartmouthpbs.bsky.social professor Alireza Soltani discusses his recent study on the role of the amygdala.
The Text+Textile+Technology workshop explored how art can be related to broader questions about education, knowledge practices, and creative practices. Postdoctoral fellow @hayri4.bsky.social organized the event, which was part of the Leslie Center Seminars in Humanities and Technologies.
“We’re not just interested in where the rocket flies. We want to know how the current spreads downward through the atmosphere.” Professor Kristina Lynch is the principal investigator on NASA’s GNEISS mission, which investigates the electrical currents flowing from the northern lights.
"As a scholar of prisons and prisoners, I'm quite worried about what the situation is inside of Iran's prisons.” History professor Golnar Nikpour discusses the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the “devastating attack” on the country’s state and civilian infrastructure, via @democracynow.org.
In “Perceptron” from @punctumbooks.bsky.social, @jeddobson.bsky.social and @renamosteirin.bsky.social explore the elusive life of Frank Rosenblatt, whose groundbreaking invention laid the foundation for modern AI.
“It is rare for air power alone to bring about regime change.” Distinguished Visiting Fellow Steven Simon authors an op-ed in the @economist.com about the American and Israeli air strikes on Iran and possible pathways to regime change.
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#Dartmouth’s Data in Action: Data, Power, and Public Life Symposium on March 11 invites attendees to look more closely at the foundations of AI—not simply how systems are trained, but how the data itself is made, framed, and mobilized. Registration requested. https://dartgo.org/datainaction2026
"There's a lot of uncertainty about how this is going to play out over the next couple months.” Economics professor @douglasirwin.bsky.social examines the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs on the Bloomberg Surveillance podcast.
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Mathematics professor Nianqiao “Phyllis” Ju received the Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award from @isba-bayesian.bsky.social. The prize recognizes outstanding junior Bayesian researchers based on their overall contribution to the field. https://bit.ly/4r7xlsk
"When the AI model can infer some information about the user's demographics or background, …then the responses that they generate or provide to the user will differ depending on whatever demographic they think the user is.” Professor Soroush Vosoughi discusses how covert racism can show up in AI.
Economics professor Christopher Snyder speaks with Freakonomics about repurposing existing drugs to treat rare diseases and his work as co-director of @uchi-msa.bsky.social, a multi-institutional initiative that spurs innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
“We’re losing winter really fast, and we don’t even know what exactly is being lost. That’s what we hope this project can help us figure out.” Professor Caitlin Hicks Pries discusses her experiments with postdoctoral researcher Joanna Ridgeway into how declining snowpack impacts forest soils.
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Former provost David Kotz ’86, the Pat and John Rosenwald Professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been elected to the board of @cra-hq.bsky.social. The CRA’s mission is to catalyze computing research by engaging industry, government, and academia. https://cra.org/
“This cultural portrait that I paint of the Upper Valley as an unwelcoming place sustains these processes of what I call misrecognition, where people of color don't feel seen and valued and worthy of their place to join the community and make it their home,” says professor Emily Walton, via NHPR.
"Language alone does not determine policy. But it shapes what kinds of policies become thinkable.” Distinguished Visiting Fellow Steven Simon writes an op-ed in @financialtimes.com, discussing how the phrase “homeland” altered America’s sense of itself and its political trajectory.
“I am where I am because of so many people.” Studio art professor Dawit Petros brings his two-part solo exhibition, From the Edge of the Horizon, to his adopted hometown of Saskatoon, Canada—a homecoming that lets Petros show the people who helped his family what their generosity created.
“Had the court not limited Mr. Trump’s actions, presidential power on import tariffs would have been completely unchecked by any congressional legislation and untethered to any congressional opinion.” Professor @douglasirwin.bsky.social speaks to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s illegal tariffs
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Professor @esfinn.bsky.social of @dartmouthpbs.bsky.social received a 2026 Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early-Career Contributions from @psychscience.bsky.social for her groundbreaking work investigating the neural underpinnings of human behavior and cognition. https://bit.ly/4scvVxL
Desire is a driving force in the romantasy genre, which explores how people build relationships and communities in the face of violence, fascism, and political collapse. From cult classics to hidden gems, professor Marcela Di Blasi shares novels that explore love, resistance, and reimagined futures.
The #Dartmouth Arts and Sciences community mourns the loss of James Tatum, a pioneering classicist and beloved professor who brought ancient literature into conversation with modern American culture.
New #Dartmouth research reveals the amygdala isn't just a primitive fear trigger—it’s a sophisticated arbitrator that helps the brain choose between competing learning strategies when facing uncertainty.
Historian @mattdelmont.bsky.social’s new book, “Until the Last Gun Is Silent,” offers a powerful account of how the Vietnam War reshaped Black America, revealing Coretta Scott King’s pivotal antiwar leadership and the untold costs of service for Black soldiers.
The Hopkins Center has awarded $100,000 in Arts Integration grants to faculty and student projects, including several from Arts and Sciences, spanning music and medieval art history to AI-generated fashion.
.@dartmouthecon.bsky.social’s Diego Ramos-Toro co-authors research regarding compulsory military service in Argentina. “In short, military service made people feel more part of the nation and closer to fellow citizens, but it did not make them more civically engaged or more trusting of the state.”
This February marks 10 years since #Dartmouth launched its house communities, an ambitious approach to residential life that has brought students, faculty, and staff together in lasting and meaningful ways. A series of celebratory events kicks off with a Founders Day celebration on Feb. 26.
