Below is a list of all blog posts from the People Places Pines blog by Dartmouth College.
As a freshman with no clear idea about what I want to major in, I applied to WISP to see what it would be like to work as a scientist in a specific field (my interests lay around Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Physics, and Astronomy).
This summer I took one of my favorite classes to date: a history seminar called Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in US History.
Sometimes I get asked about the legacy I think I’ll leave at Dartmouth. My answer always begins with one thing: the pineapple.
As an Asian and Middle Eastern Studies modified with Economics Major, I have become quite accustomed to finding ways to customize my Dartmouth education to suit my interdisciplinary interests.
Course selection. Fall 2018. I’m a first year. I don’t have a major yet. I can take (basically) anything I want. What happens?
In the hustle and bustle of classes, I’ve begun to track the passage of time through the myriad of deadlines I have.
We launched our first class by going back in time seventy million years to the origin of primates. Every week, we move along the timeline and learn about the evolution of our ancestors, from primates to catarrhines to apes, and finally hominins.
Professor Monahan, early modern trade extraordinaire, is an expert on Russian history. She’s also an expert climber. This summer in HIST 54, my friend Rachel and I (along with our eleven other classmates) heard about her exploits in both.
Even if you're a brilliant writer like Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss, one of our favorite alums), having another pair of eyes look at your paper is indispensable.
