“Superbosses are exceptionally adept at developing talent because they share particular character traits and adopt a set of common practices that, taken together, are both rare and extraordinarily effective,” says the Tuck School of Business’ Sydney Finkelstein in a about The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, whom Finkelstein considers a superboss. at Tuck…. Read more“Quoted: Sydney Finkelstein on Superbosses”
Quoted: Lauren Culler on Mosquito Research in Greenland
Virginia Hazen Retires After Nearly Five Decades
In the summer of 1968, a Colby Junior College student took a part-time job typing papers for AT&T executives participating in a management program at Dartmouth. “Their handwriting was horrendous,” recalls the typist—Virginia Hazen, who this month will retire as director of financial aid and one of the College’s longest-serving… Read more“Virginia Hazen Retires After Nearly Five Decades”
Quoted: Hany Farid on a Study of Animals’ Pupil Shapes
Staff Snapshot: Nancy Serrell, MALS ’00
A science writer and former journalist, Nancy Serrell, MALS ’00, works to further public understanding of science, in part by lifting the veil of mystery that surrounds it. She works with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science to develop new ways to help scientists discuss their work in an… Read more“Staff Snapshot: Nancy Serrell, MALS ’00”
Video: Religion and the Value of a Liberal Arts Education
“Religion is not disappearing. It’s becoming one of the central organizing forces in many different countries and globally.” Thus begins a new video in which professors from the Department of Religion, as well as a number of students, talk about why the study of religion is important. “The study of… Read more“Video: Religion and the Value of a Liberal Arts Education”
Quoted: Jennifer Lind on 70th Anniversary of Japanese Surrender
“We should ask, ‘Do Japan’s people understand the suffering they inflicted on other peoples? Do their leaders show a commitment to remembering it, and are the people educated about it?’ ” says in a about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to issue a “forward-looking” statement on Aug. 15, the 70th… Read more“Quoted: Jennifer Lind on 70th Anniversary of Japanese Surrender”
Quoted: Aine Donovan on the Importance of Forgiveness
The Undamming of America (NOVA Next)
“We as a nation have been building, on average, one dam per day since the signing of the Declaration of Independence,” says , a professor of geography, in a NOVA Next story about the history of dams and how some are now being removed from U.S. rivers. Magilligan, The Frank… Read more“The Undamming of America (NOVA Next)”
New Hood Exhibition Reveals Another Side of Canaletto’s Venice
Beginning Aug. 1, the will present an exhibition of 30 etchings from the museum’s collection that represent a nearly complete set of Venice-inspired prints by Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697–1768). Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto), “The Portico with the Lantern,” about 1735–44, etching on laid paper. (Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College:… Read more“New Hood Exhibition Reveals Another Side of Canaletto’s Venice”