In a Wall Street Journal review of The Island of Knowledge, a new book by Marcelo Gleiser, a professor of physics and astronomy, astronomer John Gribbin notes that Gleiser organizes his story about the endless search for knowledge and the development of science into three parts.
[more]Graduate Studies Teaching Award is awarded annually to the graduate teaching assistants who best exemplify the qualities of college educators. One of this year's recipients is Philip A. Fernandes, a fifth-year physics graduate student whose passion for teaching began long before he joined the Dartmouth community in 2009. Learn more..
[more]The Graduate Forum wishes to congratulate Robert Holt of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, this year's winner of the Hannah Croasdale Award! The Croasdale Award recipient is chosen annually by the Dean of Graduate Studies, and is awarded to the graduating PhD recipient who best exemplifies the qualities of a scholar. Learn more..
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Before he had even set foot on the Dartmouth campus, theoretical physicist Stephon Alexander looked upon the E.E. Just Program as a priority. In March 2012, the newly hired faculty member said, “I regard the E.E. Just Program as a big mission of mine and it figured prominently in my decision to come here.”
[more]Topic: "Spin Electronics: Magnetic Moments and Amorphous Semiconductors" (Video)
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