“This isn’t a problem that can be fixed at the grassroots level alone.” Research from @prl.bsky.social, co-led by professor @seanjwestwood.bsky.social, finds most attempts to reduce partisan animosity are modest and fleeting. Structural reform and civic education are key to lasting depolarization.

Getting ready for my lecture for Dartmouth’s Family Weekend tomorrow! They’re getting the #DataEmpire sneak peek 🤩

“Our job is to help the next generation cultivate their uniquely human skills which, first and foremost, means being able to communicate with one another.” #Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock authors an op-ed in The Atlantic about the role colleges play in fostering connection and collaboration.

#Dartmouth economics professor Robert Staiger, an expert on international trade policy and organizations, has been tapped to serve a two-year term as chief economist for the @wto.org, beginning Jan. 12. @dartmouthecon.bsky.social

Lab meeting field trip this morning! The undergrads explored the field site. I’m thrilled to work with a great team of ‘28s who will be on campus for sophomore summer next year and can expand their lab research to the mesocosms! @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social #fieldworkfun

A collaboration between researchers at #Dartmouth and the American University of Kuwait enhanced the detection range of systems that can discover and map hidden or passive electronics, even when they are powered off and disconnected from a network. @dartmouthcs.bsky.social

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 Our SEAMLESS survey has recently been awarded a new #NSF grant! 🎉 We’re using #AI to uncover and study the faintest dwarf galaxies — pushing the limits of galaxy formation research. @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social

"Perseverance represents more than a machine. It is a proxy extending humanity's senses across millions of miles to an alien world.” Postdoctoral affiliate Ari Koeppel '15 wrote an op-ed about how planetary scientists use robots on Mars as extensions of human senses, via @theconversation.com.

"We are collecting data continuously so we have a baseline understanding of what level of support for political violence exists in our country.” Professor @seanjwestwood.bsky.social, director of @prl.bsky.social, discusses political violence in the U.S. on @theguardian.com’s Science Weekly podcast.

Anantha Krishnan ’05, a virtuoso of the mridangam—a barrel-shaped drum central to South Indian classical music—returns to #Dartmouth for the first time since earning his degree in music and philosophy. He will perform as part of a free concert on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in Collis Common Ground.

"What we're seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government. Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say." Professor @brendannyhan.bsky.social comments on President Trump’s support of ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, via @apnews.com.

Celebrate professor emerita Ivy Schweitzer’s debut solo poetry collection, “Dividing Rivers,” on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Norwich Bookstore during a reading and signing. The event is free and open to the public.

"If you've contributed to emissions, you've contributed to extreme heat.” Geography professor @jsmankin.bsky.social comments on a new Swiss study that links recent heat waves to human-caused climate change and the greenhouse gas emissions of specific companies, via @npr.org.

A new year kicks-off with 9 new undergraduates working in the lab! Feel incredibly privileged to work with so many trainees @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Today they spent the day training on soil sieving and root ID

Read about a new virtual simulator created by @DartmouthCS researchers to mimic advanced imaging techniques used by special cameras used in lidar and biomedical devices that sense motion. web.cs.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/09...

The Department of Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages launched the Korean language program this fall. The milestone offering builds on the robust Korean studies curriculum at #Dartmouth, which includes courses on Korean history, art, and culture, as well as an exchange program.

New: The US Democracy Threat Index - a collaboration between Bright Line Watch & @metaculus.bsky.social that will aggregate real-time forecasts of risks to democracy across 39 questions of concern Overview www.metaculus.com/notebooks/39... Go make predictions now! www.metaculus.com/index/us-dem...

"Ultimately, Syrians will determine their own system of government, and that is how it should be.” Distinguished Visiting Fellow Steven Simon co-authored an opinion piece in @foreignaffairs.com about avoiding another Syrian civil war.

“The core problem is not a widespread desire for violence, but a profound misperception of the other side.” Professor @seanjwestwood.bsky.social, director of the @prl.bsky.social, reflects on a seeming cycle of political violence in America, via @politico.com.

“The way I think of it right now is, as a society, we are flicking matches into dry grass and daring them to light.” Professor @jeffsharlet.bsky.social discusses political violence in the U.S. with @pbsnews.org.

PhD candidate @mirandazamm.bsky.social and Richard Holmes, a professor emeritus of biology, are featured on @npr.org’s “All Things Considered” discussing a 50-plus-year project that mapped the territories of songbirds.

Are we repeating the mistakes of the past with tech controls on China? Jennifer Lind and Michael Mastanduno from @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social offer a critical analysis of the current US strategy of using export controls to limit China's technological advancement. tnsr.org/2025/09/hard...

"It makes it almost impossible to engage in an evidence-based policy-making process about public health." Government professor @brendannyhan.bsky.social reflects on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rejection of his own department's statistics, via the @nytimes.com.

“People are losing jobs, and our communities are not getting the power that we’re planning on.” Environmental studies professor Elizabeth Wilson reflects on the Trump administration's efforts to delay and stop offshore wind development in New England, via the @bostonglobe.com.

Professor @kjuanitabrown.bsky.social co-curated a new exhibition at the Hood Museum of Art at #Dartmouth that explores how photography shapes our sense of how we are connected to both people and places. “Visual Kinship” is on view through November 29, 2025.

“They are able to capture a lot of the physics that we didn’t even know was happening.” #Dartmouth Earth sciences professor @mathieu-ice.bsky.social discusses research that reveals new details of what happens when chunks of Greenland's glaciers break off and fall into the ocean, via @grist.org.

"He is pursuing 'ungoverning': the comprehensive and intentional destruction of state capacity.” Government professor Russell Muirhead co-authors a @foreignaffairs.com opinion piece about the changes President Trump has made to the way the American government operates.

“Looking back nearly 70 years later, what is striking to me isn't only what they got right, but the direction of their thinking.” @psychologytoday.com explores the history of artificial intelligence and the ways it has developed since it was first conceived at #Dartmouth in 1956.

Government professor Keidrick Roy discusses his award-winning debut book, “American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism” from @princetonupress.bsky.social, which explores how medieval-inspired racial feudalism shaped early America—and how Black liberal thinkers challenged it.

"The Johnson Amendment is a critical component in the wall of separation between church and state mandated by the First Amendment to the Constitution.” Professor Randall Balmer defends the amendment that prohibits tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates, via the Concord Monitor.

Today, SCRAP Lab returned (right) to the Path of Life Garden in Windsor, VT - the site of our first in-person get-together as a lab 5 years ago (left) - to welcome our newest member, graduate student @gabefajardo.bsky.social!

“Trump’s Nvidia and AMD deal highlights the core challenge: export controls on China require a strong allied coalition.” @proflind.bsky.social writes an op-ed in the National Interest on how President Trump's deal could undermine U.S.-led export controls that aim to limit China's military power.

Government professors @brendannyhan.bsky.social and @johncarey.bsky.social conducted studies of election perceptions in the U.S. and Brazil, and found that warning voters about false claims about the election can “prebunk” fraud talk.

What a summer it’s been! We built our Drosophila experimental evolution mesocosms and are running our first experiment! I’m ecstatic to be able to pair our study genetic and neural mechanisms of behavior evolution in the lab with how behaviors evolve in nature!

A widely documented ‘unhappiness hump’ that peaks in midlife and then declines may have disappeared due to worsening youth mental health, suggests a new study by Prof @alexbryson.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social and Prof @dannyblanchy.bsky.social. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/au...

This stretcher is made of robots. Graduate students Luyang Zhao, Guarini '25, and Yitao Jiang, engineered versatile modular robots that can shape themselves to the task at hand. Their research demonstrates potential real-world applications for emergency response in disaster zones: bit.ly/476vnlQ

"We know that making people feel safe, secure, and supported during labor improves maternal and child outcomes.” Anthropology professor Zaneta Thayer ’08 discusses her research into the importance of having a familiar face present during childbirth, via Talker.

A new Dartmouth-led study reveals how global climate shapes the traits of AM fungi—tiny soil microbes with a big role in the carbon cycle and ecosystem health. It is the first study to examine multiple traits of this kind on a global scale.

"The biggest (misconception) in general is people think that the mantle is made of magma, or the mantle is molten or liquid.” Earth sciences professor @brenhinkeller.bsky.social discusses misunderstandings about the Earth’s structure with Indy100.

Congratulations to economics professor Claudia Olivetti, who was named a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. The honorary title is given to those who have made “contributions of unusual distinction” to the field of labor economics. www.sole-jole.org/sole-fellows

Modular robots built by #Dartmouth researchers navigated a variety of outdoor spaces when put to the test near campus. Their potential? Game-changing support for disaster relief and emergency response. #Robotics #Innovation

"The most widely experienced impact of climate change (in the Northeast) will be poor air quality from wildfire smoke.” Geography professor @jsmankin.bsky.social‬ comments on Vermont seeing more smoke from Canadian wildfires due to climate change, via @vermontpublic.org‬.

Learn more about Mike Hoppa's @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Keck Foundation Grant to develop groundbreaking neural imaging technology! 🧠 “We think this tool and method are going to break open voltage imaging to the wider scientific community,” says Hoppa. fas.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/08...

The 11th-century Japanese novel “The Tale of Gengi” by Murasaki Shikibu is featured in @theatlantic.com‬. #Dartmouth professor Dennis Washburn wrote a 2015 translation of the book, which is considered by many to be the first novel ever written.

Congrats to Hao, Indu & collaborator Ren on our new paper in Advanced Materials bit.ly/41jnbel We use bistable hydrazones (at 50 °C) + triptycene chirality transfer in LC hosts to achieve, for the first time, tunable structural color reflection from ferroelectric nematic LCs. #NSFfunded ⚗️🧪 #chemsky

“What developers really need is market certainty.” Environmental studies professor Elizabeth Wilson reflects on setbacks in U.S. projects for offshore wind developers, due in part to changes created in recent months by the Trump administration, via @canarymedia.com.

I've got a new essay out. "Early Machine Learning and Artificial Animal Intelligences" appears in the latest volume of the Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association in a special issue titled “Intelligence” and edited by Naomi Michalowicz and Nathan Jung. muse.jhu.edu/pub/140/arti...

Geography professor Jonathan Winter discusses the summertime warming hole, counties in the central and southern U.S. that have experienced cooler summer temperatures in recent years relative to 1901-1960 averages, via @cnn.com.

🆕 The development bogeyman? Understanding the true role of middlemen 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, Meredith Startz (@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social) discusses how intermediaries improve consumer welfare in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...

"Part of the issue here is that people don't agree on what an interpretation is and what's required, what exactly the problems that quantum mechanics faces are.” Philosophy professor Peter Lewis discusses the complexities of quantum physics, via @newscientist.com‬.