October 22, 2010

Visit campus for Dartmouth Night and Homecoming
Thousands of alumni and students will gather at Dartmouth on October 29 and 30 for the annual parade and bonfire, the Dartmouth-Harvard football game, lectures and workshops, alumni tailgating, hospitality tents, and more. View a highlights video from last year's Homecoming.

See the schedule for 2010 Homecoming.

Football (3-2) faces Columbia October 23
Can't make it to the games? Sign up for the Big Green Insider to view the action live. (The homecoming game against Harvard will also be broadcast on the New England Sports Network.)

Read about Dartmouth's win against Holy Cross on October 16, and see video highlights.

Four faculty members appointed to inaugural endowed chairs
Dartmouth has announced four new chairs in the arts and sciences. Pictured above, from left: Prasad Jayanti, the James Frank Family Professor; James LaBelle, the Lois L. Rodgers Professor; Nina Pavcnik, the Niehaus Family Professor in International Studies; and Andrew Samwick, the Sandra and Arthur Irving A'72, P'10 Professor of Economics.

Read about the holders of the new professorships and the nine additional faculty members appointed to existing endowed chairs.

$9 million gift commitment names fitness center in honor of Charles J. Zimmerman '23, Tuck '24
The anonymous gift will name Dartmouth's fitness center, which opened in 2006 and is the largest contiguous fitness facility in the Ivy League. Charles J. Zimmerman was a member of the Dartmouth Class of 1923, Tuck School of Business 1924, and a former chair of the College's Board of Trustees.

Read about the Zimmerman Fitness Center.