News and Updates

Casual Conversation: Professor Luxon October 14th at 5 PM ET admin

On Monday, October 14 at 5 pm Eastern Time, we will have a Casual Conversation with Thomas H. Luxon, Dartmouth Professor of English, Emeritus and Cheheyl Professor and Inaugural Director of the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL).  His faculty listing may be found here: https://faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu/thomas-h-luxon .  His faculty entry links to his downloadable cv.

Casual Conversation: Brian Maracle '69 on the Mohawk language admin

Our next Casual Conversation, on Wednesday, October 9 at 5 pm Eastern will be an occasion to spend time with our Dartmouth 1969 classmate, Brian Maracle, who comes to us cou

Casual Conversation: Professor Will Masters on September 30, 2024 admin

On Monday, September 30 at 5 pm ET, Professor William (“Will”) Masters will be our guest for a Casual Conversation about food or, more precisely, food economics.  This discussion you should not miss.  Really.  If you want to explore the reasons why you eat what you eat, how much you eat, and what obstacles stand in your way to change your food consumption, this is the time you should join us.

Casual Conversation September 15 with Foster Hirsch admin

On the Ides of September, i.e., September 15, a Sunday at 3 pm ET, we will be having a Casual Conversation with Foster Hirsch, Professor of Film at Brooklyn College, and board member of the Film Noir Foundation.  He is the author most recently of Hollywood and Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television (Knopf 2023).

Casual Conversation August 25th Christopher Hart on Safety in Hospitals admin

Christopher (Chris) Hart will be joining us for a Casual Conversation on Sunday, August 25, at 3 pm Eastern Time on Zoom.  Chris comes to us courtesy of his friend from Denver grade school and our Dartmouth ’69 classmate Jay (“Yogi”) Glaser.

This is Chris’s description of what he would like to speak to us about (lightly edited):

“How Aviation Safety Practices Can Improve Your Safety in the Hospital”

ComingHome Weekend October 4-5, 2024

Dartmouth College Class of 1969
ComingHome Weekend - October 4-5, 2024
Please join us. Register Now.

Mark your calendar – book your hotel room – and plan to join us in Hanover for ComingHome on October 4-5, 2024.  The following schedule of events has been updated as of August 1, 2024.

(Note: Our ComingHome weekend does not coincide with the official College Homecoming weekend. There will not be a parade and bonfire.)

Friday, October 4, 2024:

Casual Conversation August 18 with Professor Zander admin

On Sunday, August 18 at 3 pm Eastern, Cecily N.

Casual Conversation August 11 with Dena Romero admin

On Sunday, August 11 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Dena Rueb Romero, widow of Dartmouth ’69 classmate Oscar Romero, with be our guest for a Casual Conversation on Zoom.