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04/30/2026

Professor Sean Westwood has won a 2025 Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world’s most-cited multidisciplinary scientific journals, for research showing that AI can corrupt public opinion polling. “We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people,” the associate professor of government says. His study found that AI agents can complete surveys with coherent, human-seeming responses, evading every detection method currently in use.

The Cozzarelli Prize recognizes the government professor’s research showing how AI can rig online surveys.

04/15/2026

‘Law and Democracy’ Series Welcomes Leading Experts: Ezra Klein and Annette Gordon-Reed ’81 are among the speakers this term.
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Ezra Klein and Annette Gordon-Reed '81 are among the speakers in spring term.

04/15/2026

Democrat John Kerry and Republican Mike Pompeo offered vastly different views on the war with Iran, responding to climate change, and other foreign policy topics during a Dartmouth Political Union debate on Monday.
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More news Articles Former Secretaries of State Debate Iran, Climate ChangeNews subtitleJohn Kerry and Mike Pompeo also met with students during their visit to Dartmouth.ImageImage Former Secretary of State John Kerry makes a point during a Dartmouth Political Union debate with former Secretary of St...

04/02/2026

Professor Stephen Brooks shares insights from his new book, The Political Economy of Security, in a podcast on the New Books Network.
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04/02/2026

The Rockefeller Center and Dartmouth Dialogues have added new speakers this spring for the Law and Democracy: The United States at 250 series, including journalist Ezra Klein, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Montgomery Fellow Annette Gordon-Reed ’81, and Ford Foundation President Heather Gerken.

More news Articles ‘Law and Democracy’ Series Welcomes Leading ExpertsNews subtitleEzra Klein and Annette Gordon-Reed ’81 are among the speakers in spring term.ImageImage 4/1/2026 More Reading Gov. Andy Beshear Says Americans Deserve Better Governance BodyThe Rockefeller Center and Dartmouth D...

01/12/2026

Former Diplomat and Students Weigh In on Venezuela
Latin American expert Peter DeShazo ’69, a visiting professor, dissects the geopolitics.
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More news Articles Former Diplomat and Students Weigh In on VenezuelaNews subtitleLatin American expert Peter DeShazo ’69 dissects the geopolitics.ImageImage Visiting Professor Peter DeShazo ’69, a former State Department diplomat who served in Caracas, discusses the situation in Venezuela on Ja...

12/18/2025

A look back at news and views from 2025 at Dartmouth.

More news Articles Stories That Caught Our Attention, and YoursNews subtitleA look back at news and views from 2025 at Dartmouth.ImageLottiefile 12/17/2025From hosting a global summit with the United Nations Development Programme to celebrating the grand reopening of the Hopkins Center for the Arts,...

11/11/2025

Happy Veterans Day! Check the profile of two Navy Veterans at Dartmouth.

Two Navy veterans who are now undergraduates talk about what drew them to Dartmouth.

11/03/2025

Tomorrow - Election Watch and Voter Registration Drive
Join Rocky and Dartmouth Civics for an election watch and voter registration drive. Dartmouth Civics will provide information on how to vote as we tune in to the November 4th election results. Voter Drive 6 - 8 p.m., Election Watch 6 - 10 p.m.

Nov. 04 | 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. | Hinman Forum, Rockefeller Center

10/29/2025

A new Bright Line Watch study shows that targeted political violence has gained acceptance among some Americans.
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New study finds disapproval of targeted political violence is not universal.