Frank J. Guarini School of Graduate & Advanced Studies at Dartmouth

Frank J. Guarini School of Graduate & Advanced Studies at Dartmouth The Frank J. Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies oversees 12 masters programs and all Ph Educate. Innovate. Inspire.

Dartmouth offers a variety of master's and doctoral degree programs in the humanities, arts, sciences, engineering, public health, and more! Its graduate students benefit from world-class facilities, outstanding faculty, and a commitment to individual education.

One vaccine. The timing matters more than you'd think.Guarini PhD candidate Fiona McEnany studies whether the timing of ...
06/03/2026

One vaccine. The timing matters more than you'd think.

Guarini PhD candidate Fiona McEnany studies whether the timing of flu vaccination during pregnancy affects how well antibodies transfer to newborns — research that could directly change clinical guidance. Her work has taken her from a medically underserved corner of New Hampshire to fieldwork in India and an upcoming research course in South Africa.

Read more, linked in bio.
📸 : Eli Burakian

His mom. His dad. His patients. All of it brought him here.Guarini PhD candidate Johnathan Rodgers Gochicoa is studying ...
06/02/2026

His mom. His dad. His patients. All of it brought him here.

Guarini PhD candidate Johnathan Rodgers Gochicoa is studying the brain cancer cells that become more dangerous after radiation — and trying to figure out how to stop them. His research is personal: his father was exposed to toxic burn pits while deployed, and his mother lives with MS.

Read more, linked in bio.

📸: Sophia Scull '25

Rain falling on snow doesn't sound like a big deal, until you realize what it does to polar sea ice. It changes how much...
05/31/2026

Rain falling on snow doesn't sound like a big deal, until you realize what it does to polar sea ice. It changes how much sunlight the ice reflects versus absorbs, which affects how fast it melts, which affects everything else.

That's what Savannah Byron studies as a PhD student at Thayer School of Engineering. She came to Dartmouth from Los Alamos National Labs after her advisor there told her a PhD was a way to "learn how to learn."

This spring, Savannah traveled to D.C. for the AAAS CASE conference — partly to advocate for continued Arctic research at a time when environmental science funding is under pressure.
Her advice for new students: "Within reason, say yes to as many things as you can."

Read her full spotlight at the 🔗 in our bio.

"All the data in the world will never matter until someone is translating it into policies that will actually impact peo...
05/29/2026

"All the data in the world will never matter until someone is translating it into policies that will actually impact people."

That's Aislinn Gilmour — a first-year PhD student in Dartmouth's quantitative biomedical sciences program. Before grad school, she worked as a public health data analyst for the Vermont Department of Health, where she saw how much policy shapes whether research findings ever reach the people they're meant to help.

This spring, Aislinn traveled to D.C. for the AAAS CASE conference to learn how scientists can advocate for research and education funding at the federal level.

Her favorite way to start a winter morning? Skinning up Whaleback before work.

Read her full spotlight at the 🔗 in our bio.

When a doctor isn't sure what's happening with a patient who has dementia, how do they say so? And what happens to the p...
05/28/2026

When a doctor isn't sure what's happening with a patient who has dementia, how do they say so? And what happens to the patient and their family when AI tools enter that conversation?

Salar Khaleghzadegan is digging into both questions. He's a PhD student in health policy and clinical practice at Dartmouth, and his research sits at the intersection of health policy, linguistics, and data science.

This spring, Salar traveled to D.C. for the AAAS CASE conference to learn how researchers can advocate for sustained federal funding — something he says affects not just scientists, but the communities their work is meant to serve.

His Upper Valley recharge? Hiking and learning to bake his favorite dishes from home.

Read his full spotlight at the 🔗 in our bio.

Fiction and history. Both finalists.Torrey Peters, Guarini '14, was named a 2026 finalist in Fiction for "Stag Dance: A ...
05/26/2026

Fiction and history. Both finalists.

Torrey Peters, Guarini '14, was named a 2026 finalist in Fiction for "Stag Dance: A Quartet." Her debut, "Detransition, Baby," was named one of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times.

Bench Ansfield, a former postdoctoral scholar in Dartmouth's Society of Fellows, was named a 2026 finalist in History for "Born in Flames" — their account of the 1970s arson wave that destroyed huge portions of the Bronx and other American cities. The book has also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and the Francis Parkman Prize.

One alum. One former postdoc. Two of the year's biggest literary honors.

🔗 Read more at the link in bio.

Zebrafish can fully regrow the nerves that control their fins after a complete injury. Humans can't. Mizuki Tojo studies...
05/24/2026

Zebrafish can fully regrow the nerves that control their fins after a complete injury. Humans can't. Mizuki Tojo studies why — by tracing how neurons find their way back to each other after injury.

Mizuki is a PhD student in Dartmouth's integrative neuroscience program, studying how neurons find their way back to each other after damage. This spring, she traveled to D.C. for the AAAS CASE conference to learn how scientists translate research like hers into policy.

Her advice for incoming grad students: "Make the most of your time here." For her, that meant picking up skiing — something she'd never done growing up in tropical Thailand. Now it's how she gets through the long winters.

Read her full spotlight at the 🔗 in our bio.

Picture a robot that doesn't just watch the air quality in a building: it actively works to keep it clean, on its own, o...
05/21/2026

Picture a robot that doesn't just watch the air quality in a building: it actively works to keep it clean, on its own, over months and years.

That's the problem Amel Docena is trying to solve. His research on multi-robot systems won an award at this year's Guarini Poster Session, and it has real applications for places facing aging populations and shrinking workforces.

Amel grew up in the Philippines and came to Dartmouth during the pandemic for his PhD in computer science. His advice for incoming students: go to the mixers, the seminars, the mentorship program. "They can make a difference in academic, career, socials, and finding good friendships while in grad school."

Read the full spotlight at the 🔗 in our bio.
📸: Eli Burakian

What does it take to advocate for science in Congress?Four Guarini PhD students traded their labs for Capitol Hill this ...
05/21/2026

What does it take to advocate for science in Congress?

Four Guarini PhD students traded their labs for Capitol Hill this April, joining the AAAS science policy workshop to learn how research becomes legislation and to meet with members of Congress about their own work.

Link in bio to read about the week and meet the students. 🌲

The corn on your plate is getting thirstier. She's studying why.Chunmeng Wang is a PhD student in the ecology, evolution...
05/13/2026

The corn on your plate is getting thirstier. She's studying why.

Chunmeng Wang is a PhD student in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society program. Her research on how climate change is increasing U.S. corn's reliance on irrigation recently won an award at the Guarini Poster Session.

Read her Q&A at the link in bio.

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