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Physics World

Biomedical Optics Play Crucial Roles Across Medicine (Audio)

Professor Brian Pogue is interviewed about optical technologies that underpin many routine medical procedures. "The largest single technology sector in medicine today is biomedical optics," Pogue said.

Apr 02, 2026

MassLive

The birthplace of AI is striving to shape what it becomes—right here in New England

Engineering PhD candidates Bruno Miranda Henrique and Anthony Ragazzi are featured in a story about how AI research at Dartmouth builds on the legacy of the 1956 Summer Research Project. "The field gets sort of a bad rep for the accelerationist, end-of-the-world side of things, but in reality, if used correctly, a lot of these tools have the ability to transform society for the better," said Colin Wolfe '27.

Mar 11, 2026

Forbes

Forbes 250: America's Greatest Innovators

Professor Eric Fossum and alum Mira Murati Th'12 are named in Forbes' list of America's greatest living innovators. Fossum for inventing the technology that makes the selfie possible. Murati for her former role as OpenAI's CTO building tools for collaborative AI development.

Feb 11, 2026

Bloomberg

Junior Bankers Are Teaching Their Elders How to Use AI

Hailey Mullen '24 Th'25 is quoted in an article about how junior bankers are implementing AI. "I got to approach AI with a lot of curiosity and creativity in a very unstructured, unregulated environment," Mullen said of working with professors at Dartmouth who embraced AI.

Feb 09, 2026

Reuters

Olympic-Alpine skiing-Vonn's downhill bid after ACL tear Is extraordinary but possible, US expert says

Interim Dean and Professor Doug Van Citters '99 Th'03 Th'06 is featured in an article about Lindsey Vonn's decision to still compete in the Olympics after rupturing her ACL. "It all depends on whether or not she has the structure in her knee—the rest of the musculature and ligaments—in good enough shape to stabilize the knee during her runs," Van Citters said.

Feb 03, 2026

CEPR

Beyond tariffs: A better approach to green industrial policy

Bryan Bollinger '03 Th'03, a professor of marketing and economic policy, co-authored an opinion piece about alternatives to tariffs for bettering green industrial policy. "Our modelling suggests that modest production subsidies could achieve increases in domestic manufacturing and employment, with fundamentally different welfare implications than tariffs," Bollinger writes.

Jan 30, 2026

USA Today

When will flights return to normal after the winter storm?

Professor Vikrant Vaze comments on the return to normal for flights after the winter storm canceled over 5,000 US flights on Monday. "The network-wide impacts can, in complex ways, affect the itineraries of all different passengers, so just be careful," Vaze said. "It's not simply a matter of whether you are in the heavily affected part of the country or not."

Jan 26, 2026

Associated Press

More than 11,400 flights canceled sunday as massive winter storm sweeps across US

Professor Vikrant Vaze comments on restoring normal flight service after the winter storm. "Because there are so many different airlines involved, I think it's going to come down heavily to the individual airline's network structure, the extent of hit that each of them has had, and just the intrinsic capacity of the airlines to handle these massive disruptions," Vaze said.

Jan 25, 2026