Emerging Fields
Genomics. Digital Humanities. Psychological and Brain Sciences. Computational Science. These and other new disciplines have emerged on the academic landscape—"blurring boundaries" between traditional areas of study—with promise to deepen insight into complex issues. The Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience advanced its commitment to leading-edge intellectual pursuit in a number of ways, including:
Four distinguished endowed chairs and seventeen endowed professorships in the undergraduate college, and fourteen in the professional schools, so academic programs will continue to be shaped by faculty who do groundbreaking work in their fields and bring new knowledge to their undergraduate and graduate students.
Five funds for scholarly innovation to support the early-stage research of faculty poised to make important advances in areas including sustainability and technology.