by David Brooks | Sep 5, 2019 | Newsletter
From Dartmouth News Service: Peter Winkler, the William Morrill Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, has been named the Second Distinguished Chair for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics at the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in New York. But you...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
It’s not easy to tell the age of a wild animal. That’s why New Hampshire sends 125 bobcat canines, 500 deer incisors, 100 moose incisors and 800 bear premolars to a really funky lab in Montana every year. Yes, you want to know more, which is why you will...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2019 | Newsletter
I’m not a big fan of those fake “days” to celebrate, including New Hampshire Day on Sept. 7, the anniversary of us joining the Union. But if you must celebrate New Hampshire Day, the National Inventors Hall of Fame suggests you do it by...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Students at the Manchester School of Technology are building an actual airplane, but they need volunteer mentors to help students build the airplane, a two-seat RV-12iS light sport aircraft. “Our student plane-build project has received solid financial support,...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire has the shortest coastline of any state bordering an ocean but it’s still long enough and has enough development that sea-level rise and erratic storm surges will cause gazillions of dollars in damage down the road. So what should we do? A new...