Placement and Enrollment Policies

Information for Class of 2024 students about the first-year writing and first-year seminar requirements and about the placement process and enrollment policies for first-year writing courses.

(CANCELLED) 2020 Speech Contest Call for Entries

Announcing the Benjamin F. Barge, Class of 1866, and Speech at Dartmouth Prizes for Oratory.

Deadline for entries: Monday, March 30th, 5:00pm.

Jennifer Sargent Appointed Chair of NH Parole Board

Full story at Dartmouth News. 

The Institute Moves into New Offices

The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric will permanently move offices on Monday 9/9/19 from Baker Library to 37 Dewey Field Road, room 233.

The Institute Welcomes New Faculty

The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric welcomes three new faculty members to our ranks this year: Annika Konrad, Clara Lewis, and Kate Rose

Dobson and Mosteirin Publish Moonbit

Institute Director Jed Dobson and his wife Rena Mosteirin have co-authored a book of experimental poetry and cultural criticism based on the code that ran the Apollo 11 guidance computer. 

Jennifer Sargent on NHPR

Visiting Associate Professor Jennifer Sargent, a former public defender and district judge, discusses cases considered Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court, including a citizenship question the White House wanted to add to the U.S. census.

Dartmouth Students Compete in Historic Speech Contest

The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric is pleased to announce that the Benjamin F. Barge and Class of 1866 Prizes for Oratory speech contest was held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 4:30 pm in the Treasure Room (Baker Library).

Neukom CompX Grant Awarded to the Institute

The Neukom Institute for Computational Science has announced its 2019 grant recipients.

Speech Program Wins National Award

We are delighted to announce that Dartmouth College's Speech program received the National Communication Association's Rex Mix award this year.