Recent Public Events

As global healthcare systems face a critical shortage of providers, digital innovation is more than a novel addition. It is a necessity for the mental health of both the health care workforce and the patients they serve. As part of the Dickey Center's Global Mental Health Initiative (GMHI): "Empowering Health Workers for a Healthier Future," this talk will animate the urgent need to better equip future healthcare workers and current professionals worldwide with tools to manage escalating mental health challenge: burnout, stress, and trauma exacerbated by global health crises. We invite the Dartmouth community to a deep-dive exploration of how Dartmouth and international partners are using data science and precision psychiatry as "workforce multipliers" to bridge the treatment gap. This conversation highlights the robust research partnership between Dartmouth College and the Brain & Mind Institute (BMI) at Aga Khan University, Nairobi. Our experts will discuss evidence-based tools from mobile sensing and generative AI to culturally responsive digital brain health interventions, and how they can be translated into sustainable clinical practice across diverse resource environments. Panelists: Lisa Marsch, Danny Forger, Zul Merali, Michael Heinz, Thomas Thesen (Moderator) Dartmouth College, May 12, 2026

Are we entering a new era of global conflict—or underestimating a far more complex and dangerous world? Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Sanger has spent four decades reporting from the front lines of U.S. foreign policy and presidential decision-making at The New York Times. With unparalleled access to the inner workings of the White House, he has chronicled how American leaders navigate crises, competition, and uncertainty. He also has covered the world, from Japanese tsunami to nuclear proliferation. Today, you can read him every week on the current wars in the Middle East. Drawing on his book New Cold Wars and his latest reporting, Sanger explores intensifying rivalry among the United States, China, and Russia; the growing role of technologies like AI and cyber warfare; and the shifting priorities of U.S. strategy across recent administrations. He also examines the risks of miscalculation in today’s geopolitical landscape—and what may come next. At a moment when global tensions are rising but the rules of competition remain unclear, Sanger joins us to offer a rare, inside view of trends, how decisions are made, and where we may face cooperation or confrontation. In conversation with Dickey Center Director Victoria K. Holt. The Obenshain Family Great Issues Lecture at Dartmouth College, April 30, 2026

This year's Mary and Peter R. Dallman 1951 Great Issues Lecture was a conversation with renowned translators: Maureen Freely, Tess Lewis, Allison Markin Powell and Samantha Schnee. Why do some authors and books become known around the world, while others of equal merit languish in relative obscurity? Our panelists explore the role national cultural foundations play in exporting a country’s cultural production and the implications this has for less wealthy nations that don’t have such organizations. In many such instances, the responsibility falls to translators into English, placing them in the role of cultural gatekeepers and mediators. How do national and international prizes affect the literary eco-system? What is the importance of literature as a means of cultural exchange and soft diplomacy? And how will AI and LLMs impact this cultural dialogue? Dartmouth College, April 29, 2026