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2022 Neukom Literary Arts Award Winner "Sisters" by Matthew Libby opens at Northern Stage

Directed by Aileen Wen McGroddy, OCTOBER 2-20, 2024 - Told over the course of 90 years, Sisters tracks Matilda and Greta, a pair of sisters, growing up, learning from each other, dealing with responsibility and loss, fighting viciously, drifting apart, and eventually coming back together. They're just like any other sisters. Oh, except Greta is an artificially intelligent computer program. But other than that…
Donoho Colloquium hosts Steve Greenberg, "The Impact of AI on the Music Industry"

Recent advances in AI and machine learning are transforming the music industry, presenting new opportunities for creating, performing, and distributing music. We'll survey the state of the art and try to guess at the future of this dynamic and exciting artistic landscape.
Accepting Applications for Class of 2025 Neukom Fellows

Neukom Fellows are interdisciplinary positions for recent PhDs whose research interests or practice cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, and has some computational component, whether it be a framing concept for intellectual exploration or an explicit part of the work that is pursued.
Dartmouth Hosts Sculpture Biennale on Climate Change

"It struck me one day as I looked down from the northwest corner what a beautiful setting it would be for a sculpture park," says (Neukom Institute Director Dan Rockmore)... "The best sculpture parks simultaneously highlight natural beauty and human creativity. That feels like a part of the Dartmouth ethos."
Neukom Fellow '23 Dae Sean Houlihan wins Glushko Dissertation Prize from the Cognitive Science Society.

The Glushko Dissertation Prize highlights interdisciplinary work that advances the scientific understanding of the nature of minds and intelligent systems. Dae will receive the award this July in the Netherlands at the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
Neukom Fellow '16 Jeff Kerby "The last flower at the top of the world - and the perilous journey to reach it" National Geographic

"Great to have my short photo essay published on National Geographic. It gives a glimpse into our team's journey to find the northern edge of life on land...
2024 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards

The Neukom Institute is thrilled to announce the seventh annual Neukom Award for Playwriting. "What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world?"
Toronto Playwright Wins Neukom Institute Literary Award

Moss and Finocchiaro will host weeklong workshops at Dartmouth and Northern Stage during the 2023-24 season. The workshops will culminate in the Neukom Festival from April 25-27, 2024, that will consist of two public readings of each play at Northern Stage and at Dartmouth featuring professional and student actors.
"How Much of the World Is It Possible to Model?" by Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker

"Mathematical models power our civilization—but they have limits." -An essay recounting an experienced programmer's evolution from avoider to advocate of ChatGPT and its use in his work.
Susan Brison Named Inaugural Director of the Wright Center

"I'm grateful to Sally and Bill Neukom for making the Wright Center and professorship possible," Brison says. "And I'm deeply honored to hold a professorship named after two people so many of us love and admire, Jim and Susan Wright."