Watch video—Quotes Jay Buckey, a professor of medicine and director of the Space Medicine Innovations Laboratory, on how the crew of the Artemis II mission prepares for returning to Earth. An astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1998, Buckey discusses re-adapting to being on Earth and experiencing weightlessness in space, as well as his experience preparing for re-entry. “For us, it was a time to put the suits back on, get everything reconfigured in the spacecraft to get ready for re-entry, and then, you’re pretty much along for the ride,” Buckey said. (Buckey’s comments begin at 2:47)

Read article—Joshua Kim, assistant provost for online learning strategy, interviews Katherine Milligan ’90, Tuck ’07, adjunct professor and associate dean for health care management education, about the master of health administration hybrid degree program and the search for an assistant director. “This role realizes institutional strategy through consistent, high-quality program delivery characterized by continuous improvement,” Milligan said.

Read article—Dartmouth Cancer Center researchers report that telmisartan, a common blood pressure medication, can help certain cancer treatments called PARP inhibitors work more effectively.

Read article—Announcement of Jennifer Hunt, a native of Sandpoint, Idaho, as the new dean of the Geisel School of Medicine and the first woman to lead the school in its 229-year history. “It is an honor and a privilege to be joining the vibrant Dartmouth community,” Hunt said.

Read article—The Geisel School of Medicine is ranked in Tier 1 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 best medical schools for primary care. (Similar coverage in MedPage Today, Becker’s Hospital Review, and University Business.)

Read article—Tyler Curiel, a professor of medicine, talks about his study reporting that the blood-pressure medicine Telmisartan may enhance the efficacy of cancer treatments known as PARP inhibitors. “This study shows that a common, safe, tolerable, convenient, and inexpensive drug may significantly improve how well an important class of cancer therapies works,” Curiel said.

Read article—Quotes Provost Santiago Schnell in an article highlighting Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine’s newly appointed dean, Jennifer Hunt. Hunt is the first woman to lead the medical school, making history about three years after President Sian Leah Beilock became the first woman elected to lead the university. (Picked up by NHPR.)

Read article—John Randolph, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, is cited in an opinion piece by Ariana Huffington, the CEO of Thrive Global, on brain health and performance. “The bottom line is that memory impairment is definitely not part of the typical aging process for most of us,” Randolph wrote in The Brain Health Book. “It’s almost the opposite: the brain continues to grow and adapt throughout life, into our eighties and beyond.”

Read article—Roy Herbst will be the new director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center. Herbst will begin his role July 13 and replaces Konstantin Dragnev, who was appointed interim director of the cancer center last October.