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Rocky On Camera - Learn more about what the Rockefeller Center has to offer

Welcome to the Rockefeller Center 24s! We want to introduce you to all the Rocky has to offer. Please check out these videos to learn what Rocky has to offer!
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Dartmouth Alumni Discuss the First Hundred Days of the Biden Presidency

On Monday, May 3rd, 2021, James Baehr ‘05, Amanda Brown Lierman ‘07, and Janos Marton ‘04, convened with Dartmouth students and community members for the Rockefeller Center’s fourth Rocky Watch event of the spring term, where they discussed the first hundred days of the Biden Presidency.
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Rocky & Me Senior Reflection: Cindy Shen

I first arrived at Dartmouth with little interest in public policy. Although I walked underneath Rocky’s archway countless times throughout my first terms at Dartmouth, I knew little else about the Rockefeller Center beyond its red brick exterior...
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Disaster Capitalism: The Business of Disaster—Niki Franco

The Dartmouth Student Union and the Afro-American Society commemorated Earth Day by organizing a teach-in with community organizer and cultural worker Niki Franco.
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South by Southwest (SXSW) 2021’s Virtual Conference

Over spring break, Cindy Yuan attended South by Southwest (SXSW) 2021’s virtual conference from March 16-20. SXSW is known as a music, film, and tech festival all in one, and is the premier event to learn and interact with emerging technologies.
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Connection 101: Leading with Intention

By equipping students with the tools and knowledge to lead with intentionality in the face of uncertainty, the virtual workshop Connection 101: Leading with Intention sought to inspire and educate the next generation of leaders.
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Oren Cass Discusses the Future of Conservatism with the Rockefeller Center

On Wednesday, April 14th, Oren Cass, the Executive Director of American Compass, explained how conservative principles could generate solutions to the 21st century’s most pressing problems at the Rockefeller Center's second Rocky Watch event of the spring term.
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Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live

On April 8, Dr. Nicholas Christakis joined the Dartmouth community for another installment of “Rocky Watch,” where he discussed the social costs of such public health crises, and his predictions for the duration and eventual conclusion of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Dissecting the State of Student Debt: What’s the Path Forward?

On March 3, Dr. Mark W. Huddleston presented the 2021 Perkins Bass Distinguished Lecture, where he shared his own findings on the trends and implications of student debt in the United States.
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The 60th Anniversary of the Peace Corps – The History of the Program and What Lies Ahead

On Tuesday, March 9th, Mark Shriver and Glenn Blumhorst met with Dartmouth students and community members to focus on the legacy of the Peace Corps on its 60th anniversary—and discuss what lies ahead for the organization at a time of domestic and international upheaval.
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Where Do We Go From Here? King's Sill Unanswered Question

On January 19, 2021, Dr. Clayborne Carson, the Martin Luther King Jr. Centennial Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University, spoke at special edition of Rocky Watch as part of Dartmouth’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.
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GameStop, Robinhood, and Reddit: New Wine or Old Wine in New Bottles?

On March 4th, Tuck Professors Peter Fisher and Curt Welling met with Dartmouth students and community members at the Rockefeller Center’s second-to-last Rocky Watch event of the winter termto discuss the severe price volatility seen in the stocks of companies such as GameStop and AMC last month.
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