The Neukom Institute for Computational Science

07/27/2026

The Neukom Institute will start accepting applications on August 1, 2026 for the Neukom Postdoctoral Fellows Class of 2027 at Dartmouth. Check out our current team of Fellows: https://neukom.dartmouth.edu/research/neukom-postdoctoral-fellows/current-fellows and find the position details posted on Interfolio https://apply.interfolio.com/189760

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07/23/2026

Neukom CompX ‘22 & ‘26 faculty grant recipient Mark Thornton at Dartmouth - “When someone tells ChatGPT about a breakup or a frightening diagnosis, the system is not drawing on personal experience. Instead, it generates a statistical prediction of what supportive human language typically looks like. Thornton compares the process to the classic “wisdom of the crowd” effect.” Read more at Association for Psychological Science
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/seeking-empathy-ai.

Findings are pushing psychologists to ask not only whether AI can simulate empathy, but what empathy requires in the first place.

07/20/2026

Neukom Fellow '23 Sophie von Fromm - a paper stemming from her work at Dartmouth has been selected as an Editor's Highlight by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and is featured on EOG.org
https://guarinigrad.dartmouth.edu/blog/2026/07/07/neukom-fellow-alums-soil-carbon-research-spotlighted-by-agu/

Sophie von Fromm, a former Neukom Fellow, found that widely used soil carbon models consistently underperform in sub-Saharan Africa, missing key regional processes like organo-mineral interactions.…

07/20/2026

2024 Neukom CompX faculty grantee Raquel Fleskes quoted in Science. "In some cases, the values revealed that “individuals were moving when they were between 7 and 9 years old,” says Raquel Fleskes, an anthropological geneticist at Dartmouth College... “It’s not just adults; it’s also children who were ripped from their homes.”"

Adults and children were taken from deep within continent’s interior, genetic material from remote island of St. Helena suggests

07/03/2026

Dartmouth Neukom Institute Director Dan Rockmore, whose latest opinion essay appears in today's New York Times, explores the role of the United States in advancing AI research and innovation.

As AI continues to reshape science, education, industry, and society, thoughtful leadership and public dialogue have never been more important.

"At the frontiers of knowledge, researchers are discovering that A.I. doesn't just take prompts—it gives them, too, sparking new forms of creativity and collaboration." — Dan Rockmore

There’s no reason the United States should refrain from building its own frontier A.I. model.

06/23/2026

Congratulations to Emily Finn, Dartmouth Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, on being named to Scientific American's inaugural Young American Scientists Class of 2026—an honor recognizing just 28 exceptional early-career researchers whose work is shaping the future of science.

Emily's groundbreaking research explores how individual differences shape the way we perceive, interpret, and interact with the world, advancing our understanding of the human brain and cognition.

The Neukom Institute is especially proud to celebrate Emily as a:
🔹 Wright Center JustX Faculty Grant Recipient (2021)
🔹 Neukom CompX Faculty Grant Recipient (2025)
🔹 Neukom CompX Faculty Grant Recipient (2026)

We are grateful for Emily's continued contributions to interdisciplinary research and computational science and look forward to seeing the impact of her work in the years ahead.

Congratulations, Emily!

The Dartmouth neuroscientist is one of 28 early-career researchers recognized for work shaping the future of science.

06/23/2026

The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College is accepting play submissions for the 2026 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards.

The seventh annual Neukom Award for Playwriting will consider full-length plays and other full-length works for the theater that address the question “What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world?”

Playwrights with either traditional or experimental theater pieces, including multimedia productions, are encouraged to submit works to the award program.

The award comes with a $5,000 honorarium as well as a weeklong workshop and public reading produced by Northern Stage (https://northernstage.org/) in early 2027.

Works that have already received a full production are not eligible for the competition.

The deadline for all submissions is July 31, 2026. The award will be announced in the fall of 2026.

The Neukom Award for Playwriting is a partnership between the Neukom Institute, the Department of Theater at Dartmouth College, and Northern Stage based in White River Junction, Vermont.

Complete information for play submissions as well as information on previous winners may be found on the Neukom Awards website: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/neukominstitutelitawards/

06/11/2026

Neukom Director Announces 2026 Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Research in Computational Science Prizes at Dartmouth - We received another record-breaking number of submissions for the 2026 Research Prize. The applicant pool was exceptionally competitive, showcasing an impressive range of innovative and impactful research projects. Learn more about the students, faculty advisors, and research here: https://neukom.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/06/neukom-director-annnounces-2026-outstanding-research-awards

06/03/2026

Screening and Panel discussion of "THE AI DOC" was hosted last week by the Neukom Institute and the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College at Dartmouth.
"The best thing we can do for our brains is talk to real human beings, ideally face to face."
Thalia Wheatley, Lincoln Filene Professor in Human Relations. Read more.....

06/03/2026

Check out the new Instagram page our colleagues at Tel Aviv University created, Summer school at Dartmouth https://www.instagram.com/p/DYe9ir-jVgU/?igsh=MTZ5bnY4amc0czVpdw==