Dartmouth College's Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies is pausing admissions to its mathematics Ph.D. program for the 2027-28 academic year while the School of Arts and Sciences reviews the department, The Dartmouth reported¹.

Guarini Dean Carrie Colla '01 told the student newspaper in a Nov. 10 statement that the school regularly reviews how it invests in graduate education and is pausing the next math Ph.D. cycle as part of that process¹. She said the decision was made with Arts and Sciences leaders and that the review would include chances for students to take part¹.

Colla wrote that Guarini is "pausing admissions to the math Ph.D. program for the 2027-2028 cycle" during the review¹. College spokesperson Jana Barnello and Colla did not say when or whether admissions would resume, the newspaper reported¹.

The program typically accepts seven to nine students a year, with applications due Dec. 15, 2026, according to the math department site cited by The Dartmouth¹. Guarini told people who had already submitted materials that those files would not be reviewed¹.

Math professor Peter Winkler, who opposed the pause, said at a Nov. 9 general faculty meeting that faculty learned of the decision on Nov. 6, the newspaper reported from the meeting¹. Department chair Dimitrios Giannakis wrote to current graduate students that faculty were still talking with administrators about a path that would eventually resume the program, according to an email the newspaper said it reviewed¹.

Colla told current math graduate students that their status and support are not changing and that every enrolled student would be seen through graduation, The Dartmouth reported¹. Stipends, insurance and the five-year funding guarantee remain for students making satisfactory academic progress, she wrote¹. Guarini's listed stipend for 2026-27 is $49,862.40 plus tuition remission and health insurance, according to the newspaper¹.

Graduate students told The Dartmouth they were surprised by the timing¹. Third-year candidate Jacob Lehmann Duke said there had been no sign the pause was coming¹. Others said a missing cohort could shrink research conversation in an already small program and affect graduate-level courses used by undergraduates and by students in related Ph.D. programs¹.

The pause was discussed at the same faculty meeting where President Sian Leah Beilock addressed other graduate and budget issues, including ending recruitment for the Society of Fellows and a plan to reduce spending by $50 million, The Dartmouth reported¹. Barnello later said that figure reflects budget adjustments already made, with roughly half in place for fiscal 2027¹. A date for resumed math Ph.D. admissions was not announced¹.