The Beginning of BADA
1972
The Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association celebrates the diversity of the Black Experience at Dartmouth.
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
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Dartmouth College Case Decided By the U.S. Supreme Court
1819
"It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet, there are those who love it!"
Hopkins Center for the Arts Opens
1962
A renowned multi-disciplinary academic, visual and performing arts center, the Hop was designed by Wallace Harrison, the architect of Lincoln Center.
The Great Day
1967
378 female students from Wellesley, Smith, Mt. Holyoke and Colby Junior College attended the event.
Reggie Williams ’76 Selected for College Football Hall of Fame
2007
Reggie Williams was one of the most conspicuous players in Dartmouth football annals since halfback Bob MacLeod was a consensus All-American in 1938.
Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation Lab (DALI) Created
2013
"Where students design & build mobile applications, websites, virtual & augmented reality, digital installations, and more."
George Perkins Marsh, Class of 1820, Publishes "Man and Nature"
1864
“Man is everywhere a disturbing agent.”
Karl Barry Sharpless ‘63 Receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2001
Sharpless credited a Dartmouth professor for helping set the course of his life's work.
Dartmouth Graduates Majority-Female Engineering Class
2016
Dartmouth College was the first national research university to award more bachelor’s degrees in engineering to women than men.
Owen Chamberlain ‘41 Wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
1959
At Dartmouth he won the prestigious Thayer Prize in Mathematics and the Kramer Fellowship, which funded his initial graduate studies at Berkeley.
Shonda Rhimes ’91 Delivers a Lesson-Packed Commencement Address
2014
"Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams... But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen."
Dartmouth Football Team Employs First Robotic Mobile Tackling Dummy
2015
Developed at Thayer School of Engineering, the wheeled, self-righting, remotely controlled Mobile Virtual Player (MVP) simulates a football player in size, weight, and agility.