Dartmouth Receives Its First Fine Art Piece
1773
John Wentworth, royal governor of New Hampshire and a Dartmouth trustee, gifted the College a silver monteith.
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
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Thayer Launches Formula Hybrid
2007
In 2018, the race car design competition was awarded one of the most coveted prizes in engineering education, the ABET Innovation Award.
Dartmouth's First Senior Society
1783
Started in 1783, The Society of Social Friends "Socials" maintained a student-funded and -managed library, circulating holdings to its members only.
Christian Wolff Begins Teaching at Dartmouth
1971
The influential new music composer came to teach in the classics department and the comparative literature program.
Mindy Kaling ’01 Publishes Her Second New York Times Bestseller
2015
Comedy phenomenon Mindy Kaling ’01 returned to Hanover in 2018 to deliver the main address at commencement.
College Acquires First MRI Scanner Explicitly for Research
1999
Dartmouth became the first U.S. college or university to own and operate a magnetic resonance imaging scanner housed in an academic department.
Thayer Professor and Student Invent the Synclavier
1975
The Synclavier, built by Thayer professor Sydney Alsonso and Cameron Jones ’75, Th’77, was the world’s first digital synthesizer.
Memorial Field Completed
1923
While originally built in 1893, Memorial Field and its stadium were not completed until 1923.
A Beginner's Modern Dance Class Leads to the Founding of Pilobolus
1971
The experimental dance company, which has created over 120 dance works, is named for a fungus grown in cow manure.
First Clinical X-ray in America Performed
1896
The medical X-ray, like many inventions, is the result of different people working simultaneously on the same idea.
The First Dartmouth Night
1895
During Dartmouth Night and Homecoming, alumni return to join students in a celebration that includes a colorful parade and a blazing bonfire.
The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society Created
2016
“Meeting the energy demands of the future is one of the most complex and urgent challenges facing humankind.” –President Phil Hanlon ’77