The First King Scholars Graduate
2017
The King Scholar Leadership Program prepares international students to fight global poverty.
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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'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.
Fred Rogers '50 Delivers the Commencement Address
2002
"And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. We are intimately related. May we never even pretend that we are not."
Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation Lab (DALI) Created
2013
"Where students design & build mobile applications, websites, virtual & augmented reality, digital installations, and more."
Launch of Dartmouth Founders Project
2018
The project establishes a network of alumni who have pledged to support Dartmouth as their businesses grow.
Partnership with American University of Kuwait (AUK) Begins
2003
Dartmouth begins its collaboration with Kuwait's first and only liberal arts university.
C. Everett Koop ‘37 Begins Serving as U.S. Surgeon General
1982
Koop changed the way American medicine was practiced—and that was before he became the nation’s top doctor.
Kyle Hendricks ’12 and the Chicago Cubs Go to the World Series
2016
Hendricks pitched the clinching the game of the 2016 National League Championship Series with 7.1 scoreless innings.
George Perkins Marsh, Class of 1820, Publishes "Man and Nature"
1864
“Man is everywhere a disturbing agent.”
José Clemente Orozco's First Visit to Dartmouth
1932
Orozco painted a fresco and set his sights on a larger canvas during his March 18-20, 1932 visit.
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.
William Kamkwamba ‘14 Pens a New York Times Bestseller
2009
At age 14, Kamkwamba built a windmill from spare parts to help his small African town survive a famine.