Points of Pride

Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership

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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.

Thayer Students Create Reverse Osmosis Prototype

1969

When Dean Spatz ’66 Th’67 arrived at Dartmouth, commercial applications for reverse osmosis systems were in their infancy.

Samson Occom Begins to Study Theology with Eleazar Wheelock

1743

The Reverend Samson Occom, a member of the Mohegan nation, was born in 1723 on Mohegan land near New London, Connecticut.

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.

US-ACAN Names Antarctica Valley In Honor of Ross Virginia

2004

Virginia Valley commemorates the professor's decades of research on the ecosystems of the continent’s dry valleys.

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!"

The First Dartmouth Powwow

1973

What was once a small gathering at Storrs Pond is now an event that attracts upwards of 1,500 people from all over the country.

The Burning and Rebuilding of Dartmouth Hall

1904

After the hall burned down on Feb. 18, 1904, alumni quickly raised funds for a new building.

Dartmouth Hosts First-Ever Presidential Talk Show Debate

1984

Dartmouth continues to be an important stop for presidential hopefuls.

The Hood Art Museum Opens

1985

Dartmouth’s collections are among the oldest and largest of any college or university in the country.

Triangle House Opens

2014

The residence hall welcomes the LGBTQIA community and allied students who share a passion for social justice issues.

George Bissell Founded Pennsylvania Rock Oil

George Bissell, Class of 1845, Creates America's First Oil Company

1854

Bissell's vision of extracting oil from the ground was inspired by a return visit to his alma mater in 1853.

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