Coeducation
1972
Women had been coming to campus through exchanges in the years leading up to coeducation, but they could not graduate with a Dartmouth degree.
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
Dartmouth Milestones
Class of 1895 Lays the Foundation for Bartlett Tower
1895
The plan was for each class to put up at least 10 feet of the tower each year.
Dartmouth Makes NAI’s Top 100 List for U.S. Patents
2016
National Academy of Inventors’ report ranks universities worldwide by the number of utility patents granted.
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.
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.
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.
The Beginning of BADA
1972
The Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association celebrates the diversity of the Black Experience at Dartmouth.
The Arts Club Brings Literary Giants to Dartmouth
1930
In the span of just a few weeks in the spring of 1930, Carl Sandburg, Thornton Wilder, and Edna St. Vincent Millay presented their work to students.
Memorial Field Completed
1923
While originally built in 1893, Memorial Field and its stadium were not completed until 1923.
The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Endowment Established
1977
For over four decades, the Montgomery endowment has brought distinguished guests to live, work, teach, and engage with the Dartmouth community.
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.
Dartmouth Medical School Founded
1797
Named the Geisel School of Medicine in 2014, the medical school is the fourth-oldest in the United States.