Annette Gordon-Reed '81 Wins the Pulitzer Prize
2009
Gordon-Reed is a legal scholar and historian who graduated with high distinction from Dartmouth in 1981.
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
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Professor Marcelo Gleiser Creates “Question Reality!”
2017
It is the first bilingual course on the EdX platform.
Dartmouth's First Fulbright Scholars
1946
The program aims to promote mutual understanding through international educational exchanges.
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.
Hany Farid Honored by the National Academy of Inventors
2016
Farid’s research focuses on digital forensics, image analysis, and human perception.
Andrea Hayes-Jordan ’87, DMS’91 Becomes the Nation's First Black Female Pediatric Surgeon
2004
In 2006, Hayes-Jordan became the first surgeon in the United States to successfully use “heated” chemotherapy on a child.
Ernest Everett Just ’07 Wins First Spingarn Medal
1915
Just broke through racial barriers and conducted groundbreaking research in cell biology
Robert Frost and the Lessons of Wilson Hall
1892
While Robert Frost, Dartmouth Class of 1896, attended the College for just one term in 1892, he remembered those fall months vividly.
Jodi Archambault Gillette ‘91 Appointed White House Liaison
2009
In February 2009 Barack Obama named Gillette a deputy associate director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
Thaddeus Stevens, Class of 1814, Elected to Congress
1848
"The principles of our Republic are wholly incompatible with slavery."
The Founding of Thayer
1867
Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1807, established an engineering school at his alma mater.
The 9/11 Memorial, Designed By Michael Arad ’91, Opens
2011
The architect asserted that his experiences at Dartmouth helped prepare him for the eight-year-long process of building the memorial.