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.
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
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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.
Abbey D’Agostino '14 Wins the 2013 NCAA Cross Country National Championship
2013
D’Agostino is the most decorated individual student-athlete in Ivy League history.
Callie Brownson Makes History by Joining the Big Green Football Staff
2018
Dartmouth is the first Division I school to hire a woman as a full-time football coach.
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.
Ben Barres, MD, PhD MED ’79 Elected to the US National Academy of Sciences
2013
"Great science starts with curiosity. There are no easy problems...That's what drives the creativity, the perseverance, and hopefully the rigor."
Daniel Webster, Class of 1801, Delivers Famous Senate Speech
1830
"Liberty and union, one and inseparable, now and forever!"
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.
Black Women Hold Top Dartmouth Leadership Positions
2018
As Dartmouth approaches its 250th anniversary, four black women have taken on significant new leadership roles at the College.
Robert L. May ’26 Writes 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'
1939
Dartmouth Library's Robert May collection contains a 54-page scrapbook that details the creation and marketing of Rudolph.
Professor Marcelo Gleiser Creates “Question Reality!”
2017
It is the first bilingual course on the EdX platform.
George Boateng, ’16, Thayer ’17 Creates Project iSWEST
2013
Project iSWEST is a 3-week intensive innovation boot camp for high school students in Ghana.