John Ledyard Departs Down the Connecticut River
1773
Ledyard’s legendary trip downriver was just the start of a life filled with dramatic, restless, pioneering adventure
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
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The Founding of Thayer
1867
Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1807, established an engineering school at his alma mater.
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.
The Mirica Group Designs an Electronic “Nose”
2017
Katherine Mirica is an assistant professor of chemistry and head of the Mirica Group at Dartmouth College.
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.
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.
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."
Professor Marcelo Gleiser Creates “Question Reality!”
2017
It is the first bilingual course on the EdX platform.
Mary Flanagan Brings Tiltfactor to Dartmouth
2008
“How games impacted me is a small model of how games could impact the world.” —Mary Flanagan
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.
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.