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Top of the Class: Valedictorians and Salutatorians of 2016
Dartmouth will recognize 15 top honor students this year—eight valedictorians and seven salutatorians—at the annual commencement ceremony.Valedictorians for the 2016 graduating class are Michael...
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Chairman and CEO of the Ideal Group Inspires Students at DEN Lunch
If you want to come up with a profitable, problem-solving invention, “fail fast, fail cheap, create, and work,” Frank Venegas, in town to receive an honorary degree tomorrow, told Dartmouth students...
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Five Dartmouth Graduates Receive Military Commissions
More than 200 family members and guests gathered in Dartmouth’s Moore Theater Saturday to witness the commissioning of five graduating seniors as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine...
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Frank Venegas (Doctor of Humane Letters)
(Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)FRANK VENEGAS, we marvel at your extraordinary journey from humble origins to a career as a prominent entrepreneur, philanthropist, and leader for social responsibility.As...
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Daniel Yergin (Doctor of Letters)
(Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)DANIEL YERGIN, you are a pioneer in the field of energy. Your unparalleled work has broadened our understanding of the role of energy—past and future. A true student of the...
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Commencement Notes for the Dartmouth Class of 2016
Here is Dartmouth’s 2016 commencement by the numbers: from the awarding of more than 1,800 degrees to the expected attendance of 11,500.Dartmouth’s 2016 commencement ceremony took place on Sunday, June...
View ArticlePresident Phil Hanlon ’77 Valedictory to the Graduating Students
Video of 2016 Valedictory to the Graduating Seniors by President Phil Hanlon ’77So graduates, your day has finally come. Even though the day is cool and a bit cloudy, please know that our hearts are...
View ArticleJonathan Vandermause ’16 Valedictory to the College
Video of 2016 Valedictory Address by Jonathan Vandermause ’16President Hanlon, members of the Board of Trustees, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen, friends and family, and finally fellow members of...
View Article2016 Commencement Address by Leymah Gbowee
Video of 2016 Commencement Address by Leymah GboweeThe Open Mind ChallengeThank you Dartmouth. This is truly an honor. President Hanlon, distinguished trustees, members of the faculty, ladies and...
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Dartmouth Awards More Than 1,800 Degrees at Commencement
Students throw their caps in the air at the end of the commencement ceremony. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)Speakers at Dartmouth’s 2016 commencement ceremonies struck common chords, urging graduates to...
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Arati Prabhakar (Doctor of Sciences)
(Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)ARATI PRABHAKAR, you have spent your life crossing new frontiers. As a young child, you immigrated to a new country. As a young adult, you became the first woman to receive a...
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Lee Lynd Discovers New Ways to Turn Plants Into Fuels
“The first step in realizing currently improbable futures is to show that they are possible,” Professor Lee Lynd said in a Tedx Dartmouth talk he gave in 2010. (Photo by Robert Gill)An alarming fact...
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‘Out of Crisis Comes Opportunity’
Read the full story by Andrew Faught, published by Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.The call came in at 8:23 p.m. on a warm Tuesday in Fullerton, Calif., a complaint not in itself exceptional. A homeless man...
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Geisel’s Deborah Hogan Receives National Mentorship Award
Read the full story by Timothy Dean, published by the Geisel News Center.Deborah Hogan, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine, has received the 2016 Dr....
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Prestigious Award Goes to Photographer James Nachtwey ’70
Photojournalist James Nachtwey ’70 can add another award to the long list of honors he’s garnered for documenting conflict and crises worldwide.Photojournalist James Nachtwey ’70 says he was honored to...
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Big Green Athletes Chalk Up Top National Honors
Many Dartmouth College athletes and alumni achieved top status over the spring, including First Team All-America honors in track and field, draft offers from Major League Baseball and the National...
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Dartmouth Makes History: Majority-Female Engineering Class
Read the full story, published by Thayer School of Engineering.Dartmouth granted 54 percent of its undergraduate engineering degrees to women this year, making it the first national research university...
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Cybersecurity Boot Camp for Community College Students
“We call it a bootcamp and it is unique—truly something special,” says Heather Drinan, associate director of the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) at Dartmouth and principal...
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Experiential Learning: Where Theory and Practice Meet
An anthropology class on human evolution travels to South Africa to meet leading scientists and study the fossil record directly at archaeological sites. Architecture students design projects to...
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Former Kosovo President Begins Montgomery Fellowship
It’s not every day that students and faculty get to engage with a former head of state. But that’s exactly the opportunity the Dartmouth community will have this summer when a former president of...
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