Despite the chill, it was difficult not to smile at the first sight of snowflakes.
Estelle Stedman
2023
Snow is the stuff of invention at Dartmouth
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Winter at Dartmouth
Dartmouth students share how they push the very limits of the season with rich traditions that couldn’t happen at any other time of year—or anywhere else on the planet.
It’s the DALI Lab, where any student can apply to become a collaborator and work with non-profits, startups, or even students and professors who won the Pitch event and got their ideas into the lab!
Guilherme Marinho
2022
Every Thursday students who study or are interested in Arabic converge in the lounge of Bartlett Hall to discuss topics related to the various cultures of the Middle East and North Africa over sweets, biscuits, and Moroccan tea.
Lamees Kareem
2022
There is Mardi Gras down south, Carnivals north into Canada, but here in Hanover the weekend before Lent doesn’t really have anything special most years. Most. This year, we held the party of a lifetime.
Guilherme Marinho
2022
Research projects can be intimidating for many college students. With demand for an extensive amount of academic sources, research presents various high hurdles and challenges.
Melissa Barales-Lopez
2022
One of the reasons I chose to go to Dartmouth is the quarter system. Ten-week terms make learning short and sweet.
Isabel Burgess
2020
Their choice of venue was pretty incomparable: Dartmouth's Hood Museum! We dressed up for the event that was impeccably organized with catering, live performances from student groups (such as Street Soul), and a DJ.
Lamees Kareem
2022
Space is important in Dartmouth College and several buildings receive special attention from the community. Dartmouth Hall, Baker Library, and the beloved Green are all notably significant locations in the history of the College.
Melissa Barales-Lopez
2022
Every term, Dartmouth has one big, traditional weekend celebration. The big event of every winter term is Winter Carnival.
Lamees Kareem
2022
Campus in Winter
During Winter Carnival, The Green hosts a variety of events, like this friendly game of Broomball between House Community teams
In winter, the experience of crossing the Green under the hush of a blanket of snow is magical
The puck (above left) in the net is just one of the exciting winter sports moments! Dartmouth is competing on the ice, the court, the slopes, and in the water all winter long.
Winter Traditions
Winter Carnival
Think of it as three days of icecraft and blizzardry. Dartmouth Winter Carnival means ice-sculpture contests, human dog-sled races, and sofa sprints across frozen Occom Pond. It means whacky broomball tournaments and serious ski racing. It also means state-of-the-craft hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows. Students, faculty, staff, and their families can be heard recounting their hijinks well into spring.
Dartmouth's 110th Winter Carnival is scheduled for February 6-9, 2020. This year's theme celebrates folklore and mysterious creatures around the world with "A Blizzard of Unbelievable Beasts."
Campus in Winter
Earth Science professor Meredith Kelley helps her class extract 13,000-year-old sediments from nearby Occom Pond, a short walk from her indoor lab.
In January, the campus pauses to honor Reverent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students and community walking as part of a candlelight vigil procession celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Learn more about this campus celebration
With a view for miles, and a fresh blanket of snow, Dartmouth students who visited Mount Moosilauke over winter break enjoyed a special hike down the mountain.
Winter Newsfeed
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Dartmouth's 110th Winter Carnival is scheduled for February 6-9th, 2020.
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Three new assistant professors study ice, the human microbiome, and disordered proteins. -
Two novelists and Thomas Mann's grandson are among this year's fellows.
