Yes, my friends, it was time for the infamous Dartmouth snowball fight, where the entire college is summoned to the Green at midnight to have a massive snowball fight.
Diana D'Souza
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.
My faith is a very important part of my identity. Starting in the fall, I decided to join two Christian groups: Christian Union and Apologia, the Christian thought magazine on campus.
Tulio Huggins
2023
Long time no see, Hanover. How long has it been? Six months and three days? Not that I've been counting, of course. Oh, who am I kidding? I couldn't wait to see you again! How have you been?
Guilherme Marinho
2022
When I was trying to decide what to do with the eight week break I had from Dartmouth this winter, the first thing that came to my mind was to take a trip!
Simon Ellis
2020
During finals week, I reached out to Colette Ellis '84, a life coach who aims to improve mental health in businesses and schools. She offered me a three-week externship at her company, Start Within Consulting LLC, in New York City.
Diana D'Souza
2023
My time in Panamá has been a blast! Even here, I have seen the effects Dartmouth has had on me — all the way in Central America!
Tulio Huggins
2023
Hello everyone! I hope to provide a glimpse into what Dartmouth students get up to over the six week break, as well as provide any information and advice I can give during your last few weeks before college applications are due.
Love Tsai
2023
Winterim is a great rest from the academic term. But, as someone who likes to be productive, mulching at home for that long can be mind-numbingly painful. So here are the ways I'm (somehow) surviving being away from Dartmouth for so long.
Nicholas Sugiarto
2023
Freshman year is still underway, but knowing that I have people like her by my side gives me so much strength.
May Oo Khine
2023
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.
