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Down and Out

The great elm that stood on the southwest corner of the Green for 120 years came down during a summer limbing operation. The 60-foot giant, named for former director of facilities planning Gordon…

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Game Changers

In March, a Wall Street Journal photographer captured the men’s basketball team after it voted 13-2 to unionize. “Today is a big day for our team,” wrote Cade Haskins ’25 and Romeo Myrthil ’25 in a…

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A Star is Born

In his major league debut,  Ben Rice ’22 singled in his second at-bat. A few weeks later he hit three home runs in one game—a first for any Yankees rookie. His infectious smile and can-do spirit…

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Where the Filed Things Are

More than 600,000 holdings fill the new Library Collections & Services Facility several miles off campus—and there’s room for double that amount. Books, journals, microfilm, and other in…

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Reading Room

Collector David Godine ’66 peruses his library of rare books at home in Massachusetts. Click here to read an interview with the bibliophile.

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Moment of Reflection

The early evening glow from Dartmouth Hall shimmers on the Green’s ice skating surface in mid-January, when the temperature peaked in the teens. The 70-by-120-foot rink returned after a two-year…

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Vested Interest 

Football players clear the Alumni Oval of snow in 1916, most likely in advance of a late-season game against West Virginia that ended, suitably, in a 7-7 tie. 

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Bog Walk

Students collect water samples from Philbrick-Cricenti Bog in New London, New Hampshire, for a physiological ecology course taught by postdoc Jessica Trout-Haney (wearing blue hat). “A bog is a great…

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Life of the Mind

Ten monks and nuns led a week of engaged mindfulness with students and faculty in late April. The monastics, from Deer Park Monastery in California, included brother Phap Luu ’97. “Each morning, as…

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Sign Language

When the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association gathered on campus in June, members had more to celebrate than the 50th anniversary of the group. Alumnae from the Pi Theta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta…

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Stick and Puck

One of the greatest college goal scorers ever, Bill Riley ’46 (above) netted 118 at Dartmouth, still a school record, and led his team to two Frozen Fours. Defenseman Ben Lovejoy ’06 (below)…

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Upward Bound

Five-time NBA all-star Rudy LaRusso ’59, Tu’60 (above), drives to the hoop for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1961 as Wayne Embry (No. 15) defends for the Cincinnati Royals. Dartmouth’s all-time three…