This year is the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s 100th anniversary overseeing the protection and management of the world’s longest hiking-only footpath. To commemorate this incredible milestone, we partnered with the ATC to curate an extra-special Fall Term exhibition that helps tell the Trail’s grand story. “From Vision to Reality: The Appalachian Trail from Then to Now” is a retrospective that pieces together the founding vision, how the trail came to be, and how it connects to Dartmouth and local A.T.

How far would you go to find a copy of a long-out-of-print book written by a family member? For Sreevalli Sreenivasan, Th’17 and current Thayer PhD candidate, she looked worldwide before giving up hope. Then, on a whim, while searching for PhD-related resources through Dartmouth Libraries, she put in a request for the Libraries to find it. To her pleasant surprise, they did. 

For Noelia Cirnigliaro, Associate Professor of Spanish, to teach language is to teach culture. “Language isn’t the end point, it’s a tool and a means for culture.” Since her arrival at Dartmouth in 2009, Noelia has embodied the institution’s renowned teacher-scholar model. 

Our colleague, Librarian Matt Benzing, recently partnered with the Student Wellness Center (SWC) to offer mindfulness sessions for Dartmouth faculty and staff. Offered across August, attendees learned mindfulness skills through various practices and techniques, and how to build a daily practice. Why mindfulness, though?

We’ve all probably now seen Roger Federer’s inspirational Commencement speech, and we know Federer spent time with the tennis teams, but did you know Roger and his family visited the Dartmouth Libraries? They did! 

Famously quoted, Helen Keller wrote, “Alone we can do so little. Together, we can do so much.” Her words exemplify the collaborative work librarians do with students, faculty, staff, and researchers across Dartmouth and beyond. For two years running, one such collaboration continues to build awareness -  and appetites - for STEM at Dartmouth, National Chemistry Week.