About the Upper Valley Region of New Hampshire & Vermont

Aside from the many outdoor activities available in Hanover, Lebanon, and the "Upper Valley" of New Hampshire and Vermont - alpine and cross-country skiing, hiking, cycling, rock climbing, canoeing, sailing, riding - Hanover also offers an active cultural life, centered on the Hopkins Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. Each year Hopkins Center sponsors an active film society, two full concert series, many dramatic productions, art shows, and other events. The Center also provides special workshops open to all faculty and students for woodworking, sculpture, painting, and various arts and crafts.

Hanover is located on the western border of New Hampshire; it is about two hours travel by car from Boston and about five from New York City, all via interstate highways. Air passage is available from Boston and New York to Lebanon Regional Airport, about five miles away. Vermont Transit provides bus service from Boston, New York, Montreal, and other points directly to Hanover. The Amtrak rail route connecting Washington, New York, and Montreal stops at White River Junction, Vermont, about five miles away.

This location enables graduate students of the Department of Physiology to undertake studies, not only within the departments of the Medical School, but also within appropriate departments of Dartmouth College and the Thayer School of Engineering.