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Campus Facilities & Resources
Campus
| Location |
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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| Total Acres
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269 |
| Center-point of Campus and Town |
The Green, 5-acres of open space for tossing a disc, sun-bathing, snow ball fights, and building the annual 60-foot Homecoming bonfire |
| Number of Buildings |
Over 160 |
| Number of Trees |
Over 1,000; Dartmouth's campus is considered an arboretum |
Libraries
| Total Collection |
6.4 million items |
| Main Dartmouth Library |
Baker-Berry, includes the majority of Dartmouth's 2.7 million books |
| News Center and Current Periodicals Room |
home to the most recent publications of some of Dartmouth's 20,000 journal titles |
| Evans Map Room |
190,000 maps |
| Jones Media Center |
12,000 videos available for students to watch |
| Paddock Music Library |
35,000 sound recordings |
| Rauner Special Collection |
Daniel Webster's Hat, 3000-year-old cuneiform tablets, Robert Frost's notebooks (44 of 48 that exist) |
| Digital resources |
35,000 and growing |
| Baker Reserves |
Home to acclaimed 3,200 square-foot murals by Jose Clemente Orozco |
| More Dartmouth Libraries |
Dana Biomedical Library and Matthews-Fuller Health Sciences Library, Kresge Physical Sciences Library, Feldberg Business and Engineering Library, Sherman Art Library |
| Sanborn |
Old English library with tea served at 4pm weekdays |
Information Technology
| Campus Network |
100% wireless coverage since 2002, ethernet ports in dorms, libraries, and study spaces |
| TV & Video |
All channels available through campus internet on DarTV |
| Phone |
VoIP system providing free long-distance |
| Computers |
12,000 across campus, with support for Macs and PCs |
Arts
| Campus Arts Center |
Hopkins Center for the Arts, includes 900-seat Spaulding Auditorium, Loew movie theater, Bentley Black Box theater, Moore theater, Faulkner recital hall, and music practice rooms |
| Shows each year |
500 |
| Cost for student tickets |
Never more than $10 to see world-class performers |
College art museum
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Hood Museum of Art has around 70,000 items in collection, including works by Rembrandt to ancient Assyrian stone carvings |
| College art collection established |
1772 |
| Galleries |
10, covering 40,000 sq. ft. |
Endowment
| Value |
$2.8 billion, as of June 2009 |
| 10-year average annual return rate |
8%, putting Dartmouth in the 95th percentile for endowments |