Dickinson is constantly seeking new ways to reduce its carbon footprint, and this fall the college contracted with Zipcars to provide students with an affordable, fuel-efficient way to get around.


  • A Spirit of Inquiry

    The drive to know more unites professors and students in spaces across and beyond campus.

  • Global Education

    A globalizing world needs citizens and leaders with the international understanding that Dickinson provides.

  • Your Dickinson Experience

    Dickinson offers the freedom to seek connections and explore your interests in and out of the classroom.

  • Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

    Dickinson is a leader among educational institutions committed to environmental sustainability and green initiatives.

  • A Useful Education

    Dickinson was founded to prepare students to take leadership roles in a new democracy. This legacy lives on today.


Upcoming Events

  • TUE
    9

    Shop 'Til You Drop in Puerto Rico?

    7:00 pm Stern Center Great Room

    Presented by Prof. Arlene Davila.

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  • WED
    10

    Student Town Hall Meeting

    7:30 pm Stern Center Great Room

    Student Town Hall Meeting with President Bill Durden.

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  • THU
    11

    The Student Athlete Experience at Dickinson

    12:00 pm Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts

    Panel discussion with Dickinson athletes and coaches.

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  • THU
    11

    What's in a Bestselling Crime Novel?

    7:00 pm Stern Center Great Room

    Presented by author Leonard Cassuto.

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Dickinsonian Achievements

Remembering Gene Evans ’49

Services were held in Carlisle January 23 for former Dickinson College men’s basketball coach and player Gene Evans ’49, who died Jan. 8 at age 82. 

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Gifting a GLBT legacy

 Liz Hamill ’82 donates Allen Tanner's papers to Dickinson.

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History

Founded in 1773 and received its charter in 1783, making Dickinson the first college chartered in the newly recognized United States; named in honor of John Dickinson, the penman of the American Revolution and a signer of the Constitution.
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