Rendering of West Wheelock with new housing developments

Transforming Housing at Dartmouth

A once-in-a-generation investment in the residential experience.

Dartmouth has committed $500 million to creating at least 1,000 new beds for students, faculty, and staff in the next 10 years.

The effort is funding new undergraduate housing on West Wheelock Street, the renewal of existing undergraduate residences, and new housing for faculty and staff.

The goal is to strengthen the student community by making it possible for more than 90% of students to live on campus and to make housing more available in the surrounding communities of the Upper Valley.

$142.5 million

Amount Dartmouth alumni and friends have given to date toward an effort to raise $150 million by 2027—part of the $500 million total investment to expand housing across campus.

783 new beds

Dartmouth is on track to add by fall 2028, marking major progress toward the pledge of 1,000 within a decade.

Aerial of West Wheelock Street
West Wheelock Neighborhood
Student moving in
Renewed Residence Halls
Sugarwood units
Expanding Faculty & Staff Housing
Milestones
September
2023
In her inaugural address, President Beilock pledges 1,000 new beds in 10 years and the revitalization of existing undergraduate housing.
September
2024
Dartmouth breaks ground on Russo Hall, its first new undergraduate residence in two decades and the first in the new West Wheelock Street neighborhood.
September
2024
With the reopening of Zimmerman Hall and Brace Commons, the housing renewal program completes the renovation of East Wheelock House.
February
2025
Dartmouth announces a deal to finance a 21-unit development for faculty and staff at Sugarwood Circle in West Lebanon, N.H.
Winter and Fall
2025
West Wheelock Street continues to take shape as Dartmouth announces naming gifts for three additional new undergraduate residences: Class of 1989, Rhimes, and Alumnae halls.
June
2026
Fayerweather Hall reopens to students after a major renovation that has enclosed three 120-year-old buildings under one roof for the first time and added a new social center for South House.
September
2026
Students move into Russo Hall, the first residence in the new West Wheelock Street neighborhood, which offers apartment-style living for juniors and seniors.

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