This year began like any other year on the Dartmouth campus, where students gathered to study, compete, perform, play. And then, of course, many things changed as the pandemic took hold.
Dartmouth News takes a look back on an academic year that included a snowy winter carnival and a presidential campaign, and by June an introduction to COVID-related changes: physical distancing, mandatory maskwearing, and online and remote teaching and learning, among many other things.
While we may not know exactly what lies ahead, we can appreciate the beauty of the Upper Valley and the success and resilience of the Dartmouth community during a unique year through the lenses of College Photographer Eli Burakian ’00, Multimedia Manager Robert Gill, and photo intern Keoni Ocalvey ’20, Thayer ’21, who talk about some of the details and inspiration behind their favorite photos, in calendar order, from this past year.
![Dartmouth men's hockey player high-5s boys on his way to the ice.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200111_hockey_rg_0056-2.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=lH9M47gg)
![Students walking in many directions during a snow storm](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200116_around_campus_eb_471.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=ntPwpdcU)
![Three students studying in Collis.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200116_around_campus_rg_0045.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=KCQmh9Xy)
![Dartmouth cheerleaders huddle-up for a team pep talk.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200208_womens_basketball_eb_279-3k.jpg?h=c11c9c1d&itok=CuZdEN8F)
![Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shakes hands and talks to students at the Top of the Hop.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200208_buttigieg_rg_247.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=MMD0mXqn)
![Students enjoying a snowshoe race on the Green during Winter Carnival.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200208_winter_carnvial_eb_0607.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=_HxP03ut)
![Overhead view, from within the red spiral stairway, of students studying.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200219_yumi_friends_rg_0380.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=QFJbmOkL)
![Two actors practice boxing for a theatrical production.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200220_sweet_science_bruising_eb_0952.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=KyiNocAr)
![Two students conducting research in a lab.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200311_science_social_rg_0342.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=7LVvk7FL)
![Aerial view of Baker Library and surroundings paths outlined in the snow.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200324_around_campus_rg_0053.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=hobmbvOJ)
![Members of the NH National Guard set up cots in Alumni Gym during the COVID pandemic.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200410_west_gym_rg_0590.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=bohpO0lj)
![Farm Manager Laura Braasch and Molly McBride '14 inside the greenhouse at the Organic Farm.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200527_ofarm_spring_rg_0090.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=w-SsJhee)
![Dartmouth Hall is reflected in a puddle on a grey day.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200630_around_campus_rg_0107.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=1y8u2vNN)
![The Comet Neowise, on a clear moonless night, shines brilliantly in the western sky over the Organic Farm barn.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200720_evening_and_stars_eb_098_0.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=lnxDDQ0E)
![Students stand in line outside, masked, 6 feet apart, waiting to be tested for COVID.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200914_around_campus_eb_088.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=YGTsD8S0)
![Students studying, separated in different nooks, in the library.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20200928_around_campus_rg_0400.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=x4EpM0r5)
![A masked student signs one of the plywood homecoming boards to be burned at the 2021 homecoming bonfire.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201001_homecoming_board_signing_eb_041-3k.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=cagDcyT6)
![In-line skater traveling down a deserted Webster Ave. surrounded by trees in foliage.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201005_around_campus_ko_094.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=j3-t3Amr)
![Two professors fly an autonomous drone system outside.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201006_corinth_eb_133.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=NJ_JHMd3)
![In a single line, on a fall day, students bicycle to the Organic Farm on Rt. 10.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201012_organic_farm_rg_0670.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=-QzpWliI)
![Foliage aerial view of campus, mountains, and hills to the south.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201015_aerial_eb_061.jpg?h=a039cf85&itok=PietNSTC)
![Rowing Boathouse and foliage reflected in the Connecticut River.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201021_around_campus_eb_037.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=HNKFaK01)
![Aerial view of a blue scull on the Connecticut River surrounded by floating leaves.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201022_drone_rg_0346.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=wfDlvZcf)
![Front view of Baker Library with a half sod, half soil lawn.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201105_around_campus_eb_022.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=Z7NnZjvm)
![Jason and Amber Mosel walking together carrying an American flag.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/images/photos/20201111_mosel_eb_048.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=UfSbf3Aa)