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Dartmouth Adventures in STEM

  • Female DAS Student in a STEM Class

    Before starting at Dartmouth, students enjoy sharing ideas in class during our 5-day summer STEM program.

  • Dartmouth Adventures in STEM Summer Program Group Shot

    The whole group of participants with Prof. Sutton at Dartmouth Adventures in STEM, summer of 2019

  • Male DAS Student in a STEM Class at Thayer School of Engineering

    Time to take notes—DAS students in the Physics Department.

  • Student working in a DAS summer class

    Students collaborating on a Physics lab during Dartmouth Adevntures in STEM, summer 2019 .

  • DAS 2017 with Class of 2021

    DAS (2017)—participants spent time in Prof. Robyn Millan's lab in the Physics and Astronomy Department.

About Our Pre-Orientation Summer Program

Program Description:

The E.E. Just Dartmouth Adventures in STEM (DAS) program is a five-day, pre-orientation summer course that introduces incoming undergraduates to the frontiers of science through mini-courses taught by Dartmouth professors. The classroom discussions are reinforced by daily "Jam Sessions" facilitated by E.E. Just Graduate Fellows. In addition, throughout the week, the E.E. Just Undergraduate Fellows lead students through community building activities. DAS is designed to foster an intellectually and socially cohesive incoming cohort.

The DAS program typically consists of four mini-courses, taught by Dartmouth faculty, that are focused on questions of current interest. The reason for this is two-fold. By focusing on questions at the boundaries of human understanding we hope to increase interest in STEM and give soon-to-be first-year Dartmouth students a taste of what really drives modern science. Second, as this material is likely to be somehwhat unfamiliar, DAS students need to rely on each other in order to facilitate their understanding, which helps build community and encourages collaboration, both of which are key factors of the E.E. Just mission and serve students well in attaining their academic goals. The summer DAS program has become central to the success of the E.E. Just Program.

Our program usually runs from the last few days of July into the first week of August. We will be running our next program in summer 2025.