In many ways, inquiry is almost synonymous with research. And research, in collaboration with a faculty mentor, is key to Dickinson’s liberal-arts curriculum.


  • 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

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    Dickinson College Orchestra

    7:00 pm First Lutheran Church, High and Bedford streets, Carlisle, PA

    Led by Professor Robert Pound.

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    The Syrens' Winter Concert

    7:30 pm ATS

    You can't say you're not in love.

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    Film: Amreeka

    7:30 pm Carlisle Theatre

    Rated PG-13 (teen drug use and language). Drama

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    OMG: Meditations, Musings and Moves on Popular Culture

    8:00 pm Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building

    Engaging various dimensions of "popular" culture.

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News

2009 Rush Award

William F. Greenlee,  CEO of The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, spoke about 21st-century scholarship at the Rush Award ceremony.
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Dickinsonian Achievements

Alumnus Wins Presidential Meritorious Award

Thomas Hull '68 received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award for his accomplishments as U.S. ambassador to Sierra Leone.

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Judge John E. Jones III to Receive Medal from Geological Society

Judge Jones receives the Geological Society of America’s (GSA) President’s Medal for his ruling on intelligent design.

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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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