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Spring 2022 in Review

The spring 2022 term was a busy one for the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth. We moved into our brand-new, highly energy-efficient building on the campus' West End in March, hosted a range of events, from receptions to lectures to open houses, welcomed a new Interim Executive Director, celebrated the official launch of Dartmouth's West End Innovation District, said good-bye to our Class of 2022 energy students and more. Here are a few images from the term — in our building and beyond — that capture some of the energy of Dartmouth spring 2022!

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The Irving Institute building on a snowy early spring evening with the sun setting behind the building
The Irving Institute building opened in early spring 2022

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An exterior view of the Irving Institute with Thayer to the left and green grass in the front
An image of the building a little bit later in spring!

 

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Three students sitting on couches around a coffee table in the Atrium
Students quickly made themselves at home in the new building!

 

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Students working at tables in the Irving Institute atrium
Students working at the many tables in the Irving Institute atrium. (Photo by Eli Burakian '00)

 

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A view of the atrium filled with students at tables
Another view of the atrium from later in spring term

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Group of students standing in front of water in DC with the Jefferson Memorial in the distance
Dartmouth Energy Alliance students spent a few days during spring break in Washington, DC attending the ACORE Policy Forum and connecting with area alumni. (L-R) Farah Lindsey-Almadani '25, Spriha Pandey '24, Joanne Liu '23, Nate Roe '23, Matthew Timofeev '25, Frank He '23, Max Holden '22

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Students gather at a table staffed by other students
The Institute hosted a Welcome Reception for students to help them get to know the building and meet its residents. In this image, students talk to Dartmouth Energy Alliance club members about how to get involved in energy at Dartmouth.

 

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A classroom where people look at the front where a man and a woman are seated and there is a screen
In April, the Institute co-hosted its first in-person talk in two years in one of the building's new classrooms when John Deutch, Professor Emeritus at MIT and former CIA director, gave a talk called "50 Years of Energy Policy —Lessons for the Future." Alexis Abramson, Dean of the Thayer School, moderated.

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Students sitting around tables listen to an instructor
At the end of April, the Institute hosted its third installment of the popular FERC Bootcamp, a two-day intensive that was led by FERC Branch Chiefs Jay Matson '91 and Nancy Bowler '82 and Gettysburg University experimental economist Rimvydas Baltaduonis. 16 undergraduates attended the class which focused on the basics of how the electricity grid works and energy markets are regulated in the US.

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An aerial view of the Irving Institute, Tuck School, and Thayer School at night bathed in colorful lights
In mid-May, we celebrated the launch of Dartmouth's West End Innovation District with a flurry of activity, from building dedications, to hands-on demonstrations, to panels and fireside chats, to tours, to a laser light show.

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A view from above of a poster session in the Atrium with students and faculty standing around in a group looking at posters
At the end of May, students in Steven Peterson's ENGS 19.05 The Future of Energy Systems class presented their work in a poster session in the atrium.

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A group of people around a table enjoying lunch
In June the Institute hosted a lunch to celebrate our graduating seniors and thank our hard-working interns and tour guides for all they have accomplished.

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Students standing in front of a colorful mural
We capped off spring term with the unveiling of a student-created mural on the glass walls of the Institute's project lab on the atrium level. Commissioned by a team of Design Corps students who had been working on a project to help illustrate the energy features of the building, the colorful mural asks viewers to notice and ask questions about the building's natural ventilation systems, water-based heating and cooling, and more. Pictured are students (L-R) Cammy Lee '22, Avery Hormaechea '24, Alessa Lewis '22, Harrison Munden '23, Sam Miller '24, Sanne Schouten '23.
(Not pictured: Kiera Bernet '23, Ekene Durukau '22, Leah Ryu '22, Michelle Chen '22)