Information is everywhere!

True communication is rare. 

DALI helps our partners stand out from the glut of information.  We help partners communicate
effectively in order to change behavior, enhance 
understanding, and create delight.

“People ignore design that ignores people.” 

—Frank Chimero

 

We build mindfully designed,

creative technology solutions 

to a wide variety of communication 

challenges.

 

• Foster the skills and mindset of creativity, innovation and leadership.
   
• Provide an experiential learning opportunity that augments classroom learning and turns theory into practice. 

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DALI Mission

 

(student-centered)

• Design and Develop technology tools to help partners cut through the noise and get their messages noticed and understood .
   
• Develop communication strategies for partners.
   
• Offer super-creative solutions built by digital natives.

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DALI Mission

 

(partner-centered)

Vision

Dartmouth is the leader in developing innovative approaches to a liberal arts education.

DALI is a key asset of the College, living at the intersection between liberal arts and the design/tech/data industries.

 

 

We are a model of what experiential learning can be.

   Maker Spaces

   Accelerators

    Incubators

   Stanford dSchool

Data Viz Labs   

Industry   

MIT Media Lab

Capstone Courses   

DALI

Is Unique

DALI

is

Safe space for risk taking

DOC Model

Liberal Arts approach to tech

Alternative Social Space

Experiential Learning Design and Prototyping Lab

Leadership Camp

Innovation 

and Research

Applied Liberal Arts

Information, Behavioral Economics, Communication

Human Centered Design

Designers Develop, 

Developers Design

Undergraduate Focus

Purpose Driven Research

Our History

Energy Use Feedback

DALI Work

Children’s Environmental Health Study on Arsenic

NASA Mars Stress Reduction Application (NSBRI)

Arts Education

Early Warning Project — Holocaust Museum and Center for Prevention of Genocide

Milton Reading Room

Digital Fashion

How does DALI work?

20

PROJECTS

65

STUDENTS

per term

PROJECTS

81

In 2.5 years

in 2.5 years

Diversity

U.S. CS Majors

< 20%

Dartmouth CS Majors

30%

DALI Lab 

50%

Women in Computer Science

Experiential Learning Lab

Problem Solving

Teamwork 

Leadership