The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth (ICE) is dedicated to transforming the dialogue between the sciences and the humanities in academia and in the public sphere in order to explore fundamental questions where a cross-disciplinary exchange is essential. To achieve this goal, ICE organizes and promotes public events and online courses, and functions as an incubator of new academic work through the ICE Fellows Program. 

All activities revolve around questions that are of pressing importance to the modern world, as science increasingly addresses issues of meaning and value that have traditionally been the province of the humanities and religion. Such questions include: