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Laurie Patton Reflects on Her First Year at Middlebury
Laurie L. Patton began her presidency at Middlebury on July 1, 2015. We sat down with Patton one year later to get her impressions from a very busy first year, and to take a look at the challenges and...
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Professor Pundits: Scare Tactics, Emails, and Bernie's Clout
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- The two major nominating conventions are upon us and a whirlwind of political factors are at play. What, if any, of those forces are likely to sway voters in one direction or the...
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School of the Environment Students Tour "Full-Diet CSA" Farm
Nine students from Middlebury’s School of the Environment visited Essex Farm in upstate New York on the 4th of July. The farm produces enough meats, dairy products, fruits, and vegetables, in addition...
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Middlebury Professors Discuss Immersive Learning in the Digital Age
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Faculty members from across the Middlebury spectrum examined the practice of immersive learning in the digital age at an Envisioning Middlebury panel discussion on July 12 in Wilson...
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Middlebury Is a Founding Member of a New, Open-Access Scholarly Press
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury College is a founding member ofLever Press, a new, peer-reviewed, open-access, and digitally native scholarly press. Funded by a consortium of liberal arts college...
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Saying Farewell to Middlebury's Municipal Building [video]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Anyone driving through Middlebury recently has seen the major excavation project underway on South Main Street at the corner of College Street. The old municipal building, which was...
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School of French Celebrates 100th Year [video]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The centennial celebration for the Betty Ashbury Jones MA ’86 School of French took on a dual meaning July 15-16 as members of the school reflected on the tragic events that took...
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The Art of Japanese Tattoo
Rehearsals Cafe at the Mahaney Center for the Arts was transformed into a tattoo shop for a few hours to show a demonstration of intricate Japanese tattooing.MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Two college professors...
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President's House Earns LEED Platinum Certification
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Middlebury College president’s house at 3 South Street has earned LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Buildings Council (USGBC). LEED (Leadership in Energy and...
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Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Attracts Authors and Poets to 91st Session
RIPTON, Vt. — The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the oldest writers’ conference in the country, will hold its 91st session when it begins Wednesday, August 10, and ends Saturday, August 20....
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Sounds of Summer at Middlebury
Listen to excerpts from Amy Heebner's July 29 concert, including It's a Small World, Chim Chim Cher-ee, and Claire de Lune.MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Late afternoon on Friday has a familiar feel to anyone who...
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Professor Pundits: Conventions and the Unconventional
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- If you watched the Repulican National Convention and scanned the audience very carefully, you might have seen the face of our very own Professor Matt Dickinson, who attended the...
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Three Alumnae Will Represent USA at Olympics
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – When the 31st Olympiad opens on August 5 in Rio de Janiero, three Middlebury alumnae will be among the athletes representing the United States of America.Lea Davison ’05 and Megan...
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Students Present Research at Summer Symposium
Slideshow:Colin Lawrence ’17, a physics major, worked in Professor Michael Durst's lab this summer, building a simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing microscope.MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- For one...
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Bread Loaf School of English Will Confer Degrees on August 6
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English will confer a total of 85 master’s degrees and two honorary doctorates at Commencement exercises on its three campuses. The Ripton, Vt.,...
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College Lays Sacred Books to Rest
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Members of the Middlebury community conducted an interfaith event on July 28 to bury dozens of sacred texts that are no longer in use at the College.Next to a stone bench that was...
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School of English Celebrates Commencement at Bread Loaf
RIPTON, Vt. – The Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English completed its 97th summer session with Commencement exercises for 50 master’s degree candidates at the Bread Loaf campus here on August 6.Emily...
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New Pre-Orientation Program for First-Generation Students Encourages Sense of...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – This September Middlebury is offering a new pre-orientation program to support students who are the first in their families to attend college, also known as first-generation students....
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Middlebury Hires Dean for Spiritual and Religious Life
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury College has appointed an ordained Presbyterian minister with 24 years of experience as a university chaplain, Mark R. Orten, as director of the Scott Center for Spiritual...
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New Filmmakers Festival to Feature Alumni Directors
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The second annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) will run from August 25-28, featuring nearly 90 films screened at three venues in town. This year’s offerings will include...
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