Middlebury Reaches 2016 Carbon Neutrality Goal
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury announced today that it has reached carbon neutrality—a major sustainability milestone many years in the making. In doing so, Middlebury attains a net zero carbon...
View ArticleProfessor Explains Risks of Conflicting Environmental Treaties
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – What happens when two international environmental treaties overlap? Which one takes precedence? Does the state have the final say about what actions to take? Does local government? Or...
View ArticleStoried Painter Hall Turns 200
Slide ShowTwo students enjoy the shade of massive trees in front of Painter Hall in 1879.MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – With little fanfare, Painter Hall turned 200 years old this fall. Named for Gamaliel Painter,...
View ArticleMiddlebury Names David J. Provost as Executive Vice President for Finance and...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury today announced the appointment of David J. Provost as the institution’s new executive vice president for finance and administration, starting January 23, 2017. Provost...
View ArticleStudent Podcast Explores Vermont Dairy Farmers’ Challenges, Strategies
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – A group of Middlebury students has created a podcast on the challenges of dairy farming in Vermont. The three-episode series, CowTalk: The Future of Vermont Dairy, offers nine local...
View Article2016: The Year in Stories
Middlebury kicked off 2016 with a celebration of the humanities, hosting one of the Folger Library's few remaining Shakespeare First Folios. By the end of the year, there was a celebration of a...
View ArticleNER Essay in Annual 'Best Of' Anthology
Jill Sisson Quinn’s essay “Big Night,” originally published in Middlebury’s New England Review in spring 2015, was selected by guest editor Jonathan Franzen and series editor Robert Atwan for Best...
View ArticleMiddlebury College Admits 343 Early Decision Applicants
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury College has offered 343 students early admission to the Class of 2021. The admitted students were chosen from a pool of 673 applicants—an increase of 6.5 percent over last...
View ArticleWinter Term ’17 Offers 110 ‘Deep Dive’ Courses
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Undergraduates will return to campus on Monday, January 9, for a four-week winter term that is both an integral part of the curriculum and a time-honored tradition at Middlebury...
View ArticleLitHub Publishes NER Essay by Stephen Snyder
The blog LitHub or Literary Hub has published a piece by Stephen Snyder, dean of the Language Schools and professor of Japanese Studies, that appears in the new edition of Middlebury’s literary...
View ArticleJ-term Scenes: Tell Us What You're Most Excited About [video]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – On day one of winter term 2017, we asked a handful of students – all good sports for agreeing to a surprise Monday-morning video interview – what they were most excited about this...
View ArticleMiddlebury Community to Honor the Activism of Dr. King, January 13-21
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Middlebury College community will reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in a series of four “Remembering MLK” events beginning on January 13 and running through January...
View ArticleThe Acropolis Inspires New Exhibition and Gallery Talk
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Professor Pieter Broucke treated nearly 100 community members to an inside look at how the remarkable new exhibition at the Middlebury College Museum of Art was curated, during an...
View ArticleSpeaker Says ‘Radical Body Love’ Can Spark Social Transformation
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – It started with a Facebook picture — nothing more, nothing less.When Sonya Renee Taylor posted a photograph of herself to the social media site, she didn’t intend to start a movement,...
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