Bread Loaf: Learning from the Land [video]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – In 2014, Middlebury announced a plan to conserve its spectacular 2,100-acre Bread Loaf property – lands bequeathed to the College by Joseph Battell nearly a century earlier. The...
View ArticleMiddSafe Debuts Online Advocate For Students Seeking Support Related to...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – MiddSafe, a group of Middlebury College student advocates trained to offer their peers confidential support regarding sexual or relationship violence, is unveiling a new website this...
View ArticleJon Meacham to Give Middlebury College Commencement Address
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, political commentator, and former editor-in-chief of Newsweek, will deliver the 2017 Middlebury College commencement address on Sunday, May...
View ArticleMiddlebury Joins 30 Colleges, Universities in Court Brief Against Revised...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury and 30 other colleges and universities have filed an amicus curiae brief with the federal appeals court for the Fourth Circuit against President Trump’s revised travel ban....
View ArticleCam MacKugler ’09 Lands a Deal on Shark Tank
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Cam MacKugler ’09 introduced himself as a “Vermontrepreneur” when he appeared on ABC’s reality show Shark Tank on April 7.“My company hacked horticulture,” MacKugler told the panel of...
View ArticleNER Offers New Albert Camus Translation and an Interview with Charles Johnson
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – New England Review’s (NER) latest issue presents a radio play by Albert Camus in its first English translation. The play evokes the streets of Paris during the Nazi Occupation through...
View ArticleUnderstanding Advocacy in Washington’s New Political Environment
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Instead of heading to warmer climes or going home for spring break, 24 Middlebury College students went on an “alternative spring break” trip to Washington, D.C., in March 2017 to...
View ArticleNine from Middlebury Receive NSF Research Awards and Honorable Mention
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The National Science Foundation has announced that four alumni have received 2017 graduate research fellowships (GRFP), while another four alumni plus a current Middlebury senior...
View ArticleCampus Community Celebrates Educational Innovation
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The benefits being derived from Middlebury’s Fund for Innovation were evident for all to see (and experience) during a two-day festival, April 6–7, that showcased the work of students...
View ArticleCollege Names Eight Kellogg Fellows in the Humanities
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Middlebury College has selected eight students to receive Kellogg fellowships for the 2017-18 summer and academic year. The Kellogg program is designed to support seniors engaged in...
View ArticleFeminists Strengthen Wikipedia's Content About Women
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Concerned that Wikipedia does not accurately represent the accomplishments of women, feminists at Middlebury College decided to take matters into their own hands. On April 14, during...
View ArticleEight Middlebury Undergraduates Awarded Fulbright Grants
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Eight Middlebury students have been awarded Fulbright fellowships for 2017-18. Four of the students will receive one-year grants to conduct research in their academic fields, while...
View ArticleShaping Health Care Policy from the Classroom
Professor of Economics Jessica Holmes recently discussed how her role as a member of Vermont's Green Mountain Care Board opens up opportunities for her students and how her students' research benefits...
View ArticleVeteran Journalist Joe Klein Looks at State of U.S. Democracy
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Veteran journalist and author Joe Klein said American democracy is not inevitable “because you can’t do democracy without citizenship.”Speaking at Middlebury College on April 18 for...
View ArticleHundreds of Students Present Work at Annual Symposium
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The classrooms and corridors of McCardell Bicentennial Hall were packed with students, faculty, and staff, and the Great Hall was teeming with intellectual activity all-day long for...
View ArticleIn New Series, Students Describe Personal Religious Journeys
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – A new website created by the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life offers a glimpse into the varied religious lives of Middlebury students. The site, titled “The Varieties of...
View ArticleDemocracy Now! Journalist Attracts Large Audience in Wilson Hall
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Middlebury College community turned out in force on April 26 to hear journalist Amy Goodman champion her independent, national news program Democracy Now! as a force for truth and...
View ArticleInside the Doodling Mind [Video]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – If you see a copy of the idle times laying around, grab it. The once-a-semester publication can be tough to find, but it offers a wonderful peek into the creative mental wanderings of...
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