Committee on Speech and Inclusion Issues Report, Recommendations
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – A committee formed in response to the aftermath of Charles Murray’s visit to campus last March has concluded its eight-month examination of campus culture with a report of findings...
View ArticleChoreographer Laurel Jenkins Finds the Heart of Leonard Bernstein’s "Mass"
By Gaen MurphreeMIDDLEBURY, Vt. – “OK. Well, the piece is a beast because there are over—when you count the orchestra—230 people,” said Middlebury Assistant Professor of Dance Laurel Jenkins.January...
View ArticleJ-term Scenes: The Script Lab
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – A few years ago, Ioana Uricaru, an assistant professor of film and media culture, was sitting in a faculty meeting when she learned that Middlebury’s Bread Loaf Inn—home to the...
View ArticleTEDxMiddlebury Videos Now Online
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Talks given by six speakers, including a Middlebury alumna and current student, at the College’s annual TEDxMiddlebury conference are now posted to YouTube and available below. The...
View ArticleCelebration for Midyear Graduates Slated for February 2-3
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury will honor its midyear graduates with the annual Feb Celebration on Friday and Saturday, February 2-3. Having just completed the final winter term of their Middlebury...
View ArticleFive Faculty Members Granted Tenure
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Five members of the Middlebury College faculty were granted tenure on January 27, 2018. In accepting the recommendations of President Laurie L. Patton and the College Board of...
View ArticleNew App Popgig Aims to Bring Convenience, Cash to Students on Campus
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – “I wish there was an app I could use to order dinner.” This is what Coumba Winfield ’17 said to Alex Myerson ’12 on a cold winter night in 2015 as they sat in Wilson Café in...
View ArticleClass of 2017.5 Celebrates Midyear Graduation [Video]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – When the Class of 2017.5 arrived on campus on February 5, 2014, snow was falling as a small, boisterous crew of upperclassmen welcomed them to the Axinn Center. On Saturday, four...
View ArticleOnline Financial Literacy Program Helps Students at Middlebury and Beyond
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury has begun offering students and recent graduates access to a free online tool that will give them a new level of understanding and control over their personal financial...
View ArticleEmmie Donadio Reflects on 28 Years at Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – One of Emmie Donadio’s fondest memories of working at the Middlebury Museum of Art for the past 28 years is curating the 13 Alumni Artists exhibition of 2000 in celebration of the...
View ArticleJ-term Scenes: Swahili and East African Culture [Video]
By Roxana Rivera ’18MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Swahili is spoken in more than eight African countries and has more than 100 million speakers, notes winter term instructor Waithera Roki, who taught Introduction...
View ArticleInterns Look at Transforming Middlebury's Energy Systems
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Twelve students in January took a significant step toward transitioning Middlebury’s energy system to a more efficient, equitable, and renewable energy future. The undergrads served...
View ArticleProfessor’s Film to Premiere at Berlin International Film Festival
Ioana UricaruMIDDLEBURY, Vt. – When the 68th Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale) opens on February 15, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Culture Ioana Uricaru will take her place...
View ArticleMiddlebury Welcomes Class of 2021.5
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Arriving in the midst of a storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Vermont, 115 members of the incoming ‘Feb’ class launched their Middlebury careers on Wednesday,...
View ArticleStudents Design Zero-Energy Elementary School for Department of Energy...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – It’s day nine of Zero-Energy School Design, the only student-led course this winter term.There’s a hushed intensity to the goings-on in Room 405 of Johnson Memorial Building. Students...
View ArticleJ-term Scenes: Origins and Politics of Graffiti and Street Art [video]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Will Kasso Condry knows there is a lot to be learned from the history and politics of graffiti. The street artist and activist, who served as the Alexander Twilight Artist in...
View Article‘Critical Conversations’ Panel Will Discuss Creating a Robust Public Sphere
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury will host a panel of distinguished scholars and public intellectuals to engage with questions related to creating a robust and inclusive public sphere on Wednesday,...
View ArticleCelebrated Spoken Word Poet Porsha O to Perform at Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – An award-winning poem by Porsha Olayiwola’s poem opens with the chilling line, “Last night, no one showed up to march for Rekia Boyd.” The poem details the injustice of violence...
View ArticleNew Spencer Prize in Oratory Crowns Its First Champion
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The new Spencer Prize in Oratory pitted five first-year students against each other in a good-natured, yet serious, public speaking match at Robison Concert Hall on February 20. The...
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