Sujata Moorti Named Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Sujata Moorti, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, has been named vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. President Laurie...
View ArticleSlideshow: Middlebury and the Armistice
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – One hundred years ago this month, the First World War (1914–1918) came to an end with the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne by Germany and the Allied forces on November 11,...
View ArticleMiddlebury Honors Community Members with McCardell Citizen’s Award
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury President Laurie L. Patton presented the 2018 Bonnie and John McCardell Citizen’s Awards to five area residents—David Donahue, Kerri Louray Duquette-Hoffman, Fran Putnam,...
View ArticleAthletics Hall of Fame Inducts New Members
New inductees to the Athletics Hall of Fame pose with Laurie Patton following the induction dinner celebration on November 3. Back row, from left: John Atherton ’93, J.P. Gowdy ’99, Terry Aldrich, John...
View ArticleWork First Published in NER Selected for Prize Anthologies, Contributors...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – It’s been a busy year at the New England Review (NER). The fall’s annual crop of literary prize anthologies features work from the literary quarterly, and several contributors have...
View ArticleAlumni in the Midterms
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – While Middlebury wasn’t on the ballot in any mid-term election on November 6, a pair of alumni are now set to join the 116th United States Congress, an alumnus is heading to the...
View ArticleAuthor, Organizer DeRay Mckesson Speaks About the State of Activism in the U.S.
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – “We live and plan in the real world, not the abstract.”That was among the messages that organizer and author DeRay Mckesson shared at Middlebury College on November 7, just a day...
View ArticleMosaic House Brings Students of Diverse Faiths to Live and Listen under One Roof
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Chattiness turns to stillness as Mark Orten, dean of spiritual and religious life, sounds a singing bowl. There’s a casualness, almost, in how the 11 students in today’s circle make...
View ArticleDesired Effects of Tariffs Unclear as Impact Grows
The U.S. has placed tariffs on numerous imports from its trading partners and they have responded with tariffs on U.S. products. What are the tariffs’ effects on the economy in the U.S. and...
View ArticleStudents Help Launch NER Out Loud: The Podcast
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury’s literary quarterly, the New England Review (NER), has launched NER Out Loud: The Podcast. The first episode, hosted by NER intern Juliette Luini ’18.5, features students...
View ArticleMiddlebury Senior Describes Front Lines of U.S. Immigration Struggle
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The visitation room at the Karnes County Residential Center, an ICE family detention facility near San Antonio, is sterile, white, and bleak, says geography major Hannah Krutiansky...
View ArticleTwo from Middlebury Named Schwarzman Scholars
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – A Middlebury senior and recent graduate have been named Schwarzman Scholars, landing two of 147 prized spots from a pool of more than 2,800 applicants. Elsa Alvarado ’18 and Abdijabar...
View ArticleStudents Find Handshake an Asset in Their Search for Jobs and Internships
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – A year has passed since Middlebury College’s Center for Careers and Internships (CCI) launched Handshake, a digital platform that enables students to manage all aspects of their...
View ArticleStudy Abroad Photo Contest Brings the World Back to Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Sunsets, fjords, pandas, and tulips are some of the many striking images Middlebury students captured during their 2017–18 travels. Students submitted more than 200 photos for the...
View ArticleIn a New York Times Opinion Piece, Matt Dickinson Explains Why Trump Wants a...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Middlebury College Professor of Political Science Matt Dickinson says the announcement about the departure of John Kelly, President Trump’s...
View ArticleProfessor’s Documentary to Premiere on PBS “Independent Lens”
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – On June 23, 2014, a Methodist minister pulled into a parking lot at a shopping center in Grand Saline, Texas, poured gasoline on himself, and set his body on fire to protest the...
View ArticleShow Me the Money: Student Brings Ancient Coins to Light at College Museum
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – A physics major from Putney, Vt., who is interning this year at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, has created an iPad interface to help showcase 30 ancient Greek and Roman coins...
View ArticleDonor Sibling Networks Emerge as a New Kind of Family
Peggy Nelson, Middlebury A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Sociology Emerita, and Rosanna Hertz of Wellesley College are the coauthors of Random Families, a new book about the networks of half siblings...
View ArticleMakerspace Offers Place for Students, Classes to Create, Try New Ideas
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – It’s a resource for classes, a room to make things, and a place to work on repairs. All of these descriptions apply to the Middlebury Makerspace, a room on campus that opened in May...
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