Diverse Islamic Art Exhibition Opens at College
By Ezra Nugiel | September 20, 2018The Islamic art exhibition at Middlebury is the first in a Vermont museum in at least 30 years.
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Climate Change at Home: Kathryn Olson ’05 Discusses Growing Threat to ‘Farms, Fish and Forests’
By Sarah Holmes | September 20, 2018Kathryn Olson spoke about her "Living Change Project," through which she explores the small changes in identity, work and place that stem from climate change.
Meditations on Fear, Reverence and Revolt: ‘Portraits of Power’
By Ben Beese | September 20, 2018Student art from Jim Butler's Portraiture in Ceramics and Oil Paint course proves to be inspiring and thought-provoking.
The Librarian Is In
By Rebecca Walker | September 20, 2018Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer is liaison to the Anderson Freeman Center, the Arabic Department, the Comparative Literature Program, the Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies (GSFS) Program, the Language Schools, the Linguistics Program, and the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. “Dare ...
“A Burgeoning Cry”: Middlebury’s Carillon
By April Qian | September 13, 2018The hills are alive with the sound of the carillon.
Why We Are Now Arts & Academics
By Nick Garber | September 13, 2018Shining a brighter spotlight on academic life at Middlebury.
Reflections From a Long-Awaited Stay at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
By Finne Murphy | September 13, 2018There is a joke amongst Bread Loafers that Robert Frost’s ghost haunts the writers’ conference. I am inclined to believe it, if only because of our habit of discussing him as if he were there made it seem like he really was inescapable.
Student Research Lab Examines Media’s Portrayal of Minorities
By Sarah Boyle | September 13, 2018A student-faculty project is using computer programs and tone analysis to uncover the ways that media outlets cover minority groups around the world.
Hirschfield Series Redesigned to Seek Student Input
By Yvette Shi | September 13, 2018Middlebury's Hirschfield International Film series is changing its programming, allowing for more flexibility over the course of the year.
Observations on Friendship in “Fifth Planet”
By Monique Santoso | May 9, 2018Last weekend, the Middlebury Theatre and Dance Department presented “Fifth Planet,” the Senior 700 acting presentation of Eliza Renner ’18 and Connor Wright ’18. Katie Mayopoulos ’18 directed the play as part of her Independent 500-level Theatre Project. The piece was written by Pulitzer-Prize ...
Song, Dance, Raptors and “Enron”
By April Qian | May 9, 2018On December 2, 2001, Houston-based energy company Enron, whose shares once peaked at $90.75, declared bankruptcy. Ironically, the collapse of Enron Corporation, hailed by Fortune as “America’s Most Innovative Company” for six consecutive years, was partially instigated by an article titled “Is ...
The Soul of Seoul Comes to Middlebury
By Ezra Nugiel | May 9, 2018On the evening of Friday May 4, bright neon glow sticks illuminated the packed crowd in Wilson Hall. The audience’s energy was palpable as they anxiously waited to celebrate Middlebury College’s second annual Korean Culture Show. The show began at 8 p.m. and ran for about two hours (with 18 individual ...
The Librarian Is In
By Cmcconville | May 9, 2018Library Reserves Coordinator Kellam Ayres is liaison to the Bread Loaf School of English and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences. “Advice from the Lights” by Stephanie Burt, 2017 The What Stephanie Burt, a poet, critic, and soon-to-be Breadloafer, is a Professor of English at Harvard, an author ...
Reel Critic: “Avengers: Infinity War”
By Devin Mcgrath-Conwell | May 9, 2018The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) began with “Iron Man” (2008). It was a risky move by a company that had spent most of the prior decades selling off movie rights to characters in order to stay afloat. It was a comeback story, one strengthened by the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as the eponymous ...
The Tragic Beauty of “Human Flow”
By Courtenay Roche | May 2, 2018On Sunday April 29 Middlebury was one of dozens of schools nationwide to join a University of Chicago live simulcast Q&A session with artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The broadcast, held in Wilson Hall, was followed by a screening of Weiwei’s award-winning and visually stunning documentary about ...
The Librarian Is In
By Cmcconville | May 2, 2018Data Services Librarian Ryan Clement is liaison to the Economics, Geography, Philosophy and Sociology & Anthropology departments, as well as serving as Middlebury’s Government Documents Coordinator. “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari, 2015 443 pages “We have ...
Bach Festival Brings Emotion
By Ben Beese | May 2, 2018Students, faculty, staff, and residents from across Middlebury converged at the Mahaney Center for the Arts last weekend to listen to a 2000-year-old Bible story sung in German to music written 300 years ago. This was the pinnacle of the eighth annual Middlebury Bach Festival. For three days, Johann ...
The Librarian Is In
By Cmcconville | April 25, 2018Research & Instruction Librarian Brenda Ellis is liaison to History, Political Science, International Politics & Economics (IPE), International & Global Studies (IGS), MiddCore and co-liaison to Environmental Studies. “It Looked Different on the Model” and “Housebroken: ...
Reel Critic: “A Quiet Place”
By Devin Mcgrath-Conwell | April 25, 2018We seem to be living in the midst of a horror renaissance. In the past few years, we have been graced with critical and audience darlings such as “The Conjuring” (2013) and “The Babadook” (2014), and in just the past year the likes of “Get Out” (2017) and “It” (2017) have taken pop culture ...