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Dining Services reports annual $45,000 worth of stolen and broken dining hall dishes

By Met Ly | January 15, 2026

In the fall 2025 semester, residents of Coffrin Hall received an email from Residential Life informing them that the dorm’s only kitchen and lounge would be locked up for the remainder of the semester due to the excessive amount of broken dining hall dishes consistently found in the building’s lounge. ...

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Middlebury faculty retain most federal research grants despite delays and uncertainty

By Hugo Zhang | January 15, 2026

Since returning to the White House, President Trump has signed a series of executive orders reshaping federally funded research grants, including those from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Although several of these orders have been blocked by federal ...

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Innovation Hub and Old Stone Mill expands opportunities for student artists

By Cole Chaudhari | January 15, 2026

On Dec. 4, the Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub hosted a student-run Winter Art Market, which brought roughly 10 student artists into the Old Stone Mill and allowed them to display and sell their artwork. The Old Stone Mill, located at 82 Weybridge Street, is an incubator for students ...

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Ian Baucom wants Middlebury to be the best liberal arts college in the world

By Cole Chaudhari, Mandy Berghela and Madeleine Kaptein | December 4, 2025

Since Ian Baucom began his role as Middlebury College’s 18th president in July, he’s mapped out a regular walking route. Starting at his office in Old Chapel, he winds past Old and New Battell, through BiHall, out to the Knoll, back up College Street, around Proctor and down to Axinn. Sometimes ...

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Committee-led selection process for student Commencement speaker reinstated with binding speech agreement

By Madeleine Kaptein | December 4, 2025

Last spring, the college temporarily changed the process for choosing a student Commencement speaker, selecting Student Government Association (SGA) President Brandon Straker ’25 to deliver a speech without the routine input of a student and staff-led committee. This change was made due to controversies ...

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Four of six Honor Code amendments pass with student and faculty votes

By Rachelle Talbert | December 4, 2025

For the past two years, the Academic Integrity Committee (AIC) has been reviewing Middlebury’s Honor Code, bringing students, faculty and staff into the process. Dean of Students Joe Russell announced the results of this review process in November.

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President Baucom and Jamie Henn '07 talk climate activism at what works now conference

By Kai Arrowood | December 4, 2025

On Nov. 14, college President Ian Baucom sat down with Jamie Henn ’07, a climate advocate and founding member of the Sunday Night Environmental Group (SNEG). The discussion, held in Wilson Hall as part of the “What Works Now” conference, marked the 20th anniversary of SNEG and echoed the college’s ...

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PALANA sees sharp drop in member-residents, risks losing status as social house

By Hugo Zhang | December 4, 2025

Earlier this fall, leaders of PALANA, Middlebury’s Pan-African, Latinx, Asian, and Native American multicultural student organization, said they were informed by the Student Activities Office (SAO) and Residential Life (ResLife) that the group is at risk of losing its social house, also known as Palmer ...

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Davis Library to close Research Desk, citing decline in student use and departmental restructure

By Met Ly | December 4, 2025

Beginning next semester, the Research Desk at the Davis Family Library will be terminated as part of a broader restructuring of the Library’s Research, Instruction and Data Services (RI&D) department to adapt to student needs and budget constraints. The RI&D team will instead focus on individual ...

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Referendum organizers express frustration with rejection vote as SGA forms alternative solutions

By Cole Chaudhari | November 13, 2025

On Nov. 5, the senate of the Student Government Association (SGA) voted to reject a student-led referendum concerning rights for protection and free expression on Middlebury’s campus, instead announcing alternative solutions to the issues it raises. In response, the writers of the referendum have ...

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Students gather to watch elections, react to Democratic victories

By Mina Rizk | November 13, 2025

The Middlebury College Democrats hosted an election watch party on Nov. 4 in Hillcrest, which followed gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as the mayoral race in New York City. Students watched as victories unfolded for Democrats in all three elections.

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SNEG celebrates 20 years of environmental work, hosts climate action conference

By Lucy Igoe | November 13, 2025

What started in the winter of 2005 as a J-Term class taught by Jon Isham, professor of economics and environmental studies, has progressed into a flourishing student environmental group that is approaching 20 years of sustainable conversation and climate activism. Having begun with environmental conversations ...

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Food Studies minor faces risk of elimination

By Norah Khan | November 13, 2025

In a plenary meeting on Nov. 7, the faculty-led Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) presented a motion to eliminate the Food Studies minor. The EAC oversees the general direction of the college’s curriculum and makes recommendations on staffing and the allocation of teaching resources.

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Speakers narrate roots and reach at TEDxMiddlebury

By Ting Cui | November 13, 2025

By 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, Robinson Concert Hall was busy with students, professors and community members settling in as the lights dimmed for TEDxMiddlebury 2025. This year’s theme, ‘Roots and Reach,’ inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk, invited speakers to reflect on where they come from ...

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