Drawing on themes of peace, belonging, and social justice, the work in Proctor Dining Hall reclaims designs from Kabul that were whitewashed when the Taliban returned to power.
Students enjoying a warm day described the mood-lifting power of green grass, flowering trees, and sunshine.
Professor James Calvin Davis focused on John Witherspoon, a lesser-known signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Professor of Film and Media Culture Jason Mittell spoke on an expert panel for NPR’s 1A.
The Monkey Mind Lab, a podcast hosted by Abhir Suri ’28, is one of several creative ways the Middlebury sophomore tries to make complex topics more accessible.
Fifty-five students from 48 institutions were selected for the award in recognition of outstanding leadership, public service, and academic achievement.
Citing experiences in two of his courses, an associate professor of writing and rhetoric counters public sentiment that today’s college students are not taking the time to contemplate—and are writing less and less.
By Hector Vila
Dozens of alumni who helped launch Middlebury’s Sunday Night Environmental Group (originally known as the “Sunday Night Group”) returned to campus recently for SNEG’s 20-year reunion and a two-day conference exploring the question, “What Works Now?”
We asked a few of them to reflect on their time as Middlebury students and to offer some advice for today’s generation of college climate activists. Here are a few of the voices from that gathering.
“Find your niche,” says the director of the Middlebury Climate Action Program.
“Come forward with bold ideas,” says the executive director of Fossil Free Media.
“This is such a great time to start something new,” says the chief partnership and strategy advisor for Climate United.
“I rely on the skills I learned here every day,” says the political organizer.
While at the Middlebury School in Madrid, Xander Bowles ’26 immersed himself in the language, culture, and history of flamenco guitar.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
Join us for the Middlebury Dance Department’s Spring Dance Concert, an evening of original choreography, music, and improvisation. The concert features students from Daniel Miramontes’ Choreography and Performance, Lida Winfield’s Advanced Improvisation, and McLean Macionis’ Advanced Electronic Music courses. The performance will also feature live music by Ron Rost and Deborah Felmeth along with original lighting design. $15/10/5. Open to the public.
Chateau 005 (Performance Space) 139 Chateau Road
Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Physicists is a darkly comic thriller set in a psychiatric clinic, where three scientists pretend to be mad. Their hidden identities and inventions trigger a tense battle between ethics and power, revealing how dangerous knowledge can be in the wrong hands.
