24-Hour DataFest Stretched Students’ Analytical and Creative Thinking Skills
Nearly 150 students working in 32 teams embraced the annual challenge to find and share meaning from a large, complex dataset.
Nearly 150 students working in 32 teams embraced the annual challenge to find and share meaning from a large, complex dataset.
Members of the MiddMyco Club explored a stretch of the Trail Around Middlebury, bagging samples for a statewide fungi database.
The assistant professor of earth and climates sciences was described as an “exemplar of the individual and collective commitment to education.”
James Sanchez, associate professor of writing and rhetoric, is the producer of “The Spiritual Advisor,” a short documentary from Rolling Stone Films about the Reverend Jeff Hood, who accompanies men on death row.
More than 250 students from all class years and academic disciplines presented their research and creative works at the annual Spring Symposium at Bicentennial Hall.
The national honor was presented at the Park MGM Ballroom in Las Vegas as part of the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four weekend.
In an essay for The Conversation, Shalom Goldman, the Pardon Tillinghast Professor Emeritus of Religion, says that some conservative Christians are interpreting the conflict through Biblical prophesies.
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.
In a darkened room on campus, an immersive “listening experience” takes the audience on a journey of sounds.
By Jessie Raymond ’90
Middlebury Chapel
This event marks the 1,000th lunchtime recital by Middlebury College Carillonneur George Matthew Jr., who has played for Middlebury for over four decades, and who teaches Middlebury College students the art of this unique musical form. Stop by to greet George on the Chapel steps, before he makes his way up to the carillon booth, high up in the Middlebury Chapel’s spire. Then stay to listen to his special program. Free and open to the all.
Hepburn Zoo
Join us for this artful and inspiring event, in which students from Oratory Now read selections from the New England Review and student writers read their own poetry and prose aloud on stage. Free and open to the public.
Oratory Now Readers:
Mack Briglin ’26.5
Monique Pond ‘28
Zaina Mahbub ‘28
Amador Abusio ’29
New England Review Readers:
Adonai Haile ‘27
Maya Hynes ‘28.5
Margaux Joly ‘27
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Arthropods and insects are some of the most inspiring and incredible creatures that live right outside (and sometimes inside!) our door. But because of their small size and cryptic lifestyles, it can be hard to see and appreciate what they do. Dr. Adrian Smith is the Head of the Insect Behavior Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University. He is also the creator of the popular YouTube channel Ant Lab. Sponsored by the Class of ‘88.
Middlebury Chapel
The Middlebury College Choir sings a program that celebrates the vibrant energy of spring and the hopefulness of community. Hear music from Italy, England, South Africa, Canada, India, Ukraine, and the U.S., including a Renaissance-era double choir motet by Raffaella Aleotta, Psalm settings by Herbert Howells, African American composer William Dawson’s stunning setting of “Steal Away,” and the premier of “Noche” by William Mortell ‘26. Lively and inventive folk and traditional music completes the program. Free and open to the public.