2026 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients Announced
Writer Kim Stanley Robinson selected as speaker.
Writer Kim Stanley Robinson selected as speaker.
The film Breaking Ground by Henry Wang ’27 is an official selection of the 2026 EFFY Environmental Film Festival at Yale University, where it will premiere on March 27.
The honor marks the first time the newspaper has won the award.
Rebecca Gould and Bill McKibben provide expert insight throughout the new Ken Burns–produced film.
The earth and climates sciences major will travel to Scotland, India, Peru, and Norway during his year of independent study.
A dedicated mentor, many of Larrabee’s students credited him with inspiring them to enter science-related fields.
A Middlebury psychology professor flips the script on “the loneliness epidemic.”
By Virginia Thomas
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