Assistant Professor Brandon Baird, who taught the seminar, said the goal of the class research project was to better arm students to go beyond their studies.

The founder and CEO of LifeBank competed againist more than 10,000 entrepreneurs from 50 African countries to win for her innovative work delivering lifesaving medical products to hospitals in Nigeria.

Kate Hilscher ’20.5 says that the best part about Oratory Now is that if you have an idea for a program that doesn’t already exist, you can typically create it.

Hans Goudey ’19.5 used a Google Summer of Code fellowship to improve the open-source animation program Blender.

Hodges has multiple ties to Rikert from ski race organizer and college athlete to trail groomer.

Professor Emeritus is recognized for his academic and instructional leadership in the environmental field.  

Brett Millier, Bert Johnson, Marta Manrique-Gómez, and Will Amidon will pursue travel projects in the coming year to enhance their teaching at Middlebury.

Alexander Handwerger and colleagues from Northwestern and NC State will work on a project related to early landslide prediction.

The assistant professor of economics will conduct research during her academic leave year.

The senior and former Addison Independent intern was one of five students to receive a scholarship from the Journalism Education Foundation of New England.

Associate Professor of Physics Anne Goodsell and Assistant Director of Admissions Santana Audet received awards.

The annual reception honoring employees past and present with 25 years of service to the College was held on June 3.

The two economists will look at the relationship between voters' "expressiveness" and their choice of news sources.

Associate professor of political science is working on a five-year project with Canadian collaborators on the "rise and fall" of international non-governmental organizations. 

Assistant professor of physics is exploring data from NASA's orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Professor of Mathematics Priscilla Bremser received the grant, which will fund a three-day workshop for local teachers in August.

Associate professor of history is looking at policing in post-World War II Japan.

The associate professor of history of art and architecture will research the work of Chilean-born artist Alfredo Jaar.

Gibson brings more than 30 years of experience working in higher education and nonprofit communications.

The assistant professor of history of art and architecture will use the grant to support publication expenses related to her forthcoming book.

The professor of French and Fancophone studies will conduct research in several countries in the coming year.

The New England Society of News Editors names Campus senior editor as its College Rising Star of the Year.

Piara Biggs ’21.5 will use the federally funded grant to study in Jordan and Morocco during her junior year.

Assistant professor of film and media culture will begin shooting her film this summer.

The physics professor will co-author an update of his 1993 title, Nuclear Choices for the 21st Century: A Citizen's Guide. 

The faculty member will research the histories of Native American people who were confined to an insane asylum in South Dakota.

Assistant professor of religion will research relationships between Muslim and Hindu communities in India.

The national program sponsored by Campus Compact recognizes community-committed students.

His start-up designs and sells foam dart blasters for adults.

Will DiGravio ’19 will study at the University of Cambridge starting in the fall of 2019.

His winning speech explored the complex relationship between immigration and bilingualism.

The senior, who is writing his thesis on Alfred Hitchcock, found that digging through the director’s papers gave him a glimpse into the film legend’s personality.

Qian Li ’19 gives an inside look at the customs of the Chinese New Year festivities.

Students in the Environmental Studies Senior Seminar studied obstacles and opportunities for safe biking among Addison County towns.

In "Love, Inc.," the sociologist discusses the comfort of romance as an ideology in uncertain times.

Sadie Coffin '19 and Diego Garcia '20 have advanced science's understanding of the universe via their research projects.

Brandon Baird, who teaches Spanish and linguistics, hosted a national radio program in Guatemala about revitalizing the Mayan language known as K’ichee’.

The College celebrated the longtime museum security staff member with a breakfast reception at the Mahaney Arts Center.

For more than 30 years, he was a championship ice hockey coach in the state at both the high school and college level.

President Patton announced the appointments of four administrators who had been serving in interim positions, including the provost.

Classical world's new-music scene to unfold in six concerts.

Physics professor will collaborate with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stellenbosch University.

The Middlebury economist and a colleague from the University of Michigan are studying the effects of California’s 2004 law.

In a piece for _East Asia Forum_, the political scientist discusses the effect of President Xi’s recentralization of power.

Retired Twilight Artist in Residence Tells the Sweeping Story of His Life to NER in print and audio.

In a piece for The American Interest, the sociology professor discusses how remittances cause debt and crime that push Central Americans north.

The Ripton resident and UNH graduate will now direct both of the College-owned ski areas.

Alec Fleishcer '20 tells VPR's Brave Little State what it's like to do the 272 miles from one end of Vermont to another.

Student James Finn ’20.5 interviewed Altman, the general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who was back on campus for an alumni panel.

Middlebury’s director of Special Collections and Archives will serve in advisory role to the state librarian.

Middlebury’s Performing Arts Series director was one of six statewide recipients of the awards presented by the Vermont Arts Council.

Environmental studies professor will conduct research at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Madagascar. 

The Witch in the Window was directed by alumnus Andy Mitton ’01 and stars theatre professor Alex Draper ’88.

The Middlebury economist has received a $75,000 grant to analyze IRS data about California's 2004 Paid Family Leave Act.

Anzali is a guest on a New Books Network (NBN) podcast.

Longtime general manager of the Middlebury College Snow Bowl was recognized for his “tireless work ethic” in creating a great experience for visitors.

The Center for Creativity, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship honored Ashoka cofounder Marina Kim and education activist Anita Fernández.

The annual reception honoring employees past and present with 25 years of service to the College was held on June 5.

House Crossing, a collection of 32 new poems, explores the places we dwell.

President Laurie Patton and AVP Robin Gronlund have been appointed to work on the effort known as 70x2025vt.

The economics professor will use the award funding to create a new course—Health Policy in Action.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the awards honoring students, faculty, and staff.

The Student Government Association selected Joani Taylor for the staff award and the late Juana Gamero de Coca for the faculty award.

Award will fund a year of study at Yonsei University in Seoul.

Jaewon Oh ’13 will begin graduate studies at the Middlebury Institute in preparation for a career in the U.S. Foreign Service.

Associate professor of history will spend July and August researching in China and the U.S.

Dance professor will lead the development of artist-in-residence programs.

Professor of computer science, also an accomplished nature writer, will complete his second national park residency.

Grant will support short-term research at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.

Professor of history will begin her new position on July 1.

The patient voice behind the College's Helpdesk, New assisted countless faculty and staff during her career.

The environmental studies major from Beijing has been active in privilege and poverty issues in the Middlebury community.

Assistant professor of history of art and architecture will teach and conduct research in the Netherlands.

Even as she approaches her 91st birthday, this security monitor is showing no signs of slowing down.

Summer Hours at the Robbers Library is third novel by the Middlebury scholar-in-residence.

Smith earned second place for a hassle-free beach parking rental app.

Popular Culture Association award committee calls the site “a remarkable tool.”

Professor of food studies recommends investing in publicly funded research.

Weber '18, Marie Vasitas '18, and Alex Browne '18, started the student organization to provide support, mentorship, and training to student first responders, including EMTs and firefighters.

Associate professor of theatre discusses what it was like to take on a familiar role, and how the experience on Taken compares to his other TV characters and his theatrical roles.

Michael J. Kramer cofounded Northwestern University’s Digital Humanities Laboratory.

Student's article is published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

In celebration of coach Missy Foote's induction into the IWLCA Hall of Fame, the College created a short retrospective on her remarkable career. 

Eleanor Eagan '18 was honored by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for her essay on the American Criminal Justice System.

Scienceline story says size is just one factor.

Essay appears in fall issue of Contexts.

Professor of psychology will serve an 18-month term.

Molly Baker brings extensive enrollment and marketing experience to her new position.

The awards will fully fund a master’s program at China’s Tsinghua University.

Eagan's essay, Mass Incarceration and Poverty: The Morality of the American Criminal Justice System, received an honorable mention.

Seventeen students from seven colleges competed at the University of Maryland.

Seven Days profiles the New Jersey-born artist whose arrival in Vermont is entwined with the evolution of Middlebury's Anderson Freeman Center.

Michael R. Katz's latest work is hailed for its "insights into the linguistic richness, subtle tones, and cunning humor of Dostoevsky’s magnum opus."

Political science major Hazel Millard ’18 was honored in Washington, D.C. for her tireless efforts to improve voting rates.

Students worked with professional architects to design a community pavilion on a Maine island.

Allison Stanger, professor of political science, joined the discussion of free speech on college campuses.

Physics professor emeritus receives support for his research on supernova remnants and interstellar medium.

Geology professor will join colleagues from other institutions to conduct field work in Costa Rica.

Support from NIH continues to be an important funding source for Middlebury faculty and students.

The tech giant flew Melanie Pascual ’19 to its Mountain View, California, headquarters to participate in a scholars’ retreat.

Dance program chair is new director for Middlebury's Parks and Rec Center.

Recent show explores how Vermont's geology has affected its character.

Fiona Sullivan ’19 further integrated her interests in computer science and music during the weeklong session.

In The Authority Trap, the associate professor of political science and a colleague illustrate the role that power and politics play among such NGOs as Green Peace and Oxfam.

The second annual Staff Fest, which was started by President Patton, was a big success.

Gov. Phil Scott has selected Middlebury's executive vice president for finance and administration, to lead the Vermont Educational Health Benefits Commission.

The professor of computer science will continue to work with Middlebury undergraduates on his computer vision research.

Their project will document changes in the size of ancient glaciers and lakes in northern Nevada.

Vermont's greatest philanthropist left the College its Bread Loaf lands.

Vote for Houghton's Film in a PBS Contest

Undergraduate student researchers will be involved in all aspects of the research, with four supported by grant funding.

Linderman will develop software to identify genetic variants in children with congenital heart defects,  a leading cause of infant mortality in the U.S.

Assistant Professor of Dance Christal Brown is one of two new directors for the New England Foundation for the Arts.

Grant will support the dance professor's creation of new work, and professional development.

The annual reception honoring employees past and present with 25 years of service to the College was held on June 7. 

Support will cover research during upcoming academic leave in South Korea.

Perri Silverhart ’16.5 was among the undergraduates who presented their research to lawmakers.

Computer science professor will complete residencies in Montana and Maine.

Their work examines the effect of light beams and electric fields on the movement of atoms.

Fellowship supports 5-week summer research program in Europe. 

Eirene Chow must deliver a nearly perfect six-minute speech in Japanese, a non-native language, for the final round.

Department of State-sponsored program will support intensive language study in China this summer.

Grants will support travel for research projects.

The Share to Wear team pitched their business idea at a Vermont entrepreneurs competition.

Award supports a faculty project aimed at enhancing teaching in or out of the classroom.

Grant will support political science professor's 2017-18 project in Washington, D.C.

Owens will attend "What Happened to the Civil Rights Movement?" at Harvard.

Revelations features chamber works recorded by Jupiter String Quartet.

Assistant professor of history traces fascism roots to interwar period.

Professor Will Amidon and Associate Chaplain Ira Schiffer honored by students.

A premedical student, Stoner '17, has worked to understand opiate addiction.

Munroe and fellow geologists received the funding from the Great Basin Heritage Partnership.

Judges named a grand champion and two runners-up in the annual speech contest.

Assistant professor of economics was honored by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Grant will support a 10-day conference of interdisciplinary scholars in Berkeley, CA this summer.

Paola Meza ’19 is one of just five recipients nationally of the Jeff Ubban Posse Fellowship.

Grant will support political science professor's research in Turkey this summer.

As a participant in this program for promising African-American male scholars, Howard will complete two internships in Washington, D.C. 

David Miranda Hardy's Bala Loca is a 10-part political thriller set in Chile.

Grants support collaborative projects among faculty at all Middlebury programs.

Assistant director of Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is one of just 11 poets to be recognized.

Nash will attend 4-week session sponsored by the Newberry Library in Chicago.

Sergio Núñez-Xoconoxtle ’18 is an advocate for the migrant community.

Emeritus Professor of Physics will continue his collaborative research with NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute and Australian National University.

The Middlebury senior will travel to five countries over the next year to study climate change adaptation strategies.

The Burlington Business Association recently announced the honor for Middlebury's vice president for finance and administration.

Annual award is presented for excellence in writing on a topic related to gender, sexuality, and feminist studies.

Geology professor will collaborate with one of the world’s leading cave researchers.

The additional funding will extend Manley's research on mapping the bottom of Lake Champlain.

Support will aid the physicist's research using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) telescope.

Support will fund a year of research at the Institute for Liberal Arts at Emory University.

Assistant professor of physics received the award from the Research Corporation, which supports early career academic scientists.

WCAX highlights the weeklong CCI-sponsored ‘L.A. Trek’.

The professor of French will further her study of communist women's resistance to Hitler during World War II.

Pat Manley and Tom Manley of the geology department will collaborate with UVM scientists and Middlebury students on this five-year program.

Workshop is slated for May in Indianapolis.

Four students from the Middlebury Institute’s MBA program won the international Business for a Better World Case Competition in Davos, Switzerland.

The award, granted by the Research Corporation, will enable the physics professor to further his research at Middlebury.

Emeritus professor's collaborative study will focus on understanding the remnants of exploded stars in the "Fireworks Galaxy."

The mathematics professor will fill the role for one year during Dean of Curriculum Suzanne Gurland's upcoming sabbatical.

The annual listing notes up-and-coming professionals across 20 categories.

In an op-ed, Hayden Dublois ’17 and Professor David Colander look at the way forward for vastly outnumbered college Republicans.

In a newly created role, Miller will work closely with International Programs and the Language Schools.

The award will provide full funding for Naina Qayyum ’15 to earn a master's degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Baishakhi Taylor sees progress in cultural awareness and support for India's transgender population.

Hasher Nisar ’16.5 won the prestigious award for graduate study in the U.K.

A grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts will support Brown's Opulence of Integrity tour.

ASEEES announces award at annual convention.

Mittell is one of six television and media studies faculty who will serve in the inaugural class of Peabody Fellow Scholars.

Psychology professor will teach a course titled "Environmental Problems and Human Behavior" during her upcoming leave.

State Department award will fund the Middlebury junior's study abroad project in the spring of 2017.

Assistant professor of physics will lead a three-year research project on quasars with colleagues from other institutions.

Raunecker ’92, who is in her 22nd season, improved her career mark to 400-217 on November 5.

In an opinion piece for the Harford Courant, Krista Karlson ’17 reflects on what we can do to address what has so divided us as a country.

The short animated film produced by Middlebury staff and students won "most innovative film" and "best use of archival footage."

Christine Seymour, a custodian in Facilities Services, will be competing later this month in her eighth world barrel racing championship.

Vice President Katy Smith Abbott has announced four personnel transitions in the Student Life staff.

The long-time Middlebury staff members are heading up the countywide campaign to raise $650,000 for vital social services.

A top 30 ranking after the 2015-16 academic year puts the Middlebury team in the company of much larger universities.

Study will look at the impacts of social networking sites on human behaviors.

Annual awards dinner will celebrate three women who have made significant contributions to higher education in Vermont.

The richly illustrated book offers a history of American portraiture from the colonial era to the present.

New laser technology will enhance the department's research capabilities. 

C3-Creating Connections Consortium associate will be based in Middlebury.

Two faculty members from the Film and Media Culture department will continue a program they first launched in the summer of 2015.

Assistant Professor of Education Tara Affolter coedited The Charter School Solution with Jamel K. Donnor.

Psychology professor's research project will engage six undergraduates.

The 2016-17 grants were awarded to faculty in biology, chemistry and biochemistry, neuroscience, physics, and psychology.

Kristina Golubiewski-Davis begins her one-year fellowship August 22.

Mullins will replace Patrick Norton, who has accepted a new position at Tulane University.

Seven undergraduates will participate in the three-year geology project.

The professor emeritus of physics will be examining an unusual black hole in the southern spiral galaxy M83.

Journal Nature Genetics describes new method to vastly accelerate process of gene identification in mice.

Mike Leonard, head coach at Bates for six years, will replace longtime coach Bob Smith.

One of the goals of Amidon's research is to study erosion in the Northeastern U.S.

Six Middlebury undergraduates will be working with Vasiliou on the project.

The food studies professor gave the keynote lecture at a conference in Italy.

Film and Media Culture professor Ioana Uricaru has won production funding from the Romanian National Film Center for a film currently in development.

Prize will fund a collaborative archaeology project with students during J-term ’17.

Prof. Jeff Carpenter's class tested whether free lottery tickets would be a postitive or negative incentive for giving.

Dickerson's article in the annual journal describes a nature-writing course he taught in Alaska last summer.

Colleagues noted her passion, consistency, and great sense of humor.

Lee will spend the summer doing research at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

In an announcement to all faculty and staff, Middlebury President Laurie Patton praised Norton for his 13 years of service.

The Vermont Humanities Council grant will support heritage language programs in and around Burlington.

The economics professor will conduct climate and energy research over the next academic year and during the next three summers.

The philosophy professor will work with a collaborator to explore questions around "the good life."

The film and media culture professor will spend the fall in Germany, researching for her upcoming World War II film Paperclip.

Staff Recognition Awards will be conferred on June 2 in Crossroads Cafe.

Professor Matt Dickinson and Associate Director Herrera are selected by student leaders for individual honors.

The varsity four took home a New England title for the first time since 1995.

Middlebury was well represented at the 8th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics.

The geology professor will study geologic locations in England and Scotland this summer.

The Lintilhac grant will fund Manley's continued research on mapping the bottom of the lake.

Middlebury's Chaplaincy Fellow and Muslim student advisor will speak on May 15.

Grant will support research in Princeton University's rare books collection during his academic leave in 2016-17.

Patton is the first Choate Rosemary Hall graduate to lead a college or university.

On a teaching/research fellowship, Isham will be based at Ashesi University College.

Mathematics professor is researching for his forthcoming book, Mathematics as Art in Contemporary Theater.

Khalifa will spend the fall semester on a visiting fellowship from the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Assistant Professor of Religion Ata Anzali will spend the next academic year conducting research in Iran through a Roshan Institute fellowship.

Eilat Glikman and Frank Winkler will continue their astrophysics research with the new grant funding.

American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages recognizes the longtime Middlebury professor's work.

The Arbor Foundation has once again recognized Middlebury for its commitment to stewardship of its trees.