Science and mathematics are a vital and dynamic part of Middlebury’s liberal arts curriculum.

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Students who want the best in STEM education will find it here, as well as a holistic education that fosters a deep and integrative approach to any field of study they choose. Middlebury’s science and math departments blend the high-tech facilities and cutting-edge research typically associated with larger universities with the collaborative learning atmosphere of a liberal arts college. With 11 departments and programs focused on math and both the physical and life sciences, Middlebury not only has a broad range of ways to study the sciences, it gives students the freedom to explore them all.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall
McCardell Bicentennial Hall

Recent Middlebury College STEM Annual Report

Science and Mathematics News and Events

Events Calendar

  • Biology Senior Thesis Presentations

    Asha Kannan
    “Optimizing Bryophytes and Biocrusts in a Dryland Carbon Cycling Model”

    Lauren Marsala
    “Impacts of cyanobacteria symbiosis on desiccation and ecophysiological stress tolerance of Syntrichia caninervis.”

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public

  • Biology Senior Thesis Presentations

    Anna Cerveny
    “Distribution and Morphology of Chemosensory Hairs in a Model Butterfly”

    Isabel Pentony
    “Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Cucurbita pepo.”

    Ariel Zhang
    “Testing the island rule using an introduced population of muskrats in the Gulf of Maine”

    Claire Ellerbrook
    “Using stable isotope analysis to assess carnivore diet in the northeast”

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public

  • Neuroscience Senior Thesis Presentations

    Kathryn Blek
    “Dose-Dependent Effects of Testosterone on Place and Response Memory in Young Rats”

    Will Beckerman
    “Genetic influences on electric shock learning and memory in D. Melanogaster.”

    Gabriela Clemente
    “Mitochondrial and Immune Responses Following Traumatic Brain Injury”

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public

  • MBBC Senior Thesis Presentations

    Mishal Lalani
    “Saving Smiles One Protein at a Time: Targeting SloR in S. mutans”

    Anabell Cloney
    “Proteins have a Social Life: What is SloR’s relationship with the Streptococcus mutans Clp proteasome?”

    Ryan Mauney
    “Development of Electroporation and Fluorescent Live-Cell Imaging in the Chytrid Fungus Allomyces macrogynus”

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public

  • Neuroscience Senior Thesis Presentations

    Sophie Larocque
    “Substance Use Risk Among High School Adolescents Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence”

    Owen Snyder-Smith
    “Variation in Ethanol Sensitivity and Tolerance in Diversity Outbred Mice.”

    Katherine Vasquez
    “That Gave Me Goosebumps:” Personality Trait-Mediated Responses to Frisson and Methods for Studying Aesthetic Chills

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public

  • Biology/MBBC Senior Thesis Presentations

    Elly Tuffey
    “An Assessment of Mercury Accumulation in Different Forest Types”

    Sarah Case
    “Determining the regulatory role of Tre6P in nectar production in Arabidopsis thaliana.”

    Jordan Gardener
    “The Effects of Testosterone on Place & Response Learning and BDNF Signaling”

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

    Open to the Public