Join journalist Devon O’Neil ’01 for a presentation on reporting, writing, and following a non-linear career path as he discusses his award-winning 2025 book The Way Out: A true story of survival in the Heart of the Rockies. O’Neil, a psychology major at Middlebury, has been a daily newspaperman, a staff writer at ESPN, and a correspondent at Outside Magazine — as well as a construction worker, counterterrorism analyst, and backcountry hutmaster. He’ll detail how his time at Middlebury led to a life at 10,200 feet in Colorado and beyond. 

James Merrill is an algorithmic visual artist who resides in Vermont, USA. He creates computational artwork, combining generative system design, mathematics, randomness, and data to create infinitely unique systems. A third-generation artist, James has been creating digital artworks for over 25 years. His work seeks to utilize technology to challenge assumptions about the nature of traditional art. What often starts as a program ends as a physical artwork, drawn to extreme detail by robotic systems.

Interested in Data Science and how it connects with another discipline? Come hear three speakers (Middlebury professors Kate Crawford and Erin Eggleston, and State of VT Wetland Ecologist Zapata Courage) talk about how they use data science in their environmental and ecological work! Snacks will be provided.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Science, Technology, Environment and Global Affairs presents “Ghost of Coral Reefs Past: Reconstructing Reef Shark Communities over Millennia” with Erin Dillon.

“Which Side Are You On?” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Garret Keizer, Writer.

The issue of environmental justice assayed from a viewpoint both leftishly biased and locally based. Questions raised: Why has “environmentalist” become a dirty word? What are the limits of environmentalism under capitalism? For whom will you be working ten years from now? Will you be working at all?

“Environmental Studies Affiliate Conversations: Excellence, Purpose, and Joy - Environmental Perspectives” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series panel discussion featuring:

David Allen, Associate Professor of Biology
Michael Sheridan, Professor of Anthropology
Spring Ulmer, Assistant Professor of English

All are welcome to attend poster presentations as the culmination of the 2026 Limno-STOICH Database Conference supported by midd.data and the National Science Foundation. Aquatic ecologists from a range of institutions and Middlebury College students enrolled in BIOL 304 Aquatic Ecology will present on database-driven research they have done related to the field of ecological stoichiometry in aquatic ecosystems. Light refreshments will be provided.

More information here.

ENVS 0401 A Community Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum Presentations: Desalt, Detox

In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students in ENVS 0401 A will present their work from their semester long projects.