Hockey and Service
Throughout the fall, the men’s hockey team has been helping the Charter House Coalition, which provides shelter and meals to people struggling with homelessness in Addison County.
Stories
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A Mayor’s Wordsmith
The Guardian profiled Julian Gerson ’18, the speechwriter for New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and how Gerson constructed the victory speech on election night.
Support for Determined Learners
In 2023, Taniya Noori ’25.5 founded a remote tutoring service to support Afghan women and girls who are now banned from schools under Taliban rule.
Science Writing Award
Journalist Lois Parshley ’11 has been recognized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for her reporting on the intersection of science, politics, and community in Alaska.
Reproductive Rights in Vermont
Several Middlebury faculty members are behind and in front of the camera in the documentary Unintended, which explores Vermont’s historic move to enshrine reproductive rights in its constitution in 2022.
Lessons of Cancer and Flame
In a New York Times essay, Dan O’Brien ’96 draws parallels between the health fallout of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and of the Palisades fire in Los Angeles.
Visionary New Yorker
Rana Abdelhamid ’15 has won a David Prize as the founder of an anti-violence organization and community center in Queens, New York.
California’s New Climate Chief
Recently, Lauren Sanchez ’11 was sworn in as the chair of the California Air Resources Board by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Literature for Peace
Writer and journalist Lauren Markham ’05 is the nonfiction runner-up of the 2025 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her book A Map of Future Ruins.