Sled Hockey Coach
Middlebury Athletics recently spotlighted Rose Misiewicz ’06, who was a member of the Middlebury women’s ice hockey team.
Stories
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Serious about Ciders
Micro Acts of Compassion
4/11/2024
The LA Times reports that a new study coauthored by Eli Susman ’18 found that extending kindness and self-compassion in a daily 20-second meditation lowered stress and improved mental health for study participants.
On Fire for Her Students
In a new Midd Moment podcast episode, Annie Weinberg ’10 shared how she left a successful finance career to pursue her passion for education and eventually founded the Alexander Twilight Academy, which provides rigorous academic and mentoring support for under-resourced students.
Dance of the Nerds
Catch comedian and actor Alyssa Limperis ’12 starring as a kid version of Bill Gates in the short film The Launch.
Global to Local, Professional to Personal
Lauren Markham ’05 reckons with the global migration crisis, the limits of journalism in addressing it, and her own family’s emigration from Greece in her new book, A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.
Oscar-Worthy Work
Ben Kahn ’98 was the first assistant director on Past Lives, which currently has Oscar nominations for best picture and best original screenplay.
Apocalyptic Comedy
Baby Carl’s Happy Apocalypse, a podcast from the New Perennials project, takes a comedic approach to serious topics like climate change and socioeconomic inequality.
Big-Picture Conservation
Chris Wood ’88 heads Trout Unlimited, whose Priority Waters initiative is coordinating disparate watershed conservation projects among government agencies and partner organizations to expand the scope and impact on landscapes.