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.
Stories
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Century-Old Farm Stories
After she was given two farmers’ early 20th-century diaries, Kathryn Youngdahl-Stauss, MA ’15, MLitt ’23, decided to make a film about the mother-son pair.
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.
Nuclear Possibilities
The film House of Dynamite depicts what happens when U.S. leaders have 30 minutes to respond to a nuclear attack.
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.
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.
Art Revelations
Artist Jordan Nassar ’07 questions the meanings given to ancient relics or historical crafts in a new exhibition at the James Cohan Gallery.
Landscape of Empty Coal Wagons
Alexandra Fuller ’99 recently opened Abandon, an art installation that explores the relationship between coal mining and the landscape in the American West.
Haunted by History
The novel Flashlight by Susan Choi has been long-listed for the 2025 Booker Prize.