Too Busy Blurbing Books
For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, MA English ’04, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job.
Stories
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Highlighting Hidden History
A team of Middlebury undergraduate and graduate students published an article in Sea History that highlighted the little-known history of the Japanese-American abalone fishery in Monterey Bay.
Brazen Writings
Jeff “J.T.” Price ’01 is the editor in chief of the literary magazine Brazenhead Review, which originated out of an illegal secondhand bookstore run out of an Upper East Side Manhattan apartment.
Design for Food and Wine
Over the past 16 years, Robert van Horne ’00.5 has become one of the premier graphic designers for Bay Area restaurants and California wine labels, including that of his former dorm mate Ian Brand ’99.
New Tricks for Your Mind
Research indicates that approaching your regular day with a new mindset can transform the daily grind, writes philosophy professor Lorraine Besser in The Conversation.
Spirituality and Science
Writer Jessica Gigot ’01 interviewed Andi Lloyd, former biology professor and vice president for academic affairs, on her podcast, Her Deepest Ecologies.
When Poetry Is Code
The Middlebury library acquired its first book of AI-generated poetry, I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks.
Path to Your Passion
The Middlebury Campus published an extensive Q&A between screenwriter and Middlebury trustee Shawn Ryan ’88 and Catherine Goodrich ’24.
There’s No ‘U’ in ‘Team’
The Wall Street Journal reports on research by Mohamed Hussein ’17 that indicates using inclusive language during difficult conversations can help your message get across more easily.