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.
Stories
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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.
Language Immersion for Two
Chuck and Vanessa Nicholls both attended the School of Spanish this past summer, exchanging their home for a Milliken Hall suite and doing everything as a couple in Spanish.
Practice Makes Pitch Perfect
Star audiobook narrator Julia Whelan ’08 pulls back the curtain on her work in a profile by Palm Springs Life.
Panther for Life
Middlebury Campus sports writer Blaise Siefer ’23.5 reflects fondly on what made Middlebury athletics so special during his time at the College.
Songs Remember
On the Language Schools blog, musician Joe Bruchac wrote about the role of music in transmitting linguistic and cultural knowledge.
Getting a Grip on Film
Lauren Sayula ’23 initially planned to major in computer science but pivoted to film and media culture halfway through college after rediscovering her passion for video editing.
Evolution of Literary Prizes
McGill literature professor Xander Manshel ’09, MA English ’14 appeared on the podcast On the Media to share his research on the influence of literary prizes and how they’ve changed over the last 35 years.
To Save a Sea Forest
For the past decade, marine ecologist Stephen Heck ’09.5 has been studying and working to conserve carbon-storing eelgrass meadows off the coast of Long Island.