Declining the Call
A new study by economics professor Caitlin Myers on the iPhone rollout and the declining United States birth rate found a direct link between the two.
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Climate Hopes
Writing for Counter Currents, Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar, reflects on ways to push for climate protections in day-to-day life.
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.
Haunted by History
The novel Flashlight by Susan Choi has been long-listed for the 2025 Booker Prize.
Loneliness vs. Solitude
Americans are spending more of their time alone, but that doesn’t mean an impending national epidemic of loneliness.
AI in the Classroom
After experimenting with generative AI in the classroom, McGill professor Xander Manshel ’09, MA English ’14 concluded that the quality of AI-assisted student work was not as high as what the students produced themselves.
150 Years Revisited
The New York Times followed geology professor Jeff Munroe on a backpacking research trip into the Uinta Mountains of Utah to recreate a series of photographs made in 1870 by the U.S. Geological Survey.
To Learn Is to Remember
Jesse Bowman Bruchac, director of the School of Abenaki, writes about the role of memory in learning and teaching a language, as well as different strategies for strengthening language memory.