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.
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Away with the Circus
The Middlebury Museum of Art celebrates the Vermont-based theater group Bread and Puppet with an exhibit of photographs by Garrett MacLean ’99.
Friends in Language
For Tyler Carrington, MA German ’07, having a community of people willing to make mistakes and explore together made his language immersion experience a success.
Sit. Stay. Watch!
This weekend, filmmaker Andy Mitchell ’96 is hoping to break a Guinness World Record for most dogs to attend a film screening.
Energy Transition, Stat!
Pier LaFarge ’10 spoke on the renewable energy sector podcast Factor This! about his outside-the-box approach with utility companies to exponentially increase electricity production.
Third-Culture Kids Needed
For heritage speakers of a language who are interested in careers as interpreters or translators, Sarahi Juarez, MATI ’24 offers both encouragement and advice: no, it’s not “cheating,” and yes, the field needs your skills and cultural know-how.
Environmental Journalism Recognized
Nick Rahaim MAIEP ’22 was recently honored by the Society of Environmental Journalists for his 2022 piece in Hakai Magazine, “Clever Whales and the Violent Fight for Fish on the Line.”
What Makes a Good Death
Samara Gordon Wexler ’23.5 spoke on WBUR’s Here and Now about her Watson fellowship project this year researching what it means to die a good death in various cultures.
Book of the Century
The New York Times Book Review included The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, MA English ’04 on its list of the 100 greatest books of the 21st century.