Global Fixer
Jake Moreno Coplon ’08.5 is the new chief operating officer for the Posse Foundation, having been a Posse scholar during his time at Middlebury.
Catch comedian and actor Alyssa Limperis ’12 starring as a kid version of Bill Gates in the short film The Launch.
Middlebury has received the largest bequest in its history: $40 million from a member of the Class of 1955.
The debut novel of Vinson Cunningham, who matriculated with the class of 2006, has been called “a sophisticated bildungsroman” by Publishers Weekly and “a pleasure to follow” by Slate.
Over 23 years in the English department at Colorado State University, Sarah Sloane ’79 helped hundreds of students tell their stories. In honor of her retirement, CSU profiled Sloane about lessons learned, memories made, and what comes next.
Ben Kahn ’98 was the first assistant director on Past Lives, which currently has Oscar nominations for best picture and best original screenplay.
Dana Lawson ’95 and Kim Diamond ’95 both were involved in the development of the first FDA-approved drug to treat a rare type of cancer.
Chris Wood ’88 heads Trout Unlimited, whose Priority Waters initiative is coordinating disparate watershed conservation projects among government agencies and partner organizations to expand the scope and impact on landscapes.