Transformed Trash
Watch this WCAX report on “Tossed,” the Middlebury art museum’s exhibition featuring nearly 20 works that incorporate discarded materials.
Stories
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Portrait of Young Artists
This Middlebury Magazine dispatch by Alexandra Jhamb Burns ’21.5 follows Maia Sauer ’22, Cheryl Engmann ’22, C Green ’19.5, and Sam Kann ’21 as they navigate art-making as recent grads.
Growing Abenaki Culture
WCAX profiled the efforts of the Abenaki Language School to preserve language and culture, in addition to developing more visual and audio media.
Hometown Non-Hero
Bossa nova icon Astrud Gilberto, who died recently, was underappreciated in her native Brazil, writes Professor of Luso- Hispanic Studies Mario Higa in the Conversation.
Deep Space Mysteries
Astronomer Eliza Kempton ’03 explains to NPR how she and a team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover that a long-mysterious “mini-Neptune” planet has a shiny, reflective surface.
Funding for Peace and Science
Hannah Ennis ’23.5, an environmental justice major, has been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to conduct artistic workshops focused on sustainable conflict transformation techniques.
Hone Your AI Know-How
Content created by artificial intelligence (AI) has great potential for spreading disinformation, writes Barbara Hofer, psychology professor emerita.
Climate Change Consultants
A College student group proposed a road map for the town of Middlebury to cut its emission of carbon dioxide by 80 percent by the end of this decade.
Victory in Threes
The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team captured its third-straight NCAA championship, defeating Gettysburg College.