Energy Solutions and Congress
U.S. Representative Sean Casten ’93 (IL- 06) spoke about his work on energy efficiency on March 6 as a part of the Global Sustainability Alums Speaker Series, reports the Middlebury Campus.
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Entrepreneurial Energy
The College’s Innovation Hub programs get high praise from David Bradbury, president of the business incubator Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies.
Molding Tomorrow’s Storytellers
CBS profiled Nínive Clements Calegari ’93, P’26 and Dave Eggers on the origins and then national expansion of 826 Valencia, an innovative writing and tutoring program that serves more than 350,000 students each year.
Taking the Patriarchy to Task
V ’75, the creator of The Vagina Monologues, addresses racism, colonialism, and sexual violence in her new collection, Reckoning.
Basketball Wins
Men’s basketball coach Jeff Brown was honored by the Collegiate Basketball Officials’ Association with the prestigious Sam Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award.
Economic Legacy
Legacy National Economic Council Director Brian Deese ’00 will be making a preplanned departure from the Biden administration this month after two years as the president’s top economic advisor.
Is This Underwear Toxic?
“Forever chemicals,” PFAS, have been found in period underwear marketed as nontoxic and organic, surprising many people, including environmental health researcher Shruthi Mahalingaiah ’98.
A Family Tail
Dog Gone, the tale of a family navigating conflict as they search for their missing dog, stars Rob Lowe and is adapted from a book by Pauls Toutonghi ’99.
Musicals to Unite Town and Gown
Seven Days reports on the role of the annual J-term musical in town and College community relations, featuring Town Hall Theater artistic director Doug Anderson, economics and environmental studies professor Jon Isham, and Zack Maluccio ’22.5.