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.
Stories
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1970s Lesbian Life
Browse more than 1,500 images from the Bee Ottinger ’70 Lesbian Collection, which is now available online. Ottinger documented life in the early ’70s at the Lesbian House, a community in Los Angeles for queer women rejected by their families.
Resources for Low-Income Vermont Communities
Elise Shanbacker ’07 was interviewed by WCAX about infrastructure projects in rural areas of Vermont that are now getting a boost of federal funding.
The Streaming Bubble, Popped
A Vulture article analyzing shaky business models in the streaming economy cited the hit show by Shawn Ryan ’88, The Night Agent, whose global success nevertheless did not translate to increased revenue.
Healing with Elie Wiesel
Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel spoke at Middlebury in 2002.
Modern Love
For the New York Times’s Tiny Love Stories series, Drew Miller ’03 recounts being nearly swamped, literally and figuratively, while he and his husband exchanged vows at their wedding.
$2 Million to Fight Extremism
Middlebury has received an anonymous gift of $2 million to expand the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute and to provide financial aid to graduate students.
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.