Women Funding Women
Shabana Basij-Rasikh ’11 is among 12 recipients of $20 million grants from a new philanthropic initiative by Melinda French Gates to support women and girls across a range of issues worldwide.
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Middlebury Knits
Jean Seeler-Gifford ’60 knitted four Middlebury-themed sweaters, which are now housed in Special Collections.
Real Streams, Virtual Lab
Take a virtual field trip on various streams around Middlebury, courtesy of students of Carolyn Dash, assistant professor of biology.
Rome Prize Winner
Italian School alum Shannah Rose has been awarded a Rome Prize in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.
NASA Mission Interns
Hope Jerris ’25.5 and Lucas Nerbonne ’25.5 have been selected as interns for the NASA Europa Clipper mission.
Help from a Stranger
The New York Times followed Bianca Giaever ’12 around NYC while she tried to offer free help to strangers.
The Future Is Now
Explore eight takeaways about artificial intelligence and the future of translation and interpretation from a panel of experts convened by the Middlebury Institute.
50 Years a Potter
Christine Lansdale Willis, who matriculated with the class of 1977, is exhibiting art from her 50-year ceramics career at the Center for the Study of Modern Ceramics in Athens, Greece.
Mirror to the Gods
The ancient Maya viewed cracked mirrors and hallucinogenic rituals as ways to commune with supernatural beings, as anthropology professor James Fitzsimmons explains in The Conversation.