The Audition Room
Hollywood showrunner Shawn Ryan ’88 re-created an authentic audition experience to help theatre students learn what it’s like to meet a producer face-to-face.
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Video: Making the Most of the Outdoors at Middlebury
Joaquin Chica Levy ’27 shares three accessible tips for trying new outdoor activities in Vermont.
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In Memoriam: Nan Jenks-Jay
The former dean of environmental affairs was one of the most influential national leaders in higher education sustainability.
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Projects for Peace Alums Preserve Memory after War Displacements
During their four-day visit to campus, Rerooted Archive founders Anoush Baghdassarian and Ani Schug met with hundreds of students, faculty, and staff, and community members.
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The Pursuit of Perfection: Ellery Foutch Explores Art, Science, and the Natural…
In her new book, the associate professor of American studies examines 19th-century efforts to preserve perfection—and their unexpected consequences.
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Middlebury Receives $1 Million DOE Grant to Study How Materials Harness Light E…
Assistant Professors of Chemistry Benjamin Cotts and Alexandria Bredar will lead the research that includes opportunities for students to work at Argonne National Laboratory.
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Essays and Commentary
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Undamming Hope
Dam removals offer an opportunity for ecological reconnection. And a wild education.
By Tara Lohan ’99
Illustration by Sally Deng
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Vignettes and Portraits
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Middlebury College welcomed an impressive group of new faculty members for the 2026–27 academic year, bringing expertise across a broad range of disciplines, including sociology, geology, mathematics and statistics, English, psychology, music, and political science. Meet a few of them below.
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Meet Dana Hogan
Dana Hogan joins the Middlebury faculty as assistant professor of history of art and architecture.
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Meet Mendel Kranz
Mendel Kranz joins the Middlebury faculty as assistant professor of religion.
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Meet Nadia Vossoughi
Nadia Vossoughi joins the Middlebury faculty as assistant professor of psychology.
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Features
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Where the Toad Still Sings
An alumnus goes in search of an endangered species, the last of its kind
By Connor Wood ’11
Illustration by Armando Veve
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Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Coffee & Conversation with President Baucom and CNN’s John Berman P’29.5, ’29.5
Wake up early, enjoy a cup of coffee and a local apple cider donut, and come to McCullough. We will gather in Wilson Auditorium for what will surely be a highlight of Middlebury’s Family Weekend calendar. Join acclaimed Emmy award winning journalist, CNN Anchor, Celebrity Jeopardy winner, and two-time Middlebury parent John Berman P’29.5, ’29.5 as he interviews President Ian Baucom. A thoughtful reflection on Ian’s first year at Middlebury and what he envisions for the future of the College.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Traitors: Russia’s Interrupted Opposition Reckoning with the 1990s
2024, Maria Pevchikh and Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation released Traitors, a provocative documentary series asking how Russia’s democratic opening of the 1990s ended in Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime. The film places much of the blame on the political and economic elites surrounding Boris Yeltsin, focusing on corruption, privatization and the rise of the oligarchs, the controversial 1996 presidential election, and ultimately the choice of Putin as Yeltsin’s successor.