A student smiling as she balances atop a mechanical spotted bull ride set up on campus, surrounded by colorful fall trees and spectators.

Sights and Sounds

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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.

News and Announcements

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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

Common Sense

In a world riven with division and disconnection, a Vermont poet and farmer searches for the ties that bind.
By Lucas Farrell ’03

The Student Mind

Citing experiences in two of his courses, an associate professor of writing and rhetoric counters public sentiment that today’s college students are not taking the time to contemplate—and are writing less and less. 
By Hector Vila

Vignettes and Portraits

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Meet the New Faculty, Fall 2026

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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The Memorial Trees

From Middlebury Magazine: A student finds beauty—and deeper meaning—on Middlebury’s campus.
By Ruby Salisbury ’27
Illustrations by Owen Gent

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Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Katarina String Quartet

Fresh off their Juilliard residency, the multi-award-winning Katarina String Quartet makes a Vermont debut in our annual free quartet concert, courtesy of the Sunderman Family Concert Fund.  Their program “The Rest Will Change” follows the compositional journey of Gourzi, Fung, Beethoven, and Quebecois traditional music to pursue the thought that the only constant is change. Come hear one of North America’s most exciting young ensembles, founded in Montreal and now based in New York.


 


 

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Women in Data Science Conference 2026

Interested in Data Science and how it connects with another discipline? Come hear three speakers (Middlebury professors Kate Crawford and Erin Eggleston, and State of VT Wetland Ecologist Zapata Courage) talk about how they use data science in their environmental and ecological work! Snacks will be provided.