Gladstone Winner Brandon Baird Plans Travel Course to Guatemala for Mayan Languages Revitalization
Assistant professor of Luso-Hispanic studies will lead the course in January 2020.
July 2019
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Slideshow: Undergraduate Researchers Share Their Work at Summer Symposium
Middlebury hosted about 130 undergraduate research assistants this summer across 19 academic disciplines.
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference to Offer Free Readings and Lectures Daily
The 94th session begins August 14 at Middlebury’s Bread Loaf campus in Ripton, Vermont.
Four Faculty Members Receive Whiting Fellowships
Brett Millier, Bert Johnson, Marta Manrique-Gómez, and Will Amidon will pursue travel projects in the coming year to enhance their teaching at Middlebury.
Geology Research Scholar Receives NSF Grant
Alexander Handwerger and colleagues from Northwestern and NC State will work on a project related to early landslide prediction.
In Memoriam: Russ Reilly
The longtime men’s basketball coach and administrator was known for his integrity and sense of humor.
Summer Neuroscience Research Brings Students New Techniques and Deeper Knowledge
Biology and neuroscience professor Glen Ernstrom uses a green glowing protein and tiny worms to study how animal nerve cells transmit chemical signals at synapses. This summer, his student researchers, Jessica Guo ’21 and Edith Lopez ’22, learned new techniques and acquired greater depth as they assisted him in unlocking the secrets of the human brain.
Student’s Documentary Shines New Light on Her Family’s and Country’s Past [Video]
In her senior thesis film, Qian Li ’19, explored the mystery of her grandfather’s past and takes a deeper look at her country’s history.
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Student Video, News Stories Explain Controversial Gene-Editing Technology (Video)
The students in Assistant Professor Lindsay Repka’s chemistry class used information from a survey they conducted to help create a video about CRISPR.
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New England Review’s Summer Issue Features 18 Polish Poets
Their work and more poems, as well as stories and essays, are offered in memory of longtime NER contributor Francis-Noël Thomas (1943–2019).