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Thursday, September 18, 2025

  • Colorful explosion on black background. Text: 2025 Clifford Symposium: AI Unboxed: Moving Beyond Hype & Fear

    Clifford Symposium 2025: Keynote: The Past, Present, and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence

    Melanie Mitchell, Professor at the Santa Fe Institute

    AI expert Dr. Melanie Mitchell from the Santa Fe Institute examines how current AI works, its true “intelligence,” and future prospects. From photo recognition to essay writing, she explores AI’s expanding role and what our expectations and concerns should be for near- and long-term developments.

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

    Open to the Public
  • blue college emblem Center for Careers and Internships at Middlebury

    Create Your First College Résumé: A Workshop for New Students

    Are you a first-year student planning to apply for on-campus jobs this semester or thinking ahead about an internship? The Center for Careers and Internships (CCI) is ready to help you create your first college résumé. 

    Come from 7:00-7:30 pm either night for a presentation on how to transform the skills and experience you’ve gained through volunteering, leadership, classes, jobs, and other activities into a strong, professional Middlebury résumé. Stay as long as you want to work on your résumé. 

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

  • Football Games at The Grille

    Join us every Thursday and Sunday to watch the football games at The Grille and enjoy weekly menu specials!

    McCullough Wilson Cafe

  • Page One Literacy Project Interest Meeting

    Love books, crafts, and working with kids? Join Page One’s interest meeting to learn how you can support our mission of promoting literacy in the local community! We will go over our programming schedule with partner schools and show new members what we do!

    26 Blinn Lane (CCE) Conference Room

  • Student Investment Committee General Meeting

    Come learn about finance and investing through our weekly club meetings! We host stock pitches, investment workshops, and career panels throughout the semester.

    Axinn Center 229

Friday, September 19, 2025

  • Person writing on a chalk wall

    Before I Die

    This interactive public art installation invites members of the Middlebury community to reflect on what matters most. By sharing personal hopes and aspirations on a communal wall, the project fosters connection, introspection, and a celebration of our shared humanity. Inspired by the global Before I Die project, this installation transforms public space into a canvas for gratitude, memory, and possibility.

    Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

    Free
    Open to the Public

  • Northeastern Old Growth Conference 2025

    The 2025 Northeastern Old Growth Conference: Wildlands and Old-Growth Forests, co-hosted by Middlebury College and the University of Vermont, will be held September 17–20, 2025, at Middlebury’s scenic Bread Loaf Campus in Ripton, Vermont. Scientists, conservationists, policymakers, health professionals, writers, and artists will gather to share knowledge and inspire a future with more wildlands and old-growth forests in the Northeast. This year’s themes include The Future of Old Growth, Healthy Forests, Healthy People, and Old Growth Ecology.

    Bread Loaf Campus

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    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students.  No registration required.  Drop in any day that works for you!

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public
  • Colorful explosion on black background. Text: 2025 Clifford Symposium: AI Unboxed: Moving Beyond Hype & Fear

    Clifford Symposium 2025: AI and Global Security

    Ian Stewart, Executive Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington, D.C.

    Dr. Ian Stewart will examine pathways through which advancing AI may threaten international peace and security and will explore the mitigation of these risks. This will include examination of AI in relation to strategic competition between the U.S. and China. He will also explore how AI may be leveraged as a tool to support rather than undermine international peace and security.

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

    Open to the Public
  • A bowl of chocolate with sheet music in the background

    Arts and Chocolate Days

    Students, get involved with the performing arts! Come by the MAC for chocolate and a free PAS ticket!

    Arts at Middlebury invites first year students to claim one free ticket to a Performing Arts Series (PAS) event, as a welcome gift from the Mahaney Arts Center. And, any student, regardless of year, who becomes a Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) Scholar can also receive a free ticket.

    Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby

    Closed to the Public
  • Colorful explosion on black background. Text: 2025 Clifford Symposium: AI Unboxed: Moving Beyond Hype & Fear

    Clifford Symposium 2025: Building the Future Workforce: An Industry Perspective on AI and Human Potential

    Parker Harris, CTO of Slack and Cofounder of Salesforce

    Parker Harris ’89 shares insights from leading a major cloud computing company through the AI revolution. He explores workforce displacement, skill development, and the evolving relationship between human creativity and machine intelligence, examining opportunities and responsibilities of large-scale AI adoption. 

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

    Open to the Public
  • Colorful explosion on black background. Text: 2025 Clifford Symposium: AI Unboxed: Moving Beyond Hype & Fear

    Clifford Symposium 2025: Lunch Session: Alumni Panel

    Join Middlebury alumni for lunch while hearing about their professional and personal AI experiences. Hear from Mario Ariza ’09, Mike Berkley ’95, Mohan Renganathan ’96, Julisa Salas ’10, and David Ellis ’09 as they share diverse perspectives on AI in practice. 

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

    Open to the Public