Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an artist like no other. Working as an architect, printmaker, polemicist, archaeologist, interior designer, and art dealer, he created works that even today define our notions of Ancient and Modern Rome, and which helped establish a taste for Neoclassical design that spread across Europe.
Mahaney Arts Center 125
Biology Seminar, Saul Lecture - Dr. Vincent Lynch, University of Buffalo
Cancer, aging, Peto’s paradox
Evolutionary theory predicts that large animals, because they have more cells than smaller ones should have higher cancer prevalence than the small ones; similarly long-lived animals, which have a long time to acquire cancer causing mutations should have higher cancer prevalence than short lived ones but do not. In fact the cancer prevalence in mammals averages 50-10%. What mechanisms underlie this apparent disconnect between theory and observation?
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
Join us for a free community book swap following a bring a book, take many books model.
Contributing partners include Otter Creek Used Books, Friends of the Ilsley Public Library, the New England Review, and the Vermont Book Shop.
Come enjoy free snacks and pastries, connect with fellow book lovers, and discover the books you’ve been searching for. We’ll have a wide selection, from children’s books to adult fiction and nonfiction, and even art books.
Open to the entire community, all are welcome.
Davis Family Library Atrium
Join the Muslim Student Association for our weekly Friday Congregational prayers. We offer a space for Islamic education, reflection and upliftment alongside the Muslim community on campus!
McCullough Crest Room
Visit Special Collections to explore themes of migration in material and literary culture. Featured books include exiled authors, migrant stories, and itinerant texts from Special Collections alongside contemporary graphic novels from a private collection. In collaboration with the Migrant Justice in Vermont and Beyond Middlebury Migration Conference.
Davis Family Library, Special Collections Reading Room
Learn how to sail! Everybody is welcome.
Off Campus
Beyond Bars: Reimagining Justice and Healing in Vermont. Film Screening and panel discussion to follow, provided by the Johnson Exhibition Gallery. Limited seating available, first come first seat.
Johnson Exhibition Gallery, Johnson Memorial Building 78 Chateau Rd
Johnson Gallery/Crit (208)
Join Chellis House for a low-stakes, generative workshop for new and experienced writers!
Chellis House Library
This interactive training builds student skills to be well-equipped to proactively and reactively prevent interpersonal violence and to inspire continued engagement with the Green Dot strategy clubs, student groups, and across campus. This knowledge is vitally important to sustaining a culture that impedes interpersonal violence on campus. Sign up at go/greendotBT and receive exclusive Green Dot swag for attending.
Redfield Proctor Room
Four Middlebury alumni, lawyers and/or government officials will discuss their work and the relationship between their undergraduate education and their career choices.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
DREAM is an organization that mentors and engages in a variety of activities with youth from the Middlebury area. We connect with children living in low-income housing and form relationships through weekly meetings and fun projects such as baking, arts and crafts, sports, and more. Furthermore, we cultivate a positive, welcoming, and encouraging environment for all children and mentees. This Friday, we will be making Halloween costumes with the kids!
Adirondack Coltrane Lounge
Be in community and make a worry stone out of Sculpey to take with you.
The Prism Center
Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Dinner. Service @ 5:30 PM and Dinner @ 6:30 PM.
Jewish Center at the Freeman International Center
