Events
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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Before I Die
- Sponsored by:
- Mahaney Arts Center and Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub
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
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Before I Die
- Sponsored by:
- Mahaney Arts Center and Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub
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
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Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
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
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Middlebury Club Sailing Practice
- Sponsored by:
- Middlebury College Sailing Club
Daily practice at the Hopper Family Sailing Pavilion on Lake Champlain
Off Campus
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Sanctions-Busting & Sanctions-Proofing: Russia After the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
- Sponsored by:
- Political Science
Join Assistant Professors Margaret Hanson and Caileigh Glenn as they discuss how their research sheds light on the Russian government’s efforts to sanctions-bust and sanctions-proof in the wake of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. They will contrast how the Russian government has engaged in these tactics and outline the debate over their utility in defying international pressure.
This event is designed for political science and IPE students to get to know our new professors and their work. Light refreshments will be available.
Munroe 317
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Intro to Adobe Indesign Virtual Workshop
- Sponsored by:
- Clover Magazine
Intro to Adobe InDesign Zoom workshop with Graphic Designer Valerie Costello. Organized for Clover Magazine members but open to all students! Please RSVP on Presence.
Virtual Middlebury
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American Chemical Society Ice Cream Social
- Sponsored by:
- American Chemical Society Student Chapter
Join us in making liquid nitrogen ice cream and ask questions about all things chemistry!
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219
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Carol Rifelj Lecture Series - Nutrient Pathways from the Abyss
- Sponsored by:
- Dean of the Faculty
Casey Schine, Biology
Nutrient Pathways from the Abyss: Hydrothermal Influence on Surface Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean
Hydrothermal vents in the waters surrounding Antarctica have long been dismissed as insignificant sources of surface micronutrients due to their depth—typically 2000–4000 meters—and presumed isolation from surface processes.Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
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Middlebury Club Nordic Weekly Practice
- Sponsored by:
- Midd Club Nordic
Regularly scheduled practice meeting outside of the Athletic Center Lobby. Will be running or rollerskiing!
Peterson Family Athletic Complex
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Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola
- Sponsored by:
- Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, International & Global Studies, Anthropology, and Food Studies
In this talk, Greenhalgh (Professor of Chinese Society Emerita at Harvard University) tells the story of how, during 1995-2015, industry leader Coca-Cola mobilized allies in academia to create a soda-defense science that would protect profits by advocating exercise, not dietary restraint, as the priority solution to obesity, a view few experts accept.
Munroe 311
Open to the Public
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The SlowDown
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Come slow down with beads, collaging, watercolors, grown-up coloring books and more. Homemade hot chai and cookies too!
McCullough Crest Room
Closed to the Public
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Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch
- Sponsored by:
- Dance
Tuesday-Beginner/Intermediate
Wednesday-Intermediate/Advanced
Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. Classical Ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No pointe shoes, please.Each session is open to a maximum of 20 participants. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. Open to Middlebury students only.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio
Closed to the Public
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