Office of Advancement

Dr. Rick Hodes went to Ethiopia to help victims of the famine in the mid-1980s, planning to stay for only a year. He never left. He recognized that he was uniquely positioned to help desperately poor people who had no other hope for treatment. He is now the Medical Director of Ethiopia for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a 95-year old NGO, and is the senior consultant at a Catholic mission helping those sick with heart disease, spinal disease, and cancer, many of whom need life-saving surgeries. Dr.

All alumni welcome! Stop by to celebrate Homecoming with fellow alumni and enjoy some food and fall refreshments.

President Laurie L. Patton welcomes alumni back to campus.

All alumni welcome! Stop by to celebrate Homecoming with fellow alumni and enjoy some food and fall refreshments.

Middlebury Alumni Association event.

Closed to the Public.

Seniors, why do you love Midd? Swing by the Davis Library on Valentine’s Day between 10:00 am and noon to make a donation to your Senior Class Gift and get some love in return (or at least some candy and raffle tickets!).

Paratexts: What they are and what they can teach us about Arabic literature in translation

Social Sniffers: Decoding smell in ants and unlighted fireflies

Smell is the most important sense in the life of an insect. It drives critical behaviors such as foraging for food, finding a mate, and locating an egg-laying site. But ants living in a colony also need to communicate with their sisters! And some fireflies have gone to the “dark side” and no longer produce dazzling courtship displays at night. Our current research fueled by Middlebury students aims to understand how these powerful sensory systems evolved.

Who’s Responsible for Our Health? The limits of public health paternalism.

Trauma and the Brain: How extraordinary events change how we look at the world