2026 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients Announced
Writer Kim Stanley Robinson selected as speaker.
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Student Documentary on the Knoll Debuts at Yale Film Festival
The film Breaking Ground by Henry Wang ’27 is an official selection of the 2026 EFFY Environmental Film Festival at Yale University, where it will premiere on March 27.
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The Middlebury Campus Named 2025 New England College Newspaper of the Year
The honor marks the first time the newspaper has won the award.
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Midd Scholars Featured in New PBS Thoreau Documentary
Rebecca Gould and Bill McKibben provide expert insight throughout the new Ken Burns–produced film.
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Lucas Nerbonne ’25.5 Awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
The earth and climates sciences major will travel to Scotland, India, Peru, and Norway during his year of independent study.
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In Memoriam: Jim Larrabee
A dedicated mentor, many of Larrabee’s students credited him with inspiring them to enter science-related fields.
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Alone Together
A Middlebury psychology professor flips the script on “the loneliness epidemic.”
By Virginia Thomas
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Vignettes and Portraits
View all Vignettes and PortraitsSunday Night Environmental Group Turns 20
Dozens of alumni who helped launch Middlebury’s Sunday Night Environmental Group (originally known as the “Sunday Night Group”) returned to campus recently for SNEG’s 20-year reunion and a two-day conference exploring the question, “What Works Now?”
We asked a few of them to reflect on their time as Middlebury students and to offer some advice for today’s generation of college climate activists. Here are a few of the voices from that gathering.
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Minna Brown ’07
“Find your niche,” says the director of the Middlebury Climate Action Program.
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Jamie Henn '07
“Come forward with bold ideas,” says the executive director of Fossil Free Media.
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Phil Aroneanu '06.5
“This is such a great time to start something new,” says the chief partnership and strategy advisor for Climate United.
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Hannah Bristol '14.5
“I rely on the skills I learned here every day,” says the political organizer.
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So I've Heard
In a darkened room on campus, an immersive “listening experience” takes the audience on a journey of sounds.
By Jessie Raymond ’90
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Featured Events
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Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
The Fort Bragg Cartel
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Global Fellows program presents “The Fort Bragg Cartel” with Seth Harp.
His latest book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, a New York Times Best Seller, is about his groundbreaking investigation into a string of unsolved murders at America’s premier special operations base, and what the crimes reveal about drug trafficking and impunity among elite soldiers in today’s military. Seth Harp is an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent.
Hepburn Zoo
Matt & Ben
Matt & Ben, a play written by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers, depicts its Hollywood golden boys—before J-Lo, before Gwyneth, before Project Greenlight, before Oscar… before anyone actually gave a damn. When the screenplay for Good Will Hunting drops mysteriously from the heavens, the boys realize they’re being tested by a Higher Power. Showing April 2-3 at 7:30 PM and April 4 at 2 PM and 7:30 PM. Buy tickets at: http://go.middlebury.edu/tickets
Alumni Stadium
Easter Sunrise Service
All are welcome at this ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service at the football stadium. Local clergy will share the leadership of the service. Coffee and baked goods to follow at the Weybridge Congregational Church.
In case of inclement weather, the service will be moved to the Axinn Center, Room 229.