Putting an Audiobook Together
The New York Times gives a behind-the-scenes look at the seven-month process of creating the audiobook version of the novel Switzy by Emma Cline ’10.
Midd Connections
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Impactful Educator
Dena Simmons ’05 has been honored with a Columbia University Teachers College distinguished alumni award.
Uneven Credit Burdens
New research by Mark Egan ’08 indicates that credit card rewards shift wealth from cash and debit users to those paying with premium credit cards at similar stores.
Six Decades of Chinese Language Education
Students, alumni, and faculty have taken a wide range of paths to the Chinese School over its 60 years.
Filmmaking Fellow
Joanna Rothkopf ’12 is one of four writer-directors to be named a 2026 Sundance Institute Breakthrough Focus Features Fellow.
Parini on the Big Screen
The memoir Borges and Me by English professor emeritus Jay Parini has now been made into a film with a mostly Scottish cast and crew that includes Alan Cumming.
Big Screen Success
Coming off the buzzy debut of Union County at the Sundance Film Festival, producer Stephanie Roush ’14 was included in Variety’s “10 Producers to Watch: Class of 2026.”
Fluent Forever
Vermont Edition featured Thor Sawin, the associate dean of curriculum for Middlebury Language Schools, and Gabe Wyner, a four-time Language Schools attendee, on a recent episode about learning languages as an adult.
Remixing a Literary Classic
In her new novel 4 Janes, Marian Yee ’84 reimagines Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre through the stories of four versions of the titular character in different parts of the world.