Slideshow: Signs of Spring
The first warm day of the year brought students out in droves to soak up the sun following an especially chilly winter.
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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.
News and Announcements
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Strategic Plan Working Groups Submit Reports
The campus community is invited to read the reports online.
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As Iran war expands, some conservative Christians interpret the conflict throug…
Shalom Goldman, the Pardon Tillinghast Professor Emeritus of Religion, writes in The Conversation.
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Coach Bill Mandigo to Retire in June
Over his 38 years at Middlebury, Mandigo became the winningest coach in DIII women’s hockey.
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Students Present Policy Options to Vermont State Treasurer
The students focused on mitigating climate-related damage through Vermont’s Climate Resilience Revolving Loan Fund.
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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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Unattributed
A Middlebury professor reaches out for help solving a three-generation art mystery.
By Jessie Raymond ’90
Featured Events
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Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Series "Consilience, Ecology, and Public Education: A Look at The Walden Project"
“Consilience, Ecology, and Public Education: A Look at The Walden Project and Perennial Learning” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Matthew Schlein, M.A., M.S.W. and Founder/Director of The Willowell Foundation.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Migration between Justice and Democracy: Rethinking Border Openness
Scholars of migration argue that, in a world marked by profound inequalities, states must maximize the openness of their borders so that individuals can improve their lives through migration—even if doing so requires denying full political membership to some migrants. Nathan Pippenger, associate professor of political science, US Naval Academy, talks about designing migration policy around the democratic principle of full inclusion.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
West African Dance and Drum Class
A rich taste of African culture through powerful, vigorous, high-energy movement. Participants will learn songs, rhythms, dances, and culture as they embark on a journey of dances from the African diaspora. Class is accompanied by live musicians to help participants understand the communication between the music and the dance.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Certainty Is Overrated
A workshop for people smart and brave enough to be wrong.
We live in a world full of hot takes, strong opinions, and people who are very sure they’re right. The problem? Certainty makes connection harder. Certainty Is Overrated is an interactive workshop that treats curiosity as a serious (and understanding) superpower.
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.