Academic Excellence

102 Items

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   2020s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Alumni,  Arts, Language, Culture

   Watson Fellow for Healthcare

   Samara Gordon Wexler ’23.5 has been named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow for the coming academic year.

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   1990s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Alumni,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Identity

   New Leader at Whitney Museum

   This week, Kim Conaty ’99 began her term as the new chief curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art. 

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   1970s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Alumni,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Faculty,  Identity

   Buried Tales, Haunted Storyteller

   In an interview with People magazine, Julia Alvarez ’71 shares insights from her latest (and possibly last) novel, which is her response to the question of growing old as an artist.

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   2000s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Access,  Alumni,  Identity,  Staff

   A Leader Providing Opportunities

   Jake Moreno Coplon ’08.5 is the new chief operating officer for the Posse Foundation, having been a Posse scholar during his time at Middlebury.

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   1970s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Alumni

   A Chapter Closed

   Over 23 years in the English department at Colorado State University, Sarah Sloane ’79 helped hundreds of students tell their stories. In honor of her retirement, CSU profiled Sloane about lessons learned, memories made, and what comes next.

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   2020s,  Language Schools,  Academic Excellence,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Faculty,  Staff

   How to Teach Russian

   Three members of the School of Russian faculty and staff had their book recognized by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL) for the best contribution to the study of Slavic linguistics or second language acquisition in 2023.

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   2000s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Alumni,  Entrepreneurship,  Science & Tech

   Global Fixer

   Nicole Sahin MBA ’05 appeared on the Fortune Magazine podcast Leadership Next to discuss why globalization is far from dead, the importance of a solid onboarding system for remote-first companies, and how her company is utilizing AI.

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   2020s,  Language Schools,  Academic Excellence,  Arts, Language, Culture

   Language Immersion for Two

   Chuck and Vanessa Nicholls both attended the School of Spanish this past summer, exchanging their home for a Milliken Hall suite and doing everything as a couple in Spanish.

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   1990s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Alumni,  Science & Tech

   Serendipity and Persistence

   Dana Lawson ’95 and Kim Diamond ’95 both were involved in the development of the first FDA-approved drug to treat a rare type of cancer.

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    2020s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Environment,  Experience,  Politics & Government

    Apocalyptic Comedy

    Baby Carl’s Happy Apocalypse, a podcast from the New Perennials project, takes a comedic approach to serious topics like climate change and socioeconomic inequality.