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Writer and Middlebury Alumna Julia Alvarez examines a Barbie Doll that has been designed in her likeness

1970s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Faculty, Identity

Barbie Honors Julia Alvarez ’71

Each year, Barbie selects extraordinary women as official role models and makes dolls in the women’s likenesses.

Black and White photo of a child resting their chin on a table looking directly into the camera

1990s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

Emmy Nods

REWIND, A documentary produced by Thomas Winston ’99, has been nominated for three news and documentary Emmy awards.

Photograph of Chloe Levins shooting a rifle as part of her training for the Olympics

2020s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Athletics

Shooting and Skiing for a Dream

Chloe Levins ’20 is one of the rising stars in the U.S. biathlon program, and she hopes to secure a spot on the team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

A college of portraits of Shabana Basij-Rasikh, Farid Noori, and Bilal Sarwary

2010s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Equity & Justice, Identity, Politics & Government

Afghan Perspectives

The U.S. troop withdrawal and Taliban takeover in Afghanistan are more than a distant news story for Afghan alumni of Middlebury. Some of them have shared their experiences recently.

1990s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

A Hollywood Voice

Continuing a stretch of seemingly being everywhere in Hollywood, Jason Mantzoukas ’95 is currently lending his voice to two buzzy TV projects.

Black and White portrait of suffragist Blanche Ames Ames

1960s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Equity & Justice

Rediscovering a Forgotten Suffragist

Blanche Ames Ames was a suffragist, activist, and inventor often left out of history books, so William Ames ’66 stepped in to executive produce a documentary about his exceptional family member.

Map of the world made from seaweed. Some countries are painted red while others are painted green.

1990s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Environment, Science & Tech

The Atlas of Disappearing Places

Christina Conklin ’90 created an array of maps from seaweed for this new book that she coauthored with Marina Psaros, each showing locations in our world vulnerable to the ravages of climate change.

A portrait of Screenwriter Shawn Ryan next to the book cover image of Mattew Quirk’s "The Night Agent"

1980s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

Shawn Ryan’s New Netflix Project

Shawn Ryan ’88 is slated to serve as writer and showrunner for a Netflix adaptation of Matthew Quirk’s bestselling novel The Night Agent. The story follows an FBI agent working in the White House basement and a conspiracy that he stumbles into.

Dan Schulman in black sweater and jeans against a black backdrop

1980s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Entrepreneurship, Equity & Justice, Science & Tech

World Leadership and Digital Dollars

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman ’80 has been named #3 on Fortune’s 2021 World’s 50 Greatest Leaders list for PayPal’s groundbreaking investment in employees and pandemic financial relief efforts.

a bowed human figure in patchwork colors facing an empty red chair

2010s, Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Identity

Poetry as Conversation

Cheswayo Mphanza ’16 recently released a book of poetry, The Rinehart Frames, which won the African Poetry Book Foundation’s 2020 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets.