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2000s, Alumni, Athletics

Lifelong Hockey Devotee

The International Ice Hockey Federation profiled Tania Kenny ’08, whose path in the sport has taken her from two NCAA championships with Middlebury to managing Hockey Canada teams to coordinating operations for the Edmonton Oilers.

2000s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Experience, Identity

Mind-Dog Connection

Kate Speer Fisher ’09.5 holds nothing back in sharing her mental health journey through misdiagnoses, hospitalizations, friendships, and the help of “fluff-bombing” dogs on the podcast Depresh Mode with John Moe.

a Habitat for Humanity house with light wood siding, surrounded by a snowy yard.

2000s, Alumni, Equity & Justice, Politics & Government

Resources for Low-Income Vermont Communities

Elise Shanbacker ’07 was interviewed by WCAX about infrastructure projects in rural areas of Vermont that are now getting a boost of federal funding.

Drew Miller and Kyle Miller face each other on a floating dock with an officiant between them and two witnesses each on the left and right. The boards of the deck are wet in the center and edges.

2000s, Alumni, Experience

Modern Love

For the New York Times’s Tiny Love Stories series, Drew Miller ’03 recounts being nearly swamped, literally and figuratively, while he and his husband exchanged vows at their wedding.

Elie Wiesel, Professor of the Humanities, Boston University, USA speaks during the session ‘A New Agenda: Combining Efficiency and Human Dignity’ at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos/Switzerland, January 28, 2003

2000s, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

Healing with Elie Wiesel

Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel spoke at Middlebury in 2002.

Black and white photo of four young women seated around a protest sign, which reads "Here I am Mom." There are two symbols side-by-side that incorporate the symbol for Venus/women and a peace sign.

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

1970s Lesbian Life

Browse more than 1,500 images from the Bee Ottinger ’70 Lesbian Collection, which is now available online. Ottinger documented life in the early ’70s at the Lesbian House, a community in Los Angeles for queer women rejected by their families.

Illustration of hands with print of the world on them, palms facing forward, with doves flying around.

2020s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Environment, Science & Tech, Students

Funding for Peace and Science

Hannah Ennis ’23.5, an environmental justice major, has been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to conduct artistic workshops focused on sustainable conflict transformation techniques.

This artist's impression shows a hazy sub-Neptune-sized planet recently observed with the James Webb Space Telescope.

2020s, Alumni, Science & Tech

Deep Space Mysteries

Astronomer Eliza Kempton ’03 explains to NPR how she and a team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover that a long-mysterious “mini-Neptune” planet has a shiny, reflective surface.

Rebecca Makkai MA ’04 standing on the dock of a lake with her hands on her hips

Bread Loaf School of English, Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

A Writer’s Craft

The latest podcast episode of Midd Moment features Rebecca Makkai, MA English ’04, a critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.

Screen grab from Succession of James Cromwell

1960s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

Eulogy for Succession

Actor James Cromwell, who matriculated with Middlebury’s Class of 1962, spoke to Vulture about his role on the popular HBO drama Succession, which recently closed its final season.