2026 Summer Research Program Updates - Summer Research Symposium

Summer Research Symposium

Thursday, July 30 from 2–4 pm
MBH Great Hall
We are excited to see some of the great research work that students have been doing together with their Middlebury faculty mentors.  All are welcome to attend! If you signed up to present a poster, check your email from July 23 for poster printing information and event details. 

2026 Summer Research Symposium Program (Midd access only)

Summer Survey Launches Today

We want to learn about your experience this summer. SRAs and faculty mentors will receive requests to participate July 28. Responses are anonymous. Your feedback helps us improve summer research experiences for future SRAs!

Donor Thank You Letters Due Friday

Many SRA positions are supported by donated funds. Jason Mullin from College Advancement will reach out to some of you in July with requests for thank you letters to donors. Please look out for this email. Our summer research benefactors greatly appreciate hearing about your summer research experience! Letters are due Friday, July 31. Please send them as Word documents to Jason at jmullin@middlebury.edu. 

More Summer Activities

Lunch and Learn

• STEM Lunch and Learn (Brown Bag) with Professors Greg Pask and Alex Bredar, every Thursday until August 13 at noon in MBH 216
• Math and Stats Lunch and Learn on Tuesdays at noon. Contact Professor Becky Tang for details.

Q-Center Summer Events
(details on the Q-Center calendar)  

• Puzzle Week, July 27–31
• Tiny and Big Bubbles, August 5
• Make Your Own Sundae, August 12

Fun Activities from the Center for Careers and Internships (CCI)

What’s up in Addison County
Fun Stuff To Do Burlington & Beyond
Outdoor Adventures 

Have a Great Research Pic?

Please send photos with a caption and permissions to share to ur@middlebury.edu. We are posting photos of researchers in the field, lab, library, and classroom in our newsletters, the CTLR, and Instagram!

The Undergraduate Research Team
Lisa Gates, Heidi Greenwald, and Jill Strube

Got questions? ur@middlebury.edu