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How an assemblage of preserved insects in Bi Hall came to be. And how it has come to be used.

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Natural Collection

How an assemblage of preserved insects in Bi Hall came to be. And how it has come to be used.

By Matt Jennings
Photography by Rosamond PurcellJuly 29, 2019

Who Was Arnold McKinney?

He may have been the most important hire in the College's history. Fifty years later, we remember his legacy.

By Karl Lindholm ‘67
Illustration by Barry FallsJuly 26, 2019

A Conversation with Rebecca Makkai

The award-winning author and Bread Loaf alumna talks about family history, the craft of writing, and the role art plays in understanding the world.

By Matt Jennings
Photographs by Brett SimisonJuly 26, 2019

Hell Yes!

Hadestown, the folk opera created and written by Anaïs Mitchell ’04, is a Broadway sensation.

By Bianca Giaever ’12.5
Photographs by Jon RoemerMay 14, 2019

Pursuits

Water Works

What exactly does it take to start an oyster farm? Will Peckham ’14 left a job on Wall Street and, with a friend, figured it out.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
August 9, 2019

Q&A

Of Languages

Stephen Snyder is the Kawashima Professor of Japanese Studies, vice president of academic affairs, and the dean of the Language Schools. On the eve of the schools’ 105th year, he sat down for a conversation with Middlebury Magazine.

By Matt Jennings
Photo by Paul DahmJuly 26, 2019

Editor’s Note

The Art of Science

When two disciplines collide in service of a greater whole.

By Matt Jennings
Photo by Brett SimisonJuly 26, 2019

Old Chapel

A Global Connection

How a Thai teenager, the school that is educating him, and Middlebury have further defined what it means to be a citizen of the world.

By Laurie L. Patton
Illustration by Montse BernalJuly 26, 2019

Road Taken

Cooking with Dad

Tips on crafting Southern cuisine, handed down from father to son.

By Jake Guth ‘19
Illustration by Joe CiardielloJuly 26, 2019

Quotation

I have no stories of fancy places, no idea that’s going to cure anything, no history of hard times that is going to make anybody cry. What I do have is myself, and that is enough.”

—Nia Robinson ’19, delivering the talk “We Are Not As Lost As We Think We Are” at TEDxMiddlebury 2017. (She was wrong. There were tears.)

How Did You Get Here?

Lizzie Apple

By Georgia Grace Edwards
July 11, 2018

Aube Strickland

By Georgia Grace Edwards
July 11, 2018

Stephen Bissainthe

By Julia Trencher
July 11, 2018

Review

Sunshine Cowboys

How did Hawaii produce prize-winning rodeo contenders?

By Bill Burger
Illustration by Erin RobinsonJuly 30, 2019

What We’re Talking About

Taking a Stand Against Plastic Bags, Surveying Gen Z on “Inclusivity,” and More

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
Illustration by Loris LoraMay 14, 2019

Highlighting Winter Term Workshops, Welcoming Frank Bruni, and More

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
Illustration by Loris LoraFebruary 1, 2019

Katz Translates Dostoevsky, Simmons Rocks TED Radio Hour, and More

Recapping the news, notes, stories, and interesting tidbits that have grabbed our attention this week.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
Illustration by Loris LoraMarch 21, 2018

Videos

Eye Witness

Behind the scenes with fine arts photographer Rosamond Purcell as she photographs the Duncan J. McDonald Insect Collection

By Middlebury Magazine
July 26, 2019

MBH 367

How a small storage closet in a giant facility came to define a man’s legacy.

By Paul Rosenfeld
May 7, 2019

Carol Street

Being of mixed races, Demetrius Borge ’16 says that he has enjoyed many of the privileges of being Black, but has faced none of the consequences. So he became inspired to better understand the Black experience at Middlebury—not by internalizing the experience, but by opening himself up to those already in this space.

By Demetrius Borge ’16
February 14, 2019

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