Middlebury Magazine

Dispatches

It’s in the Wash

Moyara Ruehsen separates fact from creative fiction in the world of criminal finance.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photograph by Elena ZhukovaSeptember 9, 2021

From Stage to Screen

Doug Anderson has plenty of experience directing opera. But with his latest production, he faced new and unusual challenges.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
Photograph by Erica FurgiueleSeptember 2, 2021

Film Feast

The seventh season of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival includes films from talented members of the Middlebury College community.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
Photo by Mia Fichman ’19August 19, 2021

Rock On

NASA has grand plans to collect rock samples on Mars and eventually return the material to Earth. And Drew Gorin '16 is part of a team tasked with figuring out where to collect the bounty.

By Andrew Cassel
Illustration by James Yang July 15, 2021

A Close Study

How an art history course dedicated to an 11th-century masterpiece concluded with an unusual assignment.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photograph by Andrew Cassel June 30, 2021

Graduation Day

Concluding the most unusual year, the Class of 2021 celebrated commencement in unusual style.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
Video by Chris SpencerJune 1, 2021

Down on the Farm

Middlebury field hockey coach Katharine DeLorenzo has been honored with multiple national coaching awards and her teams have won four national titles. But that's not why folks have been flocking to her new home in Cornwall lately.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
Photography by Paul DahmApril 22, 2021

Davis the Owl

A story about a wounded creature—and the people who saved its life.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Illustration by Ken Orvidas/Video by Andrew CassellApril 22, 2021

More Than Unwelcome in America

Reflections on what it feels like to be Asian in the United States.

By Bochu Ding '21
Photograph by Getty ImagesMarch 26, 2021

One for the History Books

Working at Middlebury for nearly 50 years, Bob Preseau had experienced just about everything that can happen on a residential campus. A retirement party on Zoom, however, was a first.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Illustration by John DykesMarch 25, 2021