Middlebury Magazine

Object Lessons

Curator Rebekah Irwin sees Middlebury's Special Collections as a laboratory, where antiquities meet utility.

By Caroline Crawford
Photograph by Adam DetourAugust 23, 2024

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

How one alumna is embracing a distinctive reforesting technique that promotes accelerated ecological benefits.

By Elena Valeriote, MA Italian '19 in conversation with Hannah Lewis '97
Illustrations by Karlotta FreierAugust 16, 2024

No Joke

Flair, halftime song-and-dance routines, and a plastic swan for a coach can't take away from the fact that in women's D-III Ultimate, the Pranksters are seriously good.

By Caroline Crawford
Photographs by Kathryn RileyAugust 15, 2024

Education as the Great Equalizer, featuring Annie Weinberg ’10

Our guest for episode five of season three is Annie Weinberg '10, the founder and executive director of Alexander Twilight Academy, an educational catalyst program in Boston, Massachusetts, that supports students from under-resourced backgrounds.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
March 14, 2024

To Denmark

A temporary housing crunch on campus put the squeeze on a robust incoming class of students. Rather than defer matriculation, a 30-person cohort took an unusual path to Middlebury.

By Caroline Crawford
Photograph by Brian MacDonald March 1, 2024

Change in Direction

How recent Midd grad Lauren Sayula ’23 discovered a new academic pursuit and then a professional passion.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photograph by Paul DahmJanuary 19, 2024

No Time to Waste, featuring Nick Whitman ’97

Our guest for episode four of season three is Nick Whitman '97, the co-founder and COO of Divert, an impact technology company on a mission to protect the value of food. He joins Laurie Patton to chat about his time at Middlebury as a poli sci major, his ADHD diagnosis and his understanding of the value of neurodiversity, and his work with Divert to tackle the human and environmental crises caused by wasted food.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
January 10, 2024