Middlebury Magazine

Summer 2026

Q&A

37 Minutes with Erin Quinn ’86

Few people, if any, have had a greater impact on Middlebury athletics than this former football captain, men’s lacrosse coach, and retiring director of athletics.

By Matt Jennings
Photograph by Oliver PariniJuly 28, 2026

Essays

Undamming Hope

Dam removals offer an opportunity for ecological reconnection. And a wild education.

By Tara Lohan ’99
Illustration by Sally DengJuly 22, 2026

Essays

How Reunions Change

I haven’t always wanted to go. Now I do.

By Alison Osius ’80
Illustration by Aron LeahJuly 21, 2026

Essays

Common Sense

In a world riven with division and disconnection, a Vermont poet and farmer searches for the ties that bind.

By Lucas Farrell '03
Illustration by OyowJuly 19, 2026