New Perspectives through Graphic Novels
History professor Rebecca Ayako Bennette strongly believes in the importance of studying history today, and the need to adapt her teaching to the times.
Stories
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Political Dreams
Middlebury Magazine profiled Elsa Alvarado ’18, who at 24 was one of the youngest political appointees to the Pentagon.
Finding Beauty in an Aging Body
Sara Allen MA English ’87 is exhibiting a series of photographs of her “naturally aging body with its creases, folds and rough textures, its bumps and lines and spots” at the Abington Art Center in Pennsylvania.
Upcycled Silo
Wyatt Robinson ’24.5 spent this past summer designing and painting a mural on the silo outside the Recycling Center.
New Head Distiller
The founders of the Middlebury-based Appalachian Gap Distillery are handing over the reins to longtime employee Will Drucker ’08.5, who bought a majority stake in the company.
Shades of Twilight
What does it mean that a 19th-century man who passed as white is a modern-day African American icon?
That’s Entertainment!
Diana Shulman ’56, who performs as D’yan Forest, is the world’s oldest working comedienne at 89 and has no plans to retire her bawdy, ukulele-strumming act any time soon.
Johnson Renewed
After over a year of renovations, the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building reopened with a celebration of speeches, musical and dance performances, and a light show.
A New Dean in Cincy
James Mack II ’95 began his term this summer as the new dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.