Fundraising Feat
Middlebury raised $88.3 million in gifts and pledges in the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2023, its second-best fundraising year ever.
Stories
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Backstage at Fenway Park
The Portland Press Herald interviewed Erin Giles ’17 about working for the Boston Red Sox this season as a ball attendant.
Flooded Summer
For Vermonters, this has been a summer of heavy rains and destructive floods, including August flash floods in Middlebury.
New Residence Hall Construction
The College recently broke ground for a 298-bed, 87,000-square-foot residence hall that will begin housing first-year students in fall 2025.
Transformed Trash
Watch this WCAX report on “Tossed,” the Middlebury art museum’s exhibition featuring nearly 20 works that incorporate discarded materials.
Portrait of Young Artists
This Middlebury Magazine dispatch by Alexandra Jhamb Burns ’21.5 follows Maia Sauer ’22, Cheryl Engmann ’22, C Green ’19.5, and Sam Kann ’21 as they navigate art-making as recent grads.
Growing Abenaki Culture
WCAX profiled the efforts of the Abenaki Language School to preserve language and culture, in addition to developing more visual and audio media.
Hometown Non-Hero
Bossa nova icon Astrud Gilberto, who died recently, was underappreciated in her native Brazil, writes Professor of Luso- Hispanic Studies Mario Higa in the Conversation.
Deep Space Mysteries
Astronomer Eliza Kempton ’03 explains to NPR how she and a team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover that a long-mysterious “mini-Neptune” planet has a shiny, reflective surface.