Gaen Murphree

Student’s ‘Project for Peace’ Challenges Racism through Oral History

Anonymous — 2019-10-16T09:40:00-0400

“Peace is disruptive,” says Middlebury junior Christine McDow, who was selected for a 2019 Projects for Peace grant. Davis’s project, “Listen Witness Amplify,” trained North Carolina teenagers in oral history and helped them give voice to lesser-heard stories, challenging received ideas about the past.

Student Joins Effort to Unlock Genome of the African Diaspora

Anonymous — 2019-10-02T15:14:00-0400

Neuroscience major and Posse Scholar Megan Job ’21 spent her summer working on contemporary and historical DNA samples that will increase scientific understanding of the human genome overall.

Biology Professor Examines Toxic Blooms on Lake Champlain and Other Vermont Waters

Anonymous — 2019-08-13T12:50:00-0400

Professor Erin Eggleston and her undergraduate research assistants spent the summer conducting research on how cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) form toxic blooms, and the role viruses might play.

Middlebury’s First Hip-Hop Course Grounds Students in Roots and Practice

Anonymous — 2019-05-22T09:13:00-0400

Led by renowned street artist Will “Kasso” Condry, Middlebury students took on the College’s first class devoted exclusively to hip-hop, exploring its cultural and historical roots and embracing current practice.

Matthew Evan Taylor Brings New Sounds and a Love of Collaboration to Campus

Anonymous — 2019-03-06T13:14:00-0500

With his eclectic background, the musician, composer, and assistant professor of music is highlighting underrepresented voices and changing the ways we think about classical music.

Middlebury Senior Describes Front Lines of U.S. Immigration Struggle

Anonymous — 2018-11-28T13:35:00-0500

Hannah Krutiansky ’19, who hopes to become an immigration lawyer, has spent two summers working with asylum seekers at an ICE family detention facility near San Antonio.

Middlebury Tick Researchers Investigate the Complex Ecological Factors Driving the Rise of Lyme Disease

Anonymous — 2018-07-05T11:15:00-0400

Behind a simple tick bite lies a multitude of complex ecological factors. Assistant Professor David Allen and his team of undergraduate researchers continue to ask, Why?

BOLD Scholars Offer Mentoring and Friendship to Rising Generation of Afghan Women

Anonymous — 2018-03-14T13:34:00-0400

Students in the Middlebury chapter of a nationwide women’s leadership initiative traveled to India to mentor high schoolers from Afghanistan’s first boarding school for girls.

Choreographer Laurel Jenkins Finds the Heart of Leonard Bernstein’s "Mass"

Anonymous — 2018-01-26T16:12:00-0500

Assistant professor of dance has spent winter term choreographing Bernstein’s epic piece for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.