2000s

Family Comes First

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-04-23T11:48:22-0400

The New York Times Lifestyle section featured George Arison ’00 and his husband, Robert Luo, who have embraced domestic life with their “twiblings” while balancing rigorous professions.

Brazen Writings

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-03-05T12:12:11-0500

Jeff “J.T.” Price ’01 is the editor in chief of the literary magazine Brazenhead Review, which originated out of an illegal secondhand bookstore run out of an Upper East Side Manhattan apartment.

From Track to TV

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-03-05T12:11:57-0500

The Athletics Department spotlights Jeffrey Paul King ’05.5, who was a member of the men’s track-and-field team and majored in geography.

Design for Food and Wine

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-03-05T12:11:20-0500

Over the past 16 years, Robert van Horne ’00.5 has become one of the premier graphic designers for Bay Area restaurants and California wine labels, including that of his former dorm mate Ian Brand ’99.

Spirituality and Science

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-02-11T12:45:35-0500

Writer Jessica Gigot ’01 interviewed Andi Lloyd, former biology professor and vice president for academic affairs, on her podcast, Her Deepest Ecologies.

Zing Farmer

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-02-11T12:43:01-0500

Eric Rygg ’04 is a fourth-generation horseradish farmer whose Huntsinger Farms grows the spicy root vegetable on nearly 1,000 acres in Wisconsin.

Intercultural Outer Space

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T13:54:32-0400

Tatiana Lind, MATI ’08 does her part for U.S.-Russia relations by interpreting for astronauts on the International Space Station.

Friends in Language

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T13:54:27-0400

For Tyler Carrington, MA German ’07, having a community of people willing to make mistakes and explore together made his language immersion experience a success.

AI-Fueled Competition

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T10:09:10-0400

At a Fortune Magazine technology conference, Grindr CEO George Arison ’00 predicted fierce competition among startups for top workers in an age where AI “synthetic employees” can replace entry-level positions.

A Sea Change

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T10:09:03-0400

The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry began service in San Francisco Bay on July 19, reports the Associated Press.