1990s

Lessons of Cancer and Flame

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-12T15:27:50-0500

In a New York Times essay, Dan O’Brien ’96 draws parallels between the health fallout of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and of the Palisades fire in Los Angeles.

Landscape of Empty Coal Wagons

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-12T14:26:35-0500

Alexandra Fuller ’99 recently opened Abandon, an art installation that explores the relationship between coal mining and the landscape in the American West.

STEM Growth

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-08-14T12:41:06-0400

As cofounder of Scientific Adventures for Girls (SAfG), Courtenay Carr Heuer ’99 has spent more than a decade building hands-on, out-of-school STEM programs for girls and underserved youth in California’s Bay Area.

Lean into Boredom

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-05-28T11:02:42-0400

Author and Awkward Family Photos creator Mike Bender ’97 wrote on Oprah Daily about the importance of boredom in sparking creativity, and ways to cultivate “small acts of unplugged rebellion.”

Neurology Awards

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-02-11T12:43:08-0500

Elizabeth Engle ’80 and Renée Shellhaas ’97 each won prestigious awards from the Child Neurology Society this past fall.

More Renewable Energy

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-11-21T15:38:46-0500

Middlebury met another milestone on its way to 100 percent renewable energy with the recent unveiling of a new solar array in Vermont.

Sit. Stay. Watch!

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T13:54:30-0400

This weekend, filmmaker Andy Mitchell ’96 is hoping to break a Guinness World Record for most dogs to attend a film screening.

Away with the Circus

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T13:54:21-0400

The Middlebury Museum of Art celebrates the Vermont-based theater group Bread and Puppet with an exhibit of photographs by Garrett MacLean ’99.

New Leader at Whitney Museum

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-04-25T15:41:34-0400

This week, Kim Conaty ’99 began her term as the new chief curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Give In, Not Give Up

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-03-06T15:42:17-0500

About two years ago, Blake Wittman ’99 had a major ski accident that left him paralyzed, in a coma, and fighting serious infection.