Middlebury College

Reproductive Rights in Vermont

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-19T12:42:32-0500

Several Middlebury faculty members are behind and in front of the camera in the documentary Unintended, which explores Vermont’s historic move to enshrine reproductive rights in its constitution in 2022.

Science Writing Award

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-19T12:42:24-0500

Journalist Lois Parshley ’11 has been recognized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for her reporting on the intersection of science, politics, and community in Alaska.

Support for Determined Learners

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-19T12:42:14-0500

In 2023, Taniya Noori ’25.5 founded a remote tutoring service to support Afghan women and girls who are now banned from schools under Taliban rule.

Visionary New Yorker

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-12T15:28:23-0500

Rana Abdelhamid ’15 has won a David Prize as the founder of an anti-violence organization and community center in Queens, New York.

California’s New Climate Chief

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-12T15:28:02-0500

Recently, Lauren Sanchez ’11 was sworn in as the chair of the California Air Resources Board by Governor Gavin Newsom.

Literature for Peace

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-12T15:27:56-0500

Writer and journalist Lauren Markham ’05 is the nonfiction runner-up of the 2025 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her book A Map of Future Ruins.

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.

From Gown to Town

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-12T15:27:39-0500

Almost 20 years after graduating, former roommates Megan James ’05.5 and Ellen Whelan-Wuest ’05.5 have both found places in civic leadership in Addison County, reports the Middlebury Campus.

Treasure in Trash

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-12T14:26:53-0500

Tik Root ’12 reports on Grist.org on a new study that found that the U.S. discards critical minerals in mine waste every year, including enough lithium to power 10 million electric vehicles.

Art Revelations

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-12T14:26:48-0500

Artist Jordan Nassar ’07 questions the meanings given to ancient relics or historical crafts in a new exhibition at the James Cohan Gallery.