The Week’s Headlines

  • Author By Jason Cable
  • Publication date October 9, 2015

Here are the week’s headlines from the News Room: Community Invited to Celebratory Inauguration Concert, Fireworks Inauguration Events to Include Festival of Learning, Concert, Fireworks Middlebury Institute Physicist Part of Nobel-Winning Team Middlebury Inducts Newest Members to Phi Beta Kappa Middlebury to Open School in Morocco Inaugural Symposium Explores “Translatability,” Power of Language Middlebury Announces…Continue Reading The Week’s Headlines

Free Community Concert and Fireworks Saturday, Oct. 10

  • Author By Sarah Ray
  • Publication date October 9, 2015

Help celebrate the inauguration of Laurie Patton as Middlebury’s 17th president by coming to a free, family-friendly concert on campus on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. The great triple bill features the iconic Québécois band, La Bottine Souriante, singer songwriter Taylor Watson, and Brad Corrigan, cofounder of the band Dispatch. The concert starts at…Continue Reading Free Community Concert and Fireworks Saturday, Oct. 10

Dictionary of American Regional English (Trial ends Nov. 6, 2015)

For a limited time, members of the Middlebury College community can discover the full panoply of American regional words, phrases, and pronunciations with Harvard’s Dictionary of American Regional English, or DARE. The digital edition features audio, interactive maps, and insights into the DARE Survey.Let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or contact your […]…Continue Reading Dictionary of American Regional English (Trial ends Nov. 6, 2015)

Murray Dry and Keegan Callanan receive funding for Constitution Day Initiative

Murray Dry and Keegan Callanan (both Political Science) have received funding from the Jack Miller Center to host a lecture as part of the Constitution Day Initiative. This lecture will reach a wide range of students, faculty, and members of the Middlebury community and will foster an understanding of the great constitutional questions that have…Continue Reading Murray Dry and Keegan Callanan receive funding for Constitution Day Initiative

Inauguration of the triptych “The Birth and Death of Patriarchy”

  • Author By Sandra King
  • Publication date October 8, 2015

Monday, October 26th, 2015. Please join us for a talk by Dr. Kamakshi P. Murti, Professor Emerita of German, at Chellis House. Dr. Murti is returning to campus for the inauguration of her paintings, which she has donated to Chellis House. The triptych entitled “The Birth and Death of Patriarchy,” depicts representations of femininity in…Continue Reading Inauguration of the triptych “The Birth and Death of Patriarchy”

Jeff Carpenter, Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Peter Matthews, and Andrea Robbett receive contract from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Jeff Carpenter, Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Peter Matthews, and Andrea Robbett (all Economics) have received a contract from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for a project titled Dominance Violations in Consumer Credit Choices. This research has the primary goal of revealing the welfare consequences of alternative consumer credit product designs, and will hopefully provide policy insights…Continue Reading Jeff Carpenter, Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Peter Matthews, and Andrea Robbett receive contract from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau