Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of May 13
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
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Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of May 6
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
The Enigma of Alan Turing
Mathematics professor Michael Olinick presented the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture about Alan Turing—the scientist who broke Germany's codes during World War II and ushered in the era of computer science, before his early death from cyanide poisoning.
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Brainpower in Action: 2013 Spring Student Symposium
More than 350 students shared the culmination of their research at the seventh annual Spring Student Symposium.
The Conundrum of Jewish Identity
At the Quint Lectureship in Jewish Studies, an historian from Brandeis University traced the American-Jewish experience over the past 70 years.
Things That Happened, Things To Do – Week of April 8
Construction of the Solar Decathlon house, national news coverage, Real Food Week, and two symposia top our summary of Middlebury College activities this week.
Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of April 1
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon. As always, we hope to call your attention to items that captured ours and alert you to events that you won’t want to miss. If you have a news item that you think we’d be interested in, drop ... [more]
Hope and (Climate) Change
What are the Obama Administration's grades for environmental policy? Middlebury's Stafford Professor in Public Policy has the floor.
Adapting to Life in China
When Associate Professor Hang Du discovered a lack of data about study-abroad programs in China, she went to Hangzhou to observe Middlebury students for a semester.
Street Smarts
What keeps residents driving around town instead of biking or walking to school, work, and errands? What could change those habits? Four seniors have answers.
Eight Minutes. $3,000.
That’s pretty much what it boiled down to last week when MiddChallenge gave 17 student groups a very brief opportunity to explain why their business, outreach, or arts venture deserved one of its six cash awards.
Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of 3/11
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
Small Paintings Tell a Big Story
For a European historian like Paul Monod, one of the College Museum's most-recent acquisitions is a treasure trove into the past.
Sights and Sounds of a Championship Day
Wednesday morning marked the start of the 2013 NCAA Championships for both alpine and Nordic skiing, hosted this year by Middlebury.
Fracking: A Tale of Two Countries
Journalist Dimiter Kenarov '03.5 has covered plenty of difficult stories, but none more complex than the political and environmental dynamics of hydraulic fracturing.
How Students Learn
Faculty members offered insight into how students learn during an open conversation on the future of the liberal arts.
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What Humankind Left Behind
Internationally prominent photographer Edward Burtynsky creates an art form that is as engaging as it is provocative.
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Class Assignment: Give Away $100,000
Students in a Winter Term course just made grants to charities of their choice totaling $100,000, thanks to a grant from the Once Upon A Time Foundation.
When Alumni Come Back to Teach
Middmag talked to six alumni who were back sharing their knowledge and expertise with students this past January.
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Welcome to the Age of Humans
What do the next 100,000 years of life on Earth hold in store?
Greening the Ghetto
Majora Carter challenged the Middlebury community to continue the work Martin Luther King Jr. began, in her address that culminated the Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Justice.
Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of January 21
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
Digital Scholarship: What’s in Store for Faculty Publishing?
What will faculty publishing look like in the not-so-distant future? Very different, says a panel of experts.
Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of January 7
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
Relax
This time of year is stressful enough for most people. Add in a week exams and things can feel downright crushing.
