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    Mahaney Center for the Arts final Vignette: Onward and Upward
    Our Observer visits the Mahaney Center for the Arts.

      athletics meets academia fianl Old Chapel: Game Time
      President Liebowitz discusses the role of athletics in a Middlebury education.

        mvj Editor’s Note: “Tell me a story.”
        When was the last time a child asked you to tell her about a topic?

          tablet_Final_01 The New Storytellers: The Digital Revolution
          In the time it takes to read this essay, it may already be outdated.

            DcTroupe The New Storytellers: Meet the (New) Press
            Today's rising class of DC journalists.

              Microphone_Final_02 The New Storytellers: My Story
              How did I get here? That's an interesting story....

                Typewriter_Final_01 The New Storytellers: Evolution of a Storyteller
                To understand the new storyteller, we must understand how storytelling has evolved.

                  Print Inside Out
                  Life, observed, in Bellevue.

                    Mathematics Professor John Schmitt and student Aden Forrow in Warner Hall It All Adds Up
                    Math professor John Schmitt has never taught a student quite like Aden Forrow '13.

                      dispatch_distressed-300x160 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.

                        dispatch_distressed-300x160 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.

                          dispatch_distressed-300x160 Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of April 29
                          Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.

                            Unknown 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.

                              dispatch_distressed-300x160 Things That Happened, Things To Do—Week of April 22
                              Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.

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                              SpSymp13_2427 Brainpower in Action: 2013 Spring Student Symposium
                              More than 350 students shared the culmination of their research at the seventh annual Spring Student Symposium.

                                Historian Stephen Whitfield (l.) greets Adam Jones '13 (r.) and faculty member Larry Yarbrough. 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.

                                  dispatch_distressed-300x160 Things That Happened, Things to Do — Week of April 15
                                  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, ... [more]

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                                  BRAIN_splash Academe: Science on the Brain
                                  Find out what Obama's recently announced Brain Initiative means to some students and faculty.

                                    dispatch_distressed-300x160 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.

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                                    DSC_6681 Solar Decathlon ’13 Team Kicks Off Spring Construction
                                    Students, faculty, staff, and the community got a first look at SD13's solar-powered home this week.

                                      dispatch_distressed-300x160 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]

                                        Klyza, an environmental policy expert, gave a nuanced view of Obama's first term and what might come next. Hope and (Climate) Change
                                        What are the Obama Administration's grades for environmental policy? Middlebury's Stafford Professor in Public Policy has the floor.

                                          Hang_Du_0505a 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.

                                            Students mapped Vergennes for safer walking and biking routes 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.

                                              dispatch_distressed-300x160 Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of March 18
                                              Middlebury Magazine's team recaps recent goings-on at the College and looks ahead to events on the horizon.