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.
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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.
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.
Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of 3/4
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
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Drawing On the Wall
Students in an art history course brought a Sol LeWitt wall drawing to life at the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
Make Some Noise
With the live music culture all but extinct, some Middlebury students took action.
Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of February 25
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon
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.
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Nordic Coach Andrew Gardner talks NCAAs
Nordic Coach Andrew Gardner discusses his team and the upcoming NCAA Championship, hosted at Middlebury College March 6 - 9
How Students Learn
Faculty members offered insight into how students learn during an open conversation on the future of the liberal arts.
Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of February 18
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon
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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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Comfort for the Lovelorn
Bianca Giaever ’12.5 talks to MiddMag about her viral hit, “Holy Cow Lisa,” a short film depicting love and heartbreak at Middlebury.
Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of February 11
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
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What Did You Do On Your “Febmester”?
Meet our newest Middlebury students, and hear some of the fascinating things they did during their “Febmester.”
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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.
Mo’s Nobel
A writer remembers meeting Mo Yan—before the Nobel
Language, In Depth: Why the Nation Needs a Strategic Language Reserve
Not a paradox: Americans need to learn other languages; the rest of the world needs to understand English.
Language, in Depth: Living with Dyslexia
What do you do when the words on the page don't look like words at all?
Language, in Depth: The Digital Scene
How is technology changing the way we learn second languages?
Language, in Depth: What is the Meaning of “Meaning”?
Philosophy professor John Spackman tackles this head-scratching question.
When Alumni Come Back to Teach
Middmag talked to six alumni who were back sharing their knowledge and expertise with students this past January.
