Category: Midd News & Events

Frank Winkler receives award from NASA-funded Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Frank Winkler (Emeritus Professor, Physics) has been awarded funding from the NASA-funded Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for his role in a collaborative research project involving researchers at NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute and Australian National University (ANU). This project, titled N103B: A Type Ia Remnant with Circumstellar Interaction…Kepler’s Older Cousin?, entails observations from NASA’s orbiting Chandra…Continue Reading Frank Winkler receives award from NASA-funded Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Spring 2017 Zotero Workshops

Your friendly Middlebury librarians Ryan Clement & Wendy Shook will be holding a series of Zotero workshops for both faculty and students in mid April – two in Davis Family Library and two in Armstrong Library. Sign up here: http://go.middlebury.edu/zoteroworkshop. Dates and times: 11am-12pm, Tuesday, 04/11 in LIB 145 (first floor Davis Family Library conference…Continue Reading Spring 2017 Zotero Workshops

Reflection Friday with Amanda Reinhardt April 7th

On select Fridays during the Fall and Spring semesters, the Social Entrepreneurship Program hosts reflective conversations between members of the Middlebury community. On Friday, April 7th, Amanda Reinhardt, Associate Director of Orientation, will discuss the question, “What matters to me, and why?” Come to the Grille Conference Room behind Crossroads at 12:30pm for lunch from…Continue Reading Reflection Friday with Amanda Reinhardt April 7th

Middlebury School of the Environment Announces a Week in DC

Did you know that your college-age son or daughter could attend the Middlebury School of the Environment this summer and earn 9 credit hours? Students enrolling in the session (June 23 to August 4, 2017) will spend five weeks on the Middlebury campus in Vermont and one week in Washington, D.C., partnering with Planet Forward. The School of…Continue Reading Middlebury School of the Environment Announces a Week in DC

Tom Manley receives additional funding for lake research from the Lintilhac Foundation

Tom Manley (Geology) has received additional funding from the Lintilhac Foundation to support two more years for the previously funded project titled High-Resolution Bottom Mapping of Lake Champlain. This long term effort will update the 2005 bottom bathymetric map of Lake Champlain and provide a significant increase in the resolution of the lake bottom that…Continue Reading Tom Manley receives additional funding for lake research from the Lintilhac Foundation

Spring Student Symposium Update: Application Deadline 3/2

Faculty and Staff: Please encourage your students to apply. Encouragement from a faculty or staff member is the largest reason students chose to participate in the Spring Student Symposium! Students from all four years and all departments and programs are invited to apply. The application deadline is Thursday, March 2, 2017. For more information and…Continue Reading Spring Student Symposium Update: Application Deadline 3/2

New Employee Discounts Available

Middlebury employees can receive discounts from many local and national companies. Check it out at www.go.middlebury.edu/discounts (you’ll have to log in). You’ll find discounts for cell phone contracts like Verizon, hotels like the Bell House B&B, restaurants like Fire and Ice and our two newest additions: 18% off retail price at Wendell’s furniture and Vermont Bed Store…Continue Reading New Employee Discounts Available

Savings through our Preferred Office Supply Vendor

Thanks to the Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium contract with W.B. Mason and its lower prices, Middlebury saved $22,000 on office supplies in 2016.  Now, W.B. Mason is making it even easier for us to save with a new program called “Swap and Save”. When you select a product that has a cheaper equivalent, this…Continue Reading Savings through our Preferred Office Supply Vendor