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 us a line at middmag@middlebury.edu.
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Middlebury people popped up in some prominent places this week. Bill McKibben was featured in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. Meanwhile, Avner Cohen, of the Monterey Institute, was cited in Newsweek/The Daily Beast for the “scary question of the week”: What if Iranians start killing scientists? And Professor Nick Muller co-authored a research paper in the journal Science on climate change, health and food security.
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Men’s hoops held on to both their perfect record and number one ranking with wins against Plattsburgh, Hamilton, and Castleton State. They face 13th ranked Williams this Saturday at 4 p.m.
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In their latest video, Middlebury’s professor pundits Matt Dickinson and Bert Johnson ask whether Newt Gingrich is upending political science wisdom.
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It’s a big week at Middlebury’s new Center for Social Entrepreneurship. A kick-off symposium starts Wednesday with events through Friday. Keynote speaker Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, will speak Thursday night at 7:30 in Mead Chapel. Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, will give the opening address tonight at 7 p.m. in McCullough. Professor Jon Isham, faculty director of the new center, gave a great description of their mission to Vermont Public Radio.
- Imagine climbing Mount Everest with no sherpa, no radio, no oxygen, and, by the way, on a never-before-attempted route. Ed Webster did it in 1988 and will talk about his experience on Thursday at 8 p.m. in Bi-Hall 220.
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If you didn’t get tickets to the J-term musical Hairspray, you’re out of luck — the show sold out in 48 hours. But check back at MiddMag for an upcoming video story about how the music department stages a full-blown musical in just three weeks. In the meantime, there are plenty of great events coming up this weekend including sports events, the opening of Environment and Object in Recent African Art at the College art museum and performances by the college orchestra and Dance Company of Middlebury.