the state’s approach to addressing its housing deficit needs to be multi-faceted and consider the various economic and societal issues the housing crunch is intertwined with. That was a key takeaway from a Sept. 20 panel on Vermont’s housing policies held at Middlebury College as part of this year’s Clifford Symposium.
Middlebury College professor and philosopher Lorraine Besser has spent several years studying psychological richness. In her new book, “The Art of the Interesting,” Besser breaks down the value of interesting experiences and how we can incorporate more of … (read more)
Fall into a movement class and wake up your joy, mindfulness or maybe rage! Middlebury College dance department has two upcoming events that are free and open to the public.
With September well underway, Middlebury College has welcomed students back for the fall semester — around 2,700 of them.
Tom Lawson, a beloved Middlebury College coach and athletic director credited with building the athletic program into one of the most successful in the NCAA Division III, died in Middlebury on Aug. 20.
Consider these three words: Migrate. Stranger. Home.
“The Best We Could” (a family tragedy) by playwright and 2009 Middlebury College graduate Emily Feldman will be performed in the Byers Studio at Town Hall Theater on Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8, at 4 p.m.
My second night at Middlebury in the fall of 1963, I was roused from my bed after midnight and dispatched with the other freshman men to serenade the senior women from the lawn in front of Forest Hall. That night, I stood behind the biggest person I had e … (read more)
A century ago, Black farmers owned an estimated 14% of the country’s farmland. By 2017, that number had dropped to below 2%. The picture is similar here in the Green Mountain State, where just 17 of Vermont’s 7,000 farms (or 0.33 percent) were Black- or A … (read more)
For the better part of the past eight years, different aspects of my identity have been used as weapons in the tug-of-war between the two major factions of American politics.
This election year, 2024, also marks the end of my four years studying abroad in a U.S. college. Four years at Middlebury was four years under the Biden administration as a noncitizen, a student from China.
Middlebury College as appointed Justin Beckwith as the new full-time, year-round manager of the Rikert Outdoor Center in Ripton. This marks a historic moment as Beckwith becomes the first full-time, year-round manager in Rikert’s history.
Addison County has many facilities where people can participate or compete in a variety of individual or team sports. The most recent addition is the newly built Middlebury College Disc Golf Course, which officially opened to the public on July 1.
The 2023 Vermont Waste Composition Study conducted by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation concluded that textiles grew as a portion of Vermont’s aggregated municipal solid waste (MSW), from 4.2% in 2018 to 6.5% in 2023.
Bradley Schott loves the fun and challenge of outdoor sport and he has taken his interest in disc golf to another level by becoming a professional in the sport.
