Black at Middlebury: Students criticize President Patton’s email, demand action
By Tony Sjodin
June 15, 2020
An email sent from the Office of the President to the Middlebury community on May 31 concerning the death of George Floyd sparked criticism from students at the college, who expressed discontent with its tone and content in the context of nationwide protests against police brutality and race-based violence.
Tear gas traces its roots back to Middlebury
By Lucy Townend
June 15, 2020
In 1928, Ben Corson and Roger Stoughton were investigating the reaction between carbonyl compounds and malononitrile in Warner Hall at Middlebury College when they discovered 2-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS). Even though it garnered little attention when published in the Journal of American Chemistry Society, CS gas is now one of the most widely-used components in tear gas, a riot control agent that has been used in recent weeks on protesters against police brutality and systemic racism.
‘Injustice doesn’t have a schedule:’ Students join protests across the country
June 8, 2020
“I put my body on the line every time I [protest]. I put my mental health on the line every time I do this . . . I'm willing to risk it all," said Angelina Gomes '23. “And if I'm willing to risk it all, it is to burn this whole thing down.”
From cluttered homes to an uncertain fall, survey lays bare students’ pandemic struggles
By James Finn and Benjy Renton
June 4, 2020
From our Covid-19 student survey, we discovered key insights on the Middlebury student body's experiences of the remote spring semester, summer plans and thoughts on the fall.
College outlines criteria for retrieving on-campus belongings
June 2, 2020
Students not returning in the fall — including students who graduated and students planning to study abroad — will reserve 90-minute time slots to collect their belongings from the college.
Trustees to match any college donation with $100 through the end of June
By Riley Board
May 30, 2020
The matching donations will support the Student Emergency Fund, the Fund for Staff Support, and the Financial Aid Fund, among others.
Students return to Middlebury surrounding senior week, sparking safety concerns
May 29, 2020
“It’s very quiet when there are no students around, and we love having the students come back and all the energy they bring,” said Middlebury resident Barbara Marlow. “This [incident] did not feel like that to the people who were affected. It felt disrespectful, and it felt frightening because of the health concerns involved.”
First openly gay NBA player Jason Collins named commencement speaker
May 24, 2020
The class of 2020 commencement speaker will be Jason Collins, a retired professional basketball player and the first male active sports athlete in a major sport to come out as gay. Collins graduated from Stanford in 2001, after which he was drafted to the NBA where he played for myriad teams for 13 y...
Remaining students asked to leave campus by end of May
May 17, 2020
"No student will be required to leave without a safe alternative in place," wrote senior associate dean of students Derek Doucet.
The letter
May 14, 2020
In the fall of 1967, all first-year women received an anonymous letter in their mailboxes during their first weeks on campus.
Faculty members reinstate Middlebury chapter of AAUP
May 14, 2020
Faculty hope to mitigate cuts to employee compensation as Middlebury explores ways to reduce the financial toll of the pandemic.
Admin-staff relations tested by health crisis
By Amelia Pollard and Sabine Poux
May 14, 2020
As the college faces significant logistic and economic challenges from the health crisis, relations between administrators and staff are being tested in a way they have not been before.
