Jeremy Greene is assistant professor in the department of the history of science at Harvard, instructor in the division of pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Harvard Medical School and an associate physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. With such a deep involvement in medicine in ...
Saturday morning’s panel featured three women who have taken hands-on approaches to health care in their respective fields. Those in attendance learned about their respective endeavors through individual presentations and a Q & A. Though their approaches differ in nature, they share common senses ...
Susan Ray, assistant professor on the Faculty of Health and Sciences at the University of Western Ontario’s School of Nursing, delivered the opening lecture at this year’s Clifford Symposium. Ray first developed an interest in the phenomenon of “othering” while working on her dissertation, which ...
Sarah Willen, assistant professor of anthropology at Southern Methodist University, continued this panel’s theme of deservingness by applying it to unauthorized immigrants through what she called “the lens of my own field”: medical anthropology. “This is a group we are trained not to see,” ...
“Each birth is different,” said Andrew Powers ’11.5. With nostalgic looks on their faces, five-eighths of the Middlebrow improvisation troupe recapped some of their favorite moments from past performances. While they can’t decide on a favorite show (since each one is its own unique compilation ...
Turns out they can do more than open shells while floating on their backs. Whether you had the chance to catch one of their sold-out shows this weekend, or you’ve just seen their characteristic hand-drawn posters up around proctor, it’s hard not to notice that Otter Nonsense is making a big splash. ...
This is a shout-out to the make-out. Last weekend I had some friends over for a rousing round of “Spin the Bottle” in the context of a “Come as your eighth grade self” party. Have you ever seen college students given license to kiss each other with total abandon in front of a room full of people? ...
“Whistling” 。 “You don’t need an instrument. No money, no teacher, no room, no audience. Anywhere, whoever, it’s the music for any ordinary person. The melody just flows out from your body… That is whistling.” — Yuki Takeda With the arrival of every first-year class, a great diversity ...
When it becomes too cold for chlorophyll, tourists flock to Vermont. According to the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing, tourists spend over $370 million in the fall. “We’re on track for another spectacular fall season,” said Ginger Anderson, Chief of Forest Management for the Vermont ...
As students from the Class of 2014 arrived on campus this August they met their residential life staff (Res Life), first-year counselors (FYCs) and Commons residential advisors (CRAs), who said quick hellos, picked up their luggage and ushered them into their new home away from home. In the weeks ...
The Katsura tree is located in front of Forest Hall and one of the most striking fall trees. When its leaves start to turn gold at the end of September, they give off an unusual odor, similar to that of cotton candy. “I just love this tree,” Parsons said. “It has a nice shape … it’s one of ...
As the air continues to get cooler and we transition into fall, the beauty of Middlebury’s campus comes alive with a watercolor of reds, oranges and yellows. While this seasonal change is something we look forward to every year, it may not be something we can truly value without knowing the story ...
Middlebury possesses the state’s largest Osage Orange Tree. This is a bizarre tree that bears a yellow softball sized fruit that, while largely inedible (everything but the seeds), Parson finds “really cool.” Located near Stewart Hall, this is a fun tree to check out because of its unusual fruit. ...
This tree is a kind of Frankenstein monster growing just down the hill from Mead Chapel. Forming one of the most unique trees at Middlebury, a weeping willow branch was grafted to a beech tree’s trunk over a century ago If you look closely, the graft mark is still visible along the base of the beech’s ...
This tree is a newer member on campus, and it was planted in a special ceremony in 1990 upon the Dalai Lama’s visit to the College. When attending the four-day ecumenical Middlebury Symposium on religion and the environment, the Dalai Lama blessed the tree, and a plaque commemorating the visit lies ...
Decades ago two rows of spruce trees were planted in front of McCullough to block the wind and define the field lines of the old football field (now the quad in front of the student center). They are generally healthy trees and typical of Vermont since they can withstand very harsh winters, but at ...
This is the tallest tree on campus, standing at an impressive 85 feet. The elm towers on the North side of Mead Chapel. This elm makes up our collection of elms that is the largest, density-wise, in the entire world and the second largest collection in the Northeast. Middlebury actively seeks to maintain ...
The Star Magnolia is one of the first trees to bloom at the beginning of spring, and when it does, its sprouts white flowers. Parsons’ favorite magnolia resides by the path outside Voter Hall . When the magnolias were planted several decades ago, arborists feared the trees wouldn’t survive the harsh ...
One of the more annoying truisms that floats around the sex-advice world goes something like this: “The most powerful sexual organ you have is your brain.” What makes this statement aggravating is not its content — it’s entirely true — but that it reeks of consolation. It’s like one of ...
It’s no news to a Middlebury student that something needs to be done to protect the environment. As the first college in the US to establish an Environmental Science major (in 1965), and one of only six schools to receive an A- on its Sustainability Report Card in 2008, it is clear that Middlebury ...