For the first evening of Middlesex’s annual Diversity Symposium on January 29, the School welcomed filmmaker and media educator Jean Kilbourne, who spoke about how harmful messages and stereotypes in ads can negatively influence people’s perceptions of themselves and others. Turning to another facet of identity, the school community reconvened on January 30 to hear Dr. Michael Baran, a cultural…
What factors and influences inform, affect, and shape an individual’s self-perception or identity? Is a person’s racial identity easily determined and defined – or is “race” a murky, artificial concept that defies simple explanation? During the School’s annual Diversity Symposium last weekend, students and faculty gathered to consider and discuss questions like these, working to ensure that Middlesex is a…
The recent and ongoing construction of the Music and Campus Center has given many time to reflect on the music programs at Middlesex. While it is true that music programs at MX have never had a home worthy of its talent, most recently residing in the refurbished phone booths in the basement of the Warburg Library, music has always been…
On Saturday, February 20 at 7pm, the 10th Mountain Division Wounded Warriors Sled Hockey Team will take to the ice in a friendly game against members of the Middlesex community. Lead by head coach Mark McKenna, the 10th Mountain Division hails from Fort Drum, New York, and comes to Middlesex via Associate Director of Admissions Chip Vigne. For more details…
Alyssa McNally ’16, daughter of Head Trainer Laura “Darby” McNally ’80, was no stranger to Middlesex before she matriculated. Not only did her mother graduate from Middlesex, but five cousins, two uncles, and one aunt also attended the school. Her parents were married in the Chapel, as were her aunt and late uncle. Perhaps most importantly, Alyssa has lived at…
Dr. Daniel Barber came to Middlesex from Creighton University, where he taught in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies. He completed his doctorate in classics at the University of Virginia after earning his M.A. in Latin there, and he holds a B.A. in classics from Cornell University. Dan is the author of a number of scholarly articles and…
The Aerospace Engineering class had their final launch on Friday, January 22 out on the balmy 30 degree fields, launching rockets of ~20″ length to an altitude of 800 feet high. The critical goal of the launch was to simulate a human passenger, by using an “egg payload.” The cleanest launch of the day was Gabriel de los Santos ’17…
“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said in a December 1963 speech. And by the “maladjusted,” he clarified that he meant those who would refuse to accept segregation, discrimination, religious bigotry, or other forms of social injustice – men and women who would fight for freedom, truth, and equality. As…
Outspoken at Middlesex: Six Women Photographers At the Cornelius Ayer Wood Gallery Feb. 2 – Apr. 28, 2016 Opening Reception: Feb. 2, 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Open to the public. Curated by photographer and educator, Marky Kauffmann, Outspoken at Middlesex: Six Women Photographers features the images of six women photographers who seek to capture the voices of women and girls.…
The Community Life Program aims to address the topics and issues students will face both in the present and later in college, career, and life: healthy relationships, wellness and stress management, drug and alcohol use, appropriate technology use, citizenship (both local and global), and leadership, to name just a few. We address these issues through organized events designed to stimulate…