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GAEN MURPHREE    writer

JOURNALISM/NONFICTION
nature & the environment
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Falcons back from
the brink

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Winter ticks plague state moose herd

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Bristol-area coyote hunt causes controversy

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Frogs and friends crossing road safely

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County's bees healthier than in many other
parts of USA

arts & culture
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Will Kasso Condry brings hip hop to Middlebury

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Middlebury students assist with Mayan language project

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Artist defies realism to depict an anxious world

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Photo exhibit tells loggers' true stories today

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Composer Matthew Taylor brings new sounds to campus

social justice
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Portrait of a migrant dairy worker

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Student challenges racism through oral history

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On the front lines of US immigration struggle

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Team VT brings aid to Syrian refugees

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Being Muslim in Middlebury

food & agriculture
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Heirlooms create flavor at Windfall

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Portrait of a migrant dairy worker

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Feds could ICE out dairy farm economy

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Jamaican migrants ensure apple crop's success

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Wheat pioneer looks back on local food movement

science
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Researchers investigate complex factors driving rise of Lyme disease

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Biology professor examines toxic blooms on Lake Champlain

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Student joins effort to unlock genome of the African diaspora

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Student's animation sheds light on biology research

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A new student organization forges connections with nature

personal essays
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Looking at 9-11 from atop the Alhambra

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For my sister Meigan on her birthday

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Farewell, dear four-legged friend

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Miss Kolb—a teacher for a lifetime

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First Folio helps us press flesh with the Bard

more stories
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Student's documentary shines new light on her family's and country's past

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Choreographer Laurel Jenkins finds the heart of Bernstein's Mass

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BOLD scholars offer mentoring and friendship to rising generation of Afghan women

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Live animals bring Christmas story to life

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Bohjalian's 17th novel takes on sex trafficking

PHOTO CREDITS

Todd Balfour

Fort buildling in the woods

Matthew Evan Taylor

 

Trent Campbell

Ben Gleason

Chris Bohjalian

Christmas ponies

Farmworker picking apples

Nate Miller

Other

Farmworker at milking machine: photo by Vera Chang

Farmworker lugging bucket: photo by Migrant Justice

Glass art: photo by Jim Butler

Hands on fence: Photo by Mitchel Lensink on Unsplash

Refugees landing in raft: photo by Mari Cordes

Vermont logger: photo by George Bellerose

Will Kasso Condry: photo from Will Kasso Condry at Instagram;
  see also Juniper Creative Arts

Brad Koehler: photo by Gaen Murphree

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