Congratulations to English teacher Michael Cary who was awarded the Greer Family Distinguished Teaching Chair at today’s school meeting. The Greer Family Distinguished Teaching Chair has been established by the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Greer ’53 and their daughter, Elizabeth ’94. The chair is awarded to that member of the faculty whose [...]

By BOB YORKNo offense to composer Cole Porter, but that famous refrain of “Bulldog, bulldog, bow, wow, wow,” which is the heart and soul of the school fight song he wrote while attending Yale University during the early 1900s, needs a little tweaking.After watching Yale feast on the competition to capture its first ever NCAA [...]

By BOB YORK –  We’ve all heard about dreams coming true, so do yourself a favor: turn on ESPN 2 Thursday, April 11, at 4:30 pm and actually watch one come true for a change. If you bleed Green, you can’t lose. Thursday’s opening semifinal round game of the NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Tournament, [...]

Dear Members of the Deerfield Community, We write to follow up on our letter of January 28th, which reported allegations of sexual misconduct by Peter Hindle, who taught at Deerfield from 1956 to 2000. While this news was deeply troubling to all of us, Deerfield’s principal obligation is the safety and welfare of students, regardless [...]

Now in its twelfth year, the Pathways Program was created by Linus Travers ’54 and the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association. At Pathways,  returning alumni share stories of their career paths – and challenges they faced along the way. Nine alumni came to campus January 20th, 2013 to share their “pathways” since graduating from Deerfield. [...]

Hear Steven Brill ’68 talk about his recent Time Magazine cover story “Bitter Pill” with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show.

Richard Warren ’63, whose answer was chosen at random from all the correct answers we received for the Winter 2013 Deerfield Magazine Word Search puzzle! Mr. Warren won a cozy Deerfield blanket; keep an eye out for the spring magazine Word Search coming in April! Rumor has it the prize will be a Vineyard Vines [...]

Author Roland Merullo will be giving a reading for the Deerfield community tomorrow, Thursday, January 17, in the Choral Room at 7 pm. He’ll also be working with seniors on their meditations at 11 am in the Garonzik, during faculty meeting time.Mr. Merullo has published ten novels and four works of non-fiction, including In Revere, In [...]

Acclaimed theater actor John Douglas Thompson is visiting Deerfield for two days, talking about his acting career and working with English classes. On Sunday, January 13, Mr. Thompson gave a talk about his experience developing and performing some of Shakespeare’s most challenging protagonists, with an emphasis on the Theater For A New Audience production of [...]

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Andrew Mayewski, Director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, will be visiting campus this week as our 2013 Lambert Fellow. Dr. Mayewski has led more than 50 expeditions throughout Earth’s remotest regions and has appeared on CBS 60 Minutes, PBS NOVA, ABC Good [...]