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Kimball Union Academy went a perfect 3-0 in this week’s New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) tournament quarterfinals, setting the stage for exciting semifinal rounds on Saturday, March 7.

What if you wanted to play tennis but needed a coach? That was the conundrum facing Marco ’26 as a middle-school student in lockdown during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a question that stuck with him well into high school and one he sought to answer through his Cullman Scholarship experience.

What do you get when you combine a 20-year drought, a corrupt government, a greedy ban on private toilets, and one extremely self-aware musical? You get Urinetown — and Kimball Union Academy is bringing this award-winning, laugh-out-loud satire to the stage later this month.

With the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics underway, we checked in with Kimball Union Academy’s own Olympic success story to ask his thoughts on the Games thus far. Mathematics teacher and Nordic ski coach Justin Freeman competed in the winter Olympics exactly 20 years ago — the last time the Games were held in Italy — as a member of the U.S. Ski Team. 

It’s not often that physics classes need to call in support from a Zamboni, but for ninth-grade conceptual physics, a good resurfacing of Akerstrom Arena was in order. That’s because students in Andrew Bridges’ conceptual physics classes took to the ice for a two-part friction lab that generated far more smiles than drag — or fluid resistance.

If the Olympics are inspiring you to dust off those skies, or you’re simply off to shovel that driveway, getting outside is a great way to combat the winter blues. However, these activities come with risks. Kimball Union Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach Christine Dorman shares these tips for mastering the elements.

Olivia ’26 has always had an eye for fashion. She’s also long had a knack for helping others. This past summer, the Nantucket, Mass., native paired those passions together, embarking on a monthlong Cullman Scholarship experience aimed at making fashionable adaptive clothing options more accessible.

Anyone, no matter their origin, can make a lasting impact. That was the message driven home by keynote speaker Henry Mulzac III in his address to the Kimball Union community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and one reiterated during programming throughout the afternoon.

Students took their climbing skills to new heights as the winter climbing activity completed its first of three competitions to be held over the course of the season. Climbers made their way through various bouldering routes at The Notch Climbing Gym in Lebanon, N.H., in an asynchronous bout against Sunapee and Green Mountain High Schools.

Few teenagers would describe a trip to the dentist as exciting, let alone life changing. But for Ella ’27, a day student from Norwich, Vermont, an exploratory visit to a family friend’s endodontics practice wound up having a profound impact. The visit was so influential, in fact, that Ella plans to become an endodontist — a specialized dentist focused on preserving ones’ original teeth through procedures like root canals — and even designed a unique Cullman Scholarship experience to learn more about the field and helping others. 

Kimball Union Academy is proud to announce a $10 million bequest from Phillip H. Morse ’60, marking the largest capital gift commitment in the Academy’s history. This extraordinary legacy gift will launch the vision for a new Athletics and Wellness Center and the development of a centralized Athletics and Wellness Quad, transforming the student experience and advancing one of KUA’s top strategic priorities.

Dash ’26 has excelled at math for as long as he can remember, so it’s no surprise that the Mamaroneck, N.Y., native would relish in challenging mathematics courses. How to apply his mathematical expertise going forward still needed solving. When presented with the opportunity to design a Cullman Scholarship experience of his choosing, Dash opted to explore those opportunities he saw as a potential career path.