Student Research Spotlight: Sea Minks of Maine
Olivia Olson ’21.5 shares her summer research about extinct sea minks in Maine, and how her work can help inform preservation practices for other species.
Stories
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Demystifying Data
Middlebury economics professor Caitlin Myers, along with history professor Kathryn Morse, is directing an initiative titled midd.data, with a goal of making digital methods and data science lessons widely available to students, regardless of their intended major.
Demystifying Data
Middlebury plans to make data science a fundamental part of a liberal arts education. A new initiative, midd.data, will ensure all students understand and can use data and digital tools and techniques to create knowledge, regardless of their majors.
Cyber Strategy
A team of four Middlebury Institute students reached the semifinals of the Atlantic Council’s annual Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge.
Killer Reads
Jody Smith and Joseph Watson found four poisonous books in the College Special Collections that contain arsenic.
Dangerous Games
Far-right extremists are a growing presence in gaming, researchers have found. Alex Newhouse ’17, MANPTS ’18 comments in this Axios article on the “growing threat” of extremist recruitment gaming platforms.
The New York Times Presents
Stephanie Preiss ’11 is an executive producer on The New York Times Presents docuseries, which presents in-depth reporting on such matters as Britney Spears’s conservatorship, the killing of Breonna Taylor, and coronavirus frontline workers.
Learning to Love Solitude
Research from assistant psychology professor Virginia Thomas shows that healthy solitude practices can restore and refresh, as outlined by the New York Times.
Electric Snowmobiles
Tik Root ’12 reports on the future of electric snowmobiles.