Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Frank Van Gansbeke, Executive Scholar in Residence
“Beyond Bretton Woods - An Inquiry into a New International Financial Architecture”

Gloria Estela González Zenteno, Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies
“LIMONARIA / ARRIBADA: Twin Novels in Two Languages”

Gloria Estela Gonzalez Zenteno shared her novel ARRIBADA last year on this forum. She is now back to present ARRIBADA’s Spanish-language sister LIMONARIA (not a translation). These two works share themes of environmental and LGBT justice, Mexican setting and suspenseful plots, but have unique styles and cultural references. Join Gloria in a discussion of LIMONARIA and her dual-language creative process.

Miguel Fernandez, Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies
“Tom Sawyer’s Wreck: Stories of the Steamship Independence (1853)”

George Moore, Scientist-in-Residence, Center for Non-Proliferation Studies, MIIS

Drones, particularly when they are coupled with artificial intelligence, have the potential for enormous impact on a broad range of issues in our society. To date the implementation of controlling domestic and international regulations has not kept up with the pace of technological change. The lecture will explore this subject from the view of military use and from the perspective of domestic privacy issues.

Enrique Garcia, Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies
“The Representation of Japanese Culture in Comic Books from the Americas: From Orientalist Narratives to New Globalized Aesthetics”

Paul Hess, Assistant Professor of Physics
“Once Upon a Time Crystal”

Get an overview of Audax and private equity from Midd Alumni at the Audax Group! They will also introduce various opportunities available to both rising junior and rising senior Middlebury students. With more than 300 employees, Audax is a leading capital partner for North American middle market companies and a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, San Francisco (Private Equity) and New York (Private Debt).

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ENVS 0401 A Community Engaged Practicum Student Presentations: Climate Vulnerability and Environmental Health Disparities.

“Reading and Writing Climate” by Megan Mayhew-Bergman, Assistant Professor of English.

Assistant Professor of English Megan Mayhew-Bergman will read from her new book, How Strange a Season, and talk about how she navigates writing both climate fiction and climate journalism. She’ll discuss how she finds material, conducts field work, and decides what content becomes fiction and what becomes journalism. Megan will leave a significant period of time open for student questions on how to break into these fields and build a writing career.

“Evolution of One Vermont Farm, the Meach Cove story” by Christopher W. Davis ‘81, Meach Cove Farms, VT.