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The background is light pink with polka dots. The top left has a picture of a guy and a girl wearing party hats with confetti surrounding them. The bottom left corner has one guy dancing next to a speaker. There's text in the bottom red corner saying "Class of 2026, EPM Graduation Party. Underneath, there's the time (from 5 PM to 7 PM), the month and year (May 2026), and the location (410 Van Buren Street, Monterey, CA 93940).

EPM Graduation Party

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Academic Programs - MIIS

To celebrate the EPM students graduating this semester, we are having a grad party on campus! It will take place on 5/15/26, from 5 PM to 7 PM, on the second floor of the CBE. Free food and drinks will be provided! Everyone is welcome, and feel free to bring guests.

Middlebury Institute Campus

Closed to the Public
Practicum Fellowship Sharing Session on May 7

Conflict Transformation Practicum Fellowship Roundtable

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Academic Programs - MIIS

Celebrate our past fellows as they share their impactful projects and experiences. Join us to discover what’s possible through the fellowship and learn more about eligibility, funding, and the application process.

The event will be held in DLC and on Zoom. 

McGowan DLC Design Space (MG001)

Closed to the Public
Program Agenda for the East Asia Conflict Transformation Panel Discussion: 
Project 1:Security and Economic Diplomacy
Team Members :Bowen, Sam, Julia, Isaac, Shan
Project 2: Demographic change
Team Members: Gary Xiangjie Wang, Kiana Kelsey, Kellsey Beal, and Kerra Blotz.
Project 3: Trade and Economic Interdependence 
Team Members: Bryan Harris, Christopher Bonam
Project 4: The Transformative Equilibrium: Alleviating U.S.-Japan Base Tensions Amidst Great Power Competition
Team Members: Levi Mahler
Project 5…

East Asia Conflict Transformation Panel

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Academic Programs - MIIS

Take a look at our East Asia Conflict Transformation panel agenda and join us as students present their research and reflections from China and Japan.

Panels:

Project 1:Security and Economic Diplomacy

Presenters: Bowen Yuan, Samuel Castillo, Julia Tucker, Isaac Byrne, Shana Kushevski

Project 2: Demographic Change

Presenters:Gary Xiangjie Wang, Kiana Kelsey, Kellsey Beal, and Kerra Blotz.

McCone Board Room (M202)

Closed to the Public

GGPD Graduation Party!

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Academic Programs - MIIS

The GGPD Graduation Party is a program event to celebrate graduating students and their achievements. Graduating students and their guests are welcome, along with GGPD staff, faculty, and non-graduating students.

McGowan DLC Design Space (MG001)

Closed to the Public

Guest talk

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Academic Programs - MIIS

Join Cyber Collaborative’s guest talk for the chance to speak to an important contributor to the cybersecurity landscape, Pavan Gill. The event will be in-person and online.

Morse B104

Closed to the Public

Poetry Week 2026 Dramatic Reading

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Academic Programs - MIIS

This event will be the first event during the 7th Annual Poetry Week. “They Have Names: Hind Rajab in Her Voice” is a poetic, symbolic theatrical elegy for Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza in 2024 , composed by Mo Sati, a Palestinian poet and artist. The dramatic reading is performed from the perspective of Hind, blending myth, memory, and testimony. 

McCone Irvine Auditorium

Open to the Public
A hand underneath the globe with AI artwork and the title: The AI Atomic Gamble: Powering AI's Revolution with a Nuclear Renaissance.

Storytelling with AI

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Academic Programs - MIIS

How do you tell a complex energy story in just a few seconds of video, using AI as your creative partner?
In this hands-on masterclass, participants will step inside the world of The Atomic Gamble, a documentary exploring AI’s growing thirst for energy and the turn to nuclear power for data centers.