International Peace Day & Power of Poetry
Thursday, September 24 (12-2pm PT)
Irvine Auditorium (Hybrid Event)
Contact: Marie Butcher (aka Boucher)
mbutcher@middlebury.edu or peacepoetrypolicy@gmail.com
McCone Irvine Auditorium
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
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)
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)
Abstract
V499 Van Buren Videoconference Rm
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)
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
Will update later with full schedule of events and descriptions for Poetry Week 2026.
Holland Student Center
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
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.
