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Communicating with Automatons, Audiences, and Aliens

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20 Years as a Houdini Effects Artist with experience in fluids simulation, rigid body dynamics, volumetrics, pyro, complex systems, crowds, pipeline development, Dr. John Hughes has worked at several leading studios such as Pixar, Weta FX, Sony Imageworks, Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios and DreamWorks.

He had key roles on major motion pictures such as Avatar: The Way of Water, The Suicide Squad, Frozen, I am Legend, Moana, Spider-Man 3, Kung Fu Panda 2, Big Hero 6, Watchmen, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and many more.

Virtual MIIS

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Flyer for the Mini-Monterey Model presentations

Bridging Words

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Academic Programs - MIIS

Join us for our Mini-Monterey Model presentations in English, French, Japanese, and Spanish, where students will delve into the role of language in fostering understanding and resolving conflicts. Discover how languages can contribute to global peacebuilding efforts in this longstanding Language Studies tradition. Interpretation services will be provided.

November 7 Zoom link: https://middlebury.zoom.us/j/94109878827?pwd=f3oEdi7465cx9r8zbu3yvtpXOoEpRI.1

November 14 Zoom link:

McCone Irvine Auditorium

Open to the Public
Flyer for the Mini-Monterey Model presentations

Bridging Words

Sponsored by:
Academic Programs - MIIS

Join us for our Mini-Monterey Model presentations in English, French, Japanese, and Spanish, where students will delve into the role of language in fostering understanding and resolving conflicts. Discover how languages can contribute to global peacebuilding efforts in this longstanding Language Studies tradition. Interpretation services will be provided.

November 7 Zoom link: https://middlebury.zoom.us/j/94109878827?pwd=f3oEdi7465cx9r8zbu3yvtpXOoEpRI.1

November 14 Zoom link:

McCone Irvine Auditorium

Open to the Public

NPTS Social Hour with Livermore Senior Fellow Zachary Davis

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Academic Programs - MIIS

Come chat with us about career trajectories, life in DC, or any aspect of nuclear deterrence, proliferation, arms control,  or emerging technologies. Zachary S. Davis is a Senior Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,  with broad experience in intelligence and national security policy.

McGowan MG102

Closed to the Public

Fall Forum 2024

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The Fall Forum is a flagship tradition at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies that provides an opportunity for students and the wider community to participate in and witness a multilingual conference and learn how professional language services play a pivotal role in its success. The topic of Fall Forum 2024 is “Waves of Change - Our Lives and Water”.

Event Schedule:

Opening Session, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Middlebury Institute Campus

Open to the Public
Headshot of Sheryl LIm

Bridging Languages: Cross-Linguistic Strategies to Boost L2 Chinese Vocabulary

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Title: Bridging Languages: Cross-Linguistic Strategies to Boost L2 Chinese Vocabulary

Abstract
How can educators leverage a child’s first language (L1) knowledge to enhance their
learning of a second language (L2)? What kinds of linguistic transfer occur between two
seemingly distinct languages, English and Chinese? Pertaining to the cross-linguistic
associations between English and Chinese, a few studies have shown correlations,
such as between bilinguals’ morphological awareness (MA) of compounding structures

McGowan MG102

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