Provost's Office

Please join Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies Nic Poppe for a talk entitled “The Most Important of the Least Important Things: Soccer and Society in Latin America.”

Please join President Ian Baucom for a talk entitled “On Human Intelligence in an Age of Artificial Intelligence.”

Please join Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Clinton Cave for a talk entitled “From One Cell to Two: Understanding neurodevelopment at the genetic level.”

Successful embryonic development depends on signaling between dividing cells called progenitors. My laboratory studies the signaling pathways used by progenitors in the nervous system. Using new genetic tools, our work aims to provide preclinical insights into the function of a family of signaling proteins called Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterases (GDEs).

Presented in Spanish with real-time translation to English

The symposium will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Argentine anthropologist Rita Segato, followed by an open discussion with students, faculty, and community members. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided in Sunderland Lobby beginning at 4:00 PM.

Peter Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at CUNY. He is also a Contributing Opinion Writer for The New York Times, a political commentator on MSNBC, and Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents. Over the years he served as Editor of The New Republic and wrote for publications like The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Die Zeit, and the Financial Times. He is the author of four books including The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris (Harper, 2010) and The Crisis of Zionism (Times Books, 2012).

Next Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 4:30pm ET in Dana Auditorium and on Zoom*
 
We are excited to welcome author and educator John Warner to Middlebury this Tuesday, March 11, 2025 for a special presentation titled “Resist, Renew, Explore: How to Think About Human Writing and Learning in the Age of AI.” Now that we have easy access to technology that produces text with unmatched speed and fluency, we’re questioning the role writing plays in school, work, and society and how to maintain the integrity of writing in educational contexts.

Join George Lee (‘88, P’20), co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute and Middlebury Trustee, for an open and frank discussion about the capabilities, impact, trajectory, and risks attendant to Generative AI. Audience members can submit questions in advance or pose them live during the event. Possible topics include questions about the limitations of the current technical architecture, expected future developments, the geopolitical impact of the technology and, of course, the possible impact on higher education.

Please join the Middlebury College, Beta of Vermont, chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in welcoming their newest members.

Please click here to view the livestream of the ceremony.

Phi Beta Kappa inductees and their guests are invited to a continental breakfast. 

Location: McCullough Student Center Grille

Building from the approach to decolonization and abolition in the Haitian Revolution as well as from Frantz Fanon’s view of combative decolonization and decoloniality, the presentation makes the case for the abolition of the humanities as a crucial component of the project for decolonizing knowledge today.