4/30: Spring Forum Offers Translation & Interpretation Students Opportunity to Practice Their Craft
This year’s Spring Forum features ten speakers on the topic of drug policy, all being interpreted by Institute students.
News Stories
1889 Items
MIIS Student Finishes in Top Ten Percent at the Big Sur Marathon – His First
Monterey Institute student Tyler Steer (MPA ’11) says participating in the Big Sur Marathon was daunting because a busy school life kept him from training by the book, but in the end “the whole experience was perfect.”
Foreign Policy Publishes CNS Director on Nonproliferation Education
Leading journal Foreign Policy has published an essay by Dr. William Potter, founding director of the Monterey Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, outlining the importance of nonproliferation education in the wake of the recent Nuclear Security Summit.
Norwegian Foreign Ministry Awards $392,000 to Support CNS Scholar’s Research
The grant will support the research of James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Senior Fellow Ward Wilson on the changing nature of the international debate about nuclear weapons.
MIIS Net Impact Students Honor Earth Day by Volunteering at Local Middle School
The MIIS chapter of the global service organization Net Impact will help prepare the Hilton Bialek Biological Sciences Habitat at Carmel Middle School for the growing season.
Head of International Atomic Energy Agency Speaks to MIIS Nonproliferation Students
Last Friday, Ambassador Yukiya Amano, the newly-elected director general of the IAEA, spoke to a large group of Monterey Institute nonproliferation students.
NY Times Profiles Former Monterey Institute Faculty Member, Assemblyman Bill Monning
Assemblymember Bill Monning, who taught international negotiation at the Monterey Institute before winning election in California’s 27th District, will play a key role in implementing health care reform as the new chairman of the Assembly Health Committee.
4/22-23: U.S., Russian High School Students Present Views on Nuclear Disarmament Issues at Monterey Forum
The annual Critical Issues Forum conference in Monterey culminates a year-long program giving high school students from both nations the opportunity to work with MIIS nonproliferation experts.
MIIS Alumna Discovers Second Ocean Garbage Patch Filled with Plastic Debris
The husband and wife team of MIIS Alumna Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen collected samples over a hundred mile stretch of the Atlantic; their findings have made headlines across the globe.
Interpretation Students Excited to Test Skills at TEDxMonterey
Monterey Institute students will offer simultaneous interpretation of TEDxMonterey speakers in seven languages, all streamed live online.