Bloomberg Big Take Podcast: “How Racist Groups Use Online Video Games to Spread Hate”
Alex Newhouse discussed his work to eliminate hateful content from online gaming platforms on Bloomberg’s The Big Take podcast.
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2021-2022 Experiential Learning Impact Report Released
| by Ian Driscoll
The Experiential Learning team released the fourth annual Experiential Learning Impact Report featuring students’ professional and academic impact during the 2021–2022 academic year.
Field Work: Madison Springfield Swam with a Whale Shark and Wants You to Know What Goes on Beneath the Waves
| by Stephen Diehl
The International Environmental Policy graduate spent her International Professional Service Semester at the Whale Shark and Oceanic Research Center in Honduras.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Shares his Insights on the Events Leading Up to the Invasion of Ukraine
| by Sierra Abukins
In the latest addition to the Institute’s Ambassadorial Series, Jill Dougherty, former CNN foreign affairs correspondent, interviews Ambassador John Sullivan, who served under the Trump and Biden administrations.
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In the News: Putin’s wartime bluster obscures Russia’s precarious future
A year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Hill spoke with Professor Anna Vassilieva, director of the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies.
Recently Published: Data Sovereignty, North Korea’s Growing Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Power as an Energy Source, and More
| by Jessie Raymond
Recent writing credits by members of the Institute community include a book on North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, a paper on data sovereignty, an article examining how online logbooks can help language students set and meet learning goals, and more.
Middlebury Institute Launches New “Subtitling for Streaming” Online Course with More Courses to Come
| by Sierra Abukins
Our localization experts partnered with the Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry to launch a new self-paced, short course—the first of many—on the subtitling industry standards pioneered by Netflix.
The Ambassadorial Series | New exclusive interview with former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan
| by Altynay Junusova
New exclusive interview with former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan. In the latest segment of our Ambassadorial Series, Jill Dougherty talks with John Sullivan about the tense relations between the US and Russia that culminated in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The interview is released as a video, podcast, and transcript.
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Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies incorporates virtual reality (VR) to present new formats of learning
| by Altynay Junusova and Yanliang Pan
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies (MIRS) has successfully delivered VR educational modules as part of its Monterey Trialogue curriculum. In partnership with Meta and Biosphere VR, Altynay Junusova and Yanliang Pan, the lead team members of the Monterey Trialogue delivered two interactive sessions on climate change and nuclear proliferation to the symposium’s fellows from North America, Europe, and Asia.
In the News: Student and Staff Researchers Identify Chinese Balloon Launch Sites
Rolling Stone interviewed student and staff researchers at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.