How America Watches for a Nuclear Strike
The New York Times reports that Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and research associate Michael Duitsman monitored Russian sites for clues about its nuclear war preparations.
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Discourse and Repartée 2022 Edition
| by Clara Clymer
Check out the 2022 edition of Discourse and Repartée to learn more about how TESOL and Teaching Foreign Language students, alumni, and faculty are inspiring action and catalyzing change.
Institute Expert Concerned Russia Could Deploy Small, ‘Tactical’ Nuclear Weapon in Ukraine
NBCLX interviewed Sarah Bidgood MANPTS ‘16, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, to discuss the Russian nuclear threat.
Russia’s Deployment of a Mystery Munition
Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis spoke with the New York Times about Russia’s use of a previously unknown decoy to help ballistic missiles avoid Ukrainian air defense.
D.C. Career Week “A Springboard for Career Opportunities” for Institute Students
| by Jason Warburg
The Middlebury Institute’s annual Washington, D.C.-focused Career Exploration Week offers students the opportunity to interact with alumni and others responsible for hiring at prospective government, non-profit, and private sector employers in their fields.
On NPR, Middlebury Institute Professor Discusses the Speed and Scale of Data Shared Online About the War in Ukraine
Middlebury Institute professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis was recently interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered on his team’s use of Google Maps to track the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the quantity of data available on social media about the war.
Women Driving the Language Industry
MultiLingual Magazine featured four Institute alumni in an article about women leaders in the language services industry.
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Middlebury Receives $25 Million Grant to Support Faculty, Staff, and Students in Far-Reaching Conflict Transformation Initiative
President Patton: Institutions of higher learning have the responsibility to lead a critical education effort to teach conflict transformation in our nation and across the world. With its unique resources, Middlebury will help answer that call.
MIR Hosts Renowned Russian Professors Kurilla and Zhuravleva
| by Jarlath McGuckin
Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies hosts four distinguished Russian and American experts during the week of April 4 - 8 to record a series of interviews for the new MIR series The Americanists.
Ice Plant=Climate Change: Kamryn You Mak is a Planet Forward StoryFest Finalist
The story of climate change is not a simple one, not easy to tell. Middlebury student Kamryn You Mak weaves a readable, light, yet profound tale, as she connects the deep threads and through lines of a changing planet to her own experience in her article “Ice Plant = Climate Change,” a Planet Forward StoryFest 2022 finalist.