Six Middlebury Institute Women Receive Fellowships from International Atomic Energy Agency
| by Stephen Diehl
The IAEA’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship aims to increase the number of women in the nuclear field.
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The ocean needs our help — now
| by Jason Scorse; David Helvarg
In a recent piece in MSN News, Jason Scorse, Director of the Blue Economy and David Helvarg, Executive Director of Blue Frontier, lay out that our public seas must play a central role in national climate policy, and we have no time to waste.
The Evolution of Thinking on the Ocean Economy
The Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics, Volume 8, Issue 2, features eleven papers drawn from the recent Fifth International Symposium on the Oceans in National Income Accounts. The papers highlight an evolution in ocean economic thinking: from defining and measuring the blue economy as statistics related to GDP, to an information system that provides decision makers with the facts they need around marine ecosystem service flows and changes.
International Education Management Alumna Katie Huemer Wins NAFSA Case Study Competition
| by Katherine Punteney and Emily Cipriani
Kaitlin Huemer MAIEM ’19 and her colleagues won an international education case study competition at the NAFSA all-region summit.
“This Is Our Beginning”: Winter Commencement Celebrates 65 New Middlebury Institute Graduates
| by Jason Warburg
An unprecedented hybrid Commencement ceremony connected graduates, family, and friends around the globe with a gathering honoring 65 graduating students in the Middlebury Institute’s Irvine Auditorium.
Students Interpret at Climate Summit in Glasgow
| by Stephen Diehl
Two Middlebury Institute students answered the call to volunteer their services during the United Nations Climate Change Conference—also known as COP26—which took place in November in Glasgow.
Hearst Foundations Education Grant Will Support Student Scholarships
| by Stephen Diehl
MIIS was one of just 18 California institutions to receive one of the competitive grants.
Head of New York City Cyber Command Joins Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Faculty
| by Jessie Raymond
Winding down his tenure as the first head of New York City Cyber Command, Geoff Brown has taken a two-year part-time teaching position at the Institute.
CBE Waves Newsletter December 2021
Stories include: New reports from the Center for the Blue Economy on the Economic Value of America’s Estuaries and Recreation on the California Coast; Contributions to the Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, Wilson Center’s Transatlantic Blue Economy Initiative, COP26, WWF articles, NOAA publication Visualizing the Three-Dimensional Footprint of Ocean Uses, and Virtual Reality DIVE-An Inspiring Journey through California’s Marine Protected Areas; CBE Celebrates its Ten Year Anniversary.
Building Bridges One Word at a Time
| by Clara Clymer
Fans of This American Life have likely heard the voice of Gabriela Muñoz MACI ’23, who worked as an interpreter for several episodes of the popular national radio show. That experience led her to pursue a master’s in conference interpretation.