Costa Rica‘s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Middlebury Institute alumna Elayne Whyte Gomez, made history earlier this month when she presided over the successful negotiation of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Middlebury Institute professor Beryl Levinger has directed or co-directed Save the Children’s annual research reports for 14 years with assistance from students, alumni and faculty colleagues.
The Carl Fehlandt Scholarship, named for a beloved longtime Institute professor who was also an alumnus, is now fully endowed and will provide scholarships for future translation and interpretation students in perpetuity.
Experts from the Middlebury Institute and its James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies were quoted heavily in recent national and international media coverage of North Korea’s successful ICBM test launch.
Students in the Institute’s intensive summer certificate program in international development and social change (DPMI) in Washington DC had the opportunity June 20 to visit the Organization of American States.
International Policy & Development professor Jan Black's colorful backstory includes writing the definitive account of U.S. involvement in Brazil, and being invited to play piano in Elvis Presley’s band.
