| by Jason Warburg
Dr. Jan Knippers Black, professor emerita and a well-known Latin America scholar and human rights activist, passed away at home in Monterey on Sunday. She will be missed deeply by colleagues and friends, as well as the generations of MIIS students whom she mentored.
| by Jason Warburg
The U.S. Department of State has awarded one current Middlebury Institute student and two recent graduates Critical Language Scholarships for the study of languages considered vital to national security and economic prosperity.
| by Winnie Heh
A recent Conference Interpretation graduate discusses life as a professional interpreter, detailing how he passed a notoriously difficult United Nations exam and what that means for his career.
| by Jason Warburg
A new memorandum of understanding with UNICEF reserves internship slots at the UN agency for two Middlebury Institute students each year, offering an accelerated path into the international development field.
| by Jason Warburg
Bryce Bray MAIEP ’18 has been awarded a Boren, a Fulbright, and most recently an Institute of Current World Affairs fellowship, all of which are helping him continue to develop expertise and expand his professional network in his chosen field of climate policy.
| by Jason Warburg
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace recently presented Dr. William Potter with its Thérèse Delpech Memorial Award. Potter founded the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute and was instrumental in the establishment of the MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies.
| by Jason Warburg
Middlebury Institute Professor Leire Carbonell Aguero MACI ’03 called interpreting President Biden’s inaugural address “the highest honor” of her career. She was recruited into the role of lead Spanish interpreter for the Biden campaign by fellow alumna Maureen Sweeney MPA ’94.
