CTEC Partners with Meta to Support White House Initiative to Combat Violent Extremism
| by Sierra Abukins
The partnership was announced during President Biden’s United We Stand summit at the White House.
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Alumni Mentor Program Continues to Support PSS Practicum Students for a Second Year
New Class Brings a World of Perspectives and a Shared Commitment to Making Change
| by Sierra Abukins
This fall’s diverse and dynamic new class brings to Middlebury a wide range of academic, work, and life experience with plans to be part of addressing critical issues around global security and climate change and advancing intercultural understanding.
From Nairobi to Tokyo: IPSS and IEM Practicum Internships Announced
For fall 2022, a total of 44 students will participate in our distinguished semester-long experiential learning programs. Students will work around the globe with organizations making a positive impact in various industries while continuing their studies here at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
International Policy Alumna and UN Colleagues Win Geospatial World Excellence Award
| by Jessie Raymond
At the 2022 Geospatial World Forum, satellite imagery analyst Allison Puccioni MAIPS ’08 and her team took home the water security prize for their environmental monitoring map which helps Iraqis monitor water severity.
Recently Published: Russian Poetry Translations, Online Terror Financing, Decolonizing the Classroom, and More
| by Jessie Raymond
Recent writing credits by members of the Institute community include Russian-to-English poetry translations, a report on far-right online terror financing, an article about an experiment in decolonizing the classroom, and more.
CTEC is Working on First-of-its-Kind Social Media Database on Far-Right Movements
| by Stephen Diehl
With funding from Logically, the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) will create a major new social media data resource to better understand how extremists organize, form narratives, and advance disinformation in the radicalization process.