Water World
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Alyssum Pohl MAIEP ’12 documents water quality and plastic waste on a trip down the Mississippi River.
Environmental Policy and Management
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Legendary Ocean Researcher Sylvia Earle Inspires
“I felt like a thousand candles were lit, inspiring people to help save our oceans,” said one audience member at Wednesday evening’s event with legendary marine biologist, author, and ocean activist Sylvia Earle, hosted by the Middlebury Institute’s Center for the Blue Economy.
Three Institute Students Among 20 Selected for Stanford’s U.S.-Russia Forum
Three Middlebury Institute students will be working on research projects as part of the highly selective Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum, which began with a recent conference in Moscow.
Alumnus Receives $100,000 Grant to Support Local Seafood Project
Middlebury Institute alumnus Alan Lovewell and his company Real Good Fish beat out 30,000 other applicants to win a $100,000 grant from Chase Bank to support a unique initiative aimed at transforming local seafood into healthy, popular lunches for public school students.
MIIS Alumnus Breaks Record for Relay Swim Across Monterey Bay
Middlebury Institute alumnus Frank Reynolds encountered sharks, dolphins, and jellyfish on a record-setting team swim across the Monterey Bay to raise money for Lewy body dementia research.
Summer Adventures Take Institute Students to Micronesia, Ireland, Kenya, and More
Students at the Middlebury Institute have the opportunity to live and work in another part of the world while enrolled, whether on a summer fellowship or as a Peace Corps Masters International.
Faculty Profile: Prof. Jeff Langholz Passes Along Life Lessons
“If creating policy is the best way to leverage your impact, then nothing can beat training groups of amazing young people to do that every year,” says environmental policy professor Jeff Langholz.
MIIS Student Among 30 Young Leaders Participating in High Level International Aid Conference
Middlebury Institute student Molly McKeon describes “inspiring and humbling” experience participating in high-level discussions about international aid and disaster relief in Japan recently as part of her Pacific Forum Young Leader fellowship with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Passing Along Life’s Lessons
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Professor Jeff Langholz on making a lasting, positive impact.
MIIS Student, Fellow Peace Corps Volunteers from Nepal Raise Funds for Transitional Housing
Middlebury Institute student Amanda Bensel has joined forces with other Returned Peace Corps Volunteers from Nepal to raise funds for transitional housing in the area where their host families live, among the hardest hit by recent earthquakes.