
Biology Seminar Series - Eliza Jaeger: A Distant Mirror
Title: A distant mirror: What salamander learning can teach us about neural circuit evolution
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Open to the PublicScience and mathematics are a vital and dynamic part of Middlebury’s liberal arts curriculum.
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Title: A distant mirror: What salamander learning can teach us about neural circuit evolution
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Open to the Public
“Climate Theatre: Stories of Kinship, Community, and Climate Justice” by Theresa May, Faculty of Theatre, Environment and Indigenous Studies at the University of Oregon, and Artistic Director of the EMOS Ecodrama Playwrights Festival.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
The 2023 Scott A. Margolin ‘99 Lecture in Environmental Affairs presents Elizabeth Rush, author of The Quickening: On Motherhood and Antarctica in the Twenty First Century and Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
On Rising Together: Collective and creative responses to the climate crisis
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Open to the Public
“Highways and Habitats – Road Ecology and Habitat Connectivity in Vermont” by Chris Slesar, Environmental Resources Coordinator, Vermont Agency of Transportation.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Closed to the Public
“Empire of My Fireflies” by Ibiyinka Olufemi Alao, First-Place Winner of the United Nations International Art Competition and Nigeria’s Arts Ambassador to the United Nations and United States.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the PublicJoin us for a dynamic conversation with guest speakers and community members about how art can reflect, engage, and resist apocalyptic ideas and futures.
Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre
Open to the PublicA dynamic evening of short films, spoken word pieces, performances, and art displays. Includes presentations by Ibiyinka Alao, Nigeria’s Art Ambassador to the UN, Middlebury students, and community members.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Open to the Public
Ibiyinka Olufemi Alao, Nigeria’s art ambassador to the United Nations, visual artist, filmmaker, architect and author will lead a visual art (painting) workshop as part of the Art vs the Apocalypse event. Alao’s paintings center redemption, peace and love, and lately reflect a long-standing fascination with fireflies. Materials provided. Open to Middlebury College students.
Sponsored by the Department of Theater; co-sponsored by the Environmental Affairs, the Department of Biology, Council on the Arts, and the Climate Action Capacity Program.
Mahaney Arts Center 221
Closed to the PublicPublic Zoom lecture on bias and social impacts of artificial intelligence by Dr. Timnit Gebru of the Distributed AI Research Institute.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public