Events

Public Lecture: The Fats of Life - The Metabolic Origins of Neurodegeneration 

Bio: Dr Corthalis is an associated professor and multidisciplinary researcher with a broad and extensive background in biomedical science and biological/forensic anthropology. This expertise is unique and encompasses a wide range of research areas, with a specific focus on the critical connection between neurodegeneration, cell stressors, and the metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids. 

Corthalis feels privileged to contribute to improving healthcare in underserved regions and communities by serving as a consultant in diagnostic technology and biologics delivery for Doctors Without Borders and also has an unwavering dedication to advocating for equitable access to healthcare for all individuals and am passionate about fostering public engagement in science and amplifying the representation of the LGBTQIA community in STEM fields.

Forensic Anthropology & The Art of Making the Dead tell their Tales - Solving a 3,000 year old Mystery

Film screening of ECONOCLAST: HERMAN DALY AND THE GOSPEL OF GROWTH, an acclaimed new film by veteran documentary producer John de Graaf.The film profiles the famous economist who challenged his discipline’s focus on economic growth (as unsustainable on a finite planet, and resulting in great inequality) and launched the new field of Ecological Economists.

“Middlebury School of the Environment: What We Have Learned and What Comes Next” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Curt Gervich, Director, Middlebury School of the Environment and Professor in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Beyond Individual Bias: Bringing Structural Inequality into Children’s Prejudice-Reduction Research

“The Narratives of Nature” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Bira Vanara, a Mixed Media Artist. 

For our entire known history, humans as a species have told stories about how we and nature came to be, and why things happen as they do. This discourse will explore how story still determines the way we perceive our relationship to the natural world through the narrative lens.

“Desertification Archives: Global Black Ecologies and Anticipating Terror” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Brittany Meché, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Faculty in Science and Technology Studies and Africana Studies, Williams College.

“Which Side Are You On?” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Garret Keizer, Writer.

The issue of environmental justice assayed from a viewpoint both leftishly biased and locally based. Questions raised: Why has “environmentalist” become a dirty word? What are the limits of environmentalism under capitalism? For whom will you be working ten years from now? Will you be working at all?

“Environmental Studies Affiliate Conversations: Excellence, Purpose, and Joy - Environmental Perspectives” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series panel discussion featuring:

David Allen, Associate Professor of Biology
Michael Sheridan, Professor of Anthropology
Spring Ulmer, Assistant Professor of English

All are welcome to attend poster presentations as the culmination of the 2026 Limno-STOICH Database Conference supported by midd.data and the National Science Foundation. Aquatic ecologists from a range of institutions and Middlebury College students enrolled in BIOL 304 Aquatic Ecology will present on database-driven research they have done related to the field of ecological stoichiometry in aquatic ecosystems. Light refreshments will be provided.

More information here.

ENVS 0401 A Community Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum Presentations: Desalt, Detox

In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students in ENVS 0401 A will present their work from their semester long projects.

ENVS 0401 B Community Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum Presentations: Rural Communities and Climate Change.

In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students in ENVS 0401 B will present their work from their semester long projects.

Students in STAT 711 Statistical Consulting will give presentations about their collaborations with our community partners. All are welcome.