Addison Independent: College is investing $3.5M locally
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VoxDev: How deforestation drives malaria in Nigeria, affecting women and children most
Middlebury economics professors Tanya Byker and Julia Berazneva describe their research on the health costs of environmental degradation.
Foreign Policy: The Case for the Greater West
An analysis by Peter Slezkine, co-director of the Monterey Trialogue at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, arguing for the United States to abandon liberal universalism and align foreign-policy objectives within the current structure.
Addison Independent: Accept an invitation to awe
An exhibition curated by art professor Katy Smith Abbott at the College’s museum explores the idea of “awe,” where it comes from and how we experience it.
KCRW: Leading a good life doesn’t always mean leading an easy one
A new book by Middlebury philosophy professor Lorraine Besser explores the value of finding ‘the interesting’ and incorporating it into our daily lives.
Vermont Public: Julia Alvarez has more stories left to tell
Vermont Public interviewed Middlebury alumna and writer-in-residence Julia Alvarez ’71 in advance of the new PBS documentary: “Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined.”
The New Yorker: How to Address Two Environmental Crises at Once
Bill McKibben, Middlebury’s Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies, writes about an innovative nonprofit in Vermont that creates pollinator habitat in solar fields.
Vermont Public: Vermont's youngest delegate at the DNC: 'This is my future. I want to have a say in it.'
Middlebury sophomore Addie Lentzner represented Vermont at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Foreign Affairs: Why America Stands to Lose If It Resumes Nuclear Testing
The Middlebury Institute’s Jeffrey Lewis writes that resuming nuclear weapons testing in the U.S. would allow China and Russia to catch up.
Foreign Affairs: What Russia Wants in the Middle East
Hanna Notte, of the Middlebury Institute, writes that Moscow seeks to exploit instability but avoid escalation.