Four faculty members earn Fulbright awards
The Fulbright Scholar Program has awarded grants to four Middlebury College faculty members to conduct research and teach abroad during the next academic year.
The Fulbright Scholar Program has awarded grants to four Middlebury College faculty members to conduct research and teach abroad during the next academic year.
Monterey Institute’s five-year affiliation with Middlebury culminates in full integration as of July 1.
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Sessions on four campuses feature internationally renowned faculty, including poet Paul Muldoon and literary critics Isobel Armstrong, Robert Stepto and Michael Wood.
Winning proposals include exploration of connections between organized crime and toxic waste; and old-time religion and mountaintop removal.
Vermont campus and Mills College welcome students.
Elizabeth Morrison of the religion department and Jeremy Ward of the biology department have been promoted to associate professor.
“The truth is that all of us here have won the lottery of life. The fact that you are graduating from a great college in America means that you have won the global jackpot. And then the question becomes, how do you go about discharging the responsibility that comes with that? What will you give back and how?” — Nicholas Kristof
Fulbright, Goldwater, U.S. Department of State, St. Andrews Society, and Compton, among others.
The Initiative will include investments focused on sustainability issues such as clean energy, water, climate science, and green building projects.