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2020s, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Faculty, Politics & Government
The historic conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other codefendant for seditious conspiracy has implications for free speech and the future of the militia movement in the U.S. Amy Cooter, senior research fellow at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism explains in the Conversation.
2020s, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Faculty
Ali Salem ’16 and associate film professor Ioana Uricaru are honing their film production capabilities with two prestigious fellowships: the Sundance Institute Producers Intensive and the PGA Create Lab of the Producers Guild of America. Their collaboration, The Swim Lesson, follows a college professor’s wife as she develops a secret friendship with a student who accused her husband of sexual misconduct.
2020s, Environment, Faculty, Politics & Government, Science & Tech
At the 2022 United Nations climate conference, the Biden administration and other entities pledged to fight climate change using “nature-based solutions.” Food studies professor Molly Anderson
2020s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Arts, Language, Culture, Faculty, Identity
The Vermont Arts Council has recognized associate dance professor Christal Brown with the 2022 award for outstanding achievement in the arts.
2020s, Academic Excellence, Faculty, Science & Tech
Solitude can help children grow, but some might not be getting enough of it, reports the Atlantic, quoting assistant psychology professor Gina Thomas.
2020s, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Faculty, Politics & Government
In a New York Times essay, Middlebury Institute professor Jeffrey Lewis of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies lays out an argument for the U.S. to accept that North Korea has nuclear weapons and to pursue alternative approaches to peace in the region.
2020s, Middlebury College, Environment, Faculty, Science & Tech
A vast new study finds there are 70 percent fewer wild animals sharing the earth with us than there were in 1970.
2020s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Faculty, Science & Tech
For insect neurobiologist and Middlebury College assistant professor of biology Greg Pask, summer insects are a treasure trove.
Academic Excellence, Faculty, Identity, Science & Tech
Clinton Cave, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Middlebury, runs a lab at the College focused on studying how brain cells communicate.
Arts, Language, Culture, Faculty, Identity
Visual artist, graffiti scholar, and educator Will Kasso Condry has been selected for the first Vermont Prize, a new endeavor aimed at celebrating and supporting the best visual art being made in Vermont.
