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2020s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Environment, Science & Tech, Students
Hannah Ennis ’23.5, an environmental justice major, has been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to conduct artistic workshops focused on sustainable conflict transformation techniques.
Astronomer Eliza Kempton ’03 explains to NPR how she and a team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover that a long-mysterious “mini-Neptune” planet has a shiny, reflective surface.
1990s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Science & Tech
The Midd Moment podcast starts its third season with Anne Rimoin ’92 joining President Laurie Patton to discuss what it takes to be on the front lines as an emerging infectious disease researcher.
2020s, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Alumni, Environment, Science & Tech
Madison Springfield MAIEP ’22 has found scuba diving to be an important way to commune with nature as well as inform her work in marine conservation and environmental policy.
2020s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Access, Equity & Justice, Identity, Science & Tech
Middlebury is one of 104 colleges and universities to receive a six-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support initiatives that foster more inclusive and equitable introductory education in the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and math.
1990s, Middlebury College, Environment, Politics & Government, Science & Tech
U.S. Representative Sean Casten ’93 (IL- 06) spoke about his work on energy efficiency on March 6 as a part of the Global Sustainability Alums Speaker Series, reports the Middlebury Campus.
2010s, Alumni, Equity & Justice, Identity, Science & Tech
Elle Murata ’17 shared her dual experience as a patient and researcher in a TEDx talk about the treatment of women in health care.
1990s, Alumni, Environment, Identity, Science & Tech
“Forever chemicals,” PFAS, have been found in period underwear marketed as nontoxic and organic, surprising many people, including environmental health researcher Shruthi Mahalingaiah ’98.
2020s, Academic Excellence, Arts, Language, Culture, Faculty, Science & Tech
The Washington Post asked experts, including Luso-Hispanic studies professor Patricia Saldarriaga, to explain zombie nutrition, neurology, and behavior.
2020s, Academic Excellence, Environment, Faculty, Science & Tech
In a New Yorker column, Schumann Distinguished Scholar Bill McKibben invites us to widen our imaginations on what sustainable energy and economies might look like, beyond recent breakthroughs in fusion technology.
