Middlebury College, Faculty, Science & Tech
Tracking Cell Phone Movements
Geography professor Pete Nelson is using cellphone data to track movement to Vermont.
Science & Tech
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Middlebury College, Arts, Language, Culture, Environment, Faculty, Politics & Government, Science & Tech
‘Don’t Look Up’ and Science Denial Myths
Psychology professor Barbara Hofer uses the film Don’t Look Up to illustrate several myths that feed science denial
Middlebury College, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Academic Excellence, Experience, Politics & Government, Science & Tech
A Game to Fight Radicalization
Middlebury’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) and the educational game designer iThrive will collaborate on a new simulation game and curriculum designed to build resilience among adolescents and give them the tools to recognize and reject overtures from violent extremist recruiters.
Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Faculty, Science & Tech
Midd.data Presents: Liberal Arts for an Information Age with Eric Schmidt
Explore how liberal arts colleges might adapt to a rapidly changing world marked by the rise of big data.
Middlebury College, Environment, Science & Tech, Staff
The Difficulties of Fossil Fuel Divestment
In this University World News article weighing the pros and cons of university divestment from fossil fuels, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration David Provost reflects on the complexities of the process as it happened at Middlebury.
Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Faculty, Science & Tech
Seeking the Small-Town Life
Peter Nelson, professor of geography at Middlebury College, and Cheryl Morse, associate professor of geography at theUniversity of Vermont, used cell phone data in a new research project to track migration in Vermont.
2000s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Entrepreneurship, Science & Tech
The Search for a Sober Buzz
Nonalcoholic beers have come a long way in a short time, thanks to a number of brewers who set out to make great nonalcoholic craft beer.
2020s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Access, Experience, Science & Tech, Students
Student Research Spotlight: Sea Minks of Maine
Olivia Olson ’21.5 shares her summer research about extinct sea minks in Maine, and how her work can help inform preservation practices for other species.
1990s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Environment, Science & Tech
The Atlas of Disappearing Places
Christina Conklin ’90 created an array of maps from seaweed for this new book that she coauthored with Marina Psaros, each showing locations in our world vulnerable to the ravages of climate change.
Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Experience, Faculty, Science & Tech
Demystifying Data
Middlebury economics professor Caitlin Myers, along with history professor Kathryn Morse, is directing an initiative titled midd.data, with a goal of making digital methods and data science lessons widely available to students, regardless of their intended major.