Drinking Water Hazards
What are PFAS, and why is the EPA warning about them in drinking water? Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Kate Crawford explains in this piece from the Conversation.
Stories
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The Race Against Polio
Scientist Ross McIntosh has been working to overcome antivaccination beliefs in communities experiencing polio outbreaks in Africa. Fluency in French—gained through a fellowship at the Language Schools—has helped him to overcome vaccine hesitancy.
Overcoming Medical Distrust
As a doctor, Masiray Kamara always knew clear communication was vital. Now she is putting skills gained through a fellowship at the Language Schools to use in her practice to build deeper bonds and help her patients overcome mistrust in the medical system.
Public Defender
Geoff Brown ’99, former chief information security officer for New York City and leader of NYC Cyber Command, is sharing his expertise in defending against digital crimes as a professor of cybersecurity at the Middlebury Institute.
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.
Demystifying Data
Middlebury economics professor Caitlin Myers, along with history professor Kathryn Morse, is directing an initiative titled , with a goal of making digital methods and data science lessons widely available to students, regardless of their intended major.
Demystifying Data
Middlebury plans to make data science a fundamental part of a liberal arts education. A new initiative, midd.data, will ensure all students understand and can use data and digital tools and techniques to create knowledge, regardless of their majors.
Cyber Strategy
A team of four Middlebury Institute students reached the semifinals of the Atlantic Council’s annual Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge.
Killer Reads
Jody Smith and Joseph Watson found four poisonous books in the College Special Collections that contain arsenic.