How California can solve its youth mental health crisis
| by Joe Mathews
How can we best address the mental health crisis among California’s young people?
By empowering young people to solve it themselves.
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From Coursework to Changing Lives, a Class Project Becomes a Force against Violent Extremism
| by Caroline Crawford
Diverting Hate, which started as a Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies classroom project, is a new user diversion resource being developed by Kaitlyn Tierney MAIPD ’22 and Courtney Cano MAIPD ’22.
Exchange with Sciences Po Bordeaux Brings French Students to Monterey
| by Sierra Abukins
The Institute’s partnership with Sciences Po Bordeaux brings a cohort of students to Monterey each fall to study global security and international development.
Sink or Swim, Twitter Users in Uncertain Waters After Elon Musk Takeover
| by Andrew Cassel
Following a change of ownership at Twitter, Matt Kriner and other Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) researchers are concerned that the platform could become a haven where a toxic and dangerous culture will thrive.
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The META Lab, the Data Analytics Hub of the Institute
| by Jessie Raymond
The largely student-run initiative provides students, faculty, and community partners with data analysis services ranging from software training to program evaluation to collaborative projects.
From Antarctica to Congo, New Environmental Policy Students Bring Firsthand Observations of Climate Change
| by Sierra Abukins
Incoming students come to the Institute having seen the effects of climate change firsthand in countries across the world.
Russian Foreign Policy, Past and Present | A Conversation With Stephen Kotkin
| by Altynay Junusova
Monterey Conversations | On October 20, 2022, the historian Stephen Kotkin was joined by Michael Kimmage to discuss the long arc of Russian and Soviet foreign policy. He traced several key patterns back to the pre-revolutionary period, consistently exploring the paradoxes of modernization in Russia, which have connected Russia to Europe and brought Russia into conflict with Europe.
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Bill McKibben Delivers Climate Talk at Monterey Symposium | The World
| by Yanliang Pan and Altynay Junusova
In a seminar delivered on October 15 at Monterey Symposium | The World, renowned environmentalist and Middlebury Professor Bill McKibben spoke about the alliance between the fossil fuel industry and geopolitical actors as the fundamental challenge to global climate action.
Environmental Policy Student Wins Boren Award to Study in Vietnam
| by Jason Warburg
Middlebury Institute student Noemi Agagianian MAIEP ’22 has won a $25,000 Boren Award to support Vietnamese language study while working with a local wildlife conservation organization in Hanoi.
Professor Anne Campbell: Fulbright Scholarship in Kosovo, Research on LGBTQIA+ International Students
| by Jason Warburg
International Education Management professor Anne Campbell is splitting her sabbatical year between a six-month Fulbright Scholarship in Pristina, Kosovo, and a research project supported by the Davis Collaborative.