Matthew Jennings

In “Reverberations”, Student Explores Her Path to Translating and Publishing a Famous French Political Speech

Matthew Jennings — 2022-03-03T03:43:01-0800

Clara Clymer MAT ’22, writes about what led her to the field of translation and the experience of translating and publishing Simone Veil’s consequential 1974 speech delivered before the French National Assembly in favor of legalizing abortion in France.

The Most Decisive Decade: Ambassadors Go In-Depth on the U.S.-Russia Relationship

Matthew Jennings — 2022-01-31T13:04:10-0800

The Ambassadorial Series, a groundbreaking docuseries produced by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute, launches “The Ambassadorial Series: Deans of U.S.-Russia Diplomacy.”

Examining the Kabul Drone Strike

Matthew Jennings — 2021-10-11T13:32:23-0700

Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress conducted an in-depth analysis of a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan, one that intended to target ISIS terrorists, but instead ended with the killing of civilians. Dalnoki-Veress’ research was cited in a lengthy Washington Post story on the errant strike, and the professor recently spoke with us about his research and work at the Institute.

Up to the Test: Passing the United Nations Exams for Interpreters

Matthew Jennings — 2021-06-22T05:55:50-0700

How recent Middlebury Institute graduate Gustavo Mercado MACI ’19 passed one of the United Nation’s most difficult interpretation examinations.

Vision Quest

Matthew Jennings — 2020-01-28T15:26:04-0800

What one sees in the world may very well depend on how one looks for - or at - something.