News Stories

State Department Honors Alum for Project Reaching a Million Egyptian Students

Jason Warburg — 2025-05-09T10:44:14-0700

Jeffrey Mattison MATESOL ’05 received an English Language Specialist Impact Award from the U.S. State Department for his work revising and enhancing English textbooks used by a million students in Egypt.

Field Work: Channeling a Passion for Food into a Career in Sustainability

Jason Warburg — 2025-05-09T10:03:22-0700

Environmental Policy and Management student Leilani Leszkay has put her passion for food into action by helping the campus café craft a healthier menu.

Community Partner Convenings

admin — 2025-05-07T08:33:41-0700

Deepening community-based partnerships is a central component of conflict transformation-oriented work across Middlebury. As part of these efforts, colleagues and students regularly meet with community partners to reflect on and explore student engagement and broader impacts of their project-based experiential learning, courses, internships, and Practica.

Field Work: Students Localize a New Online Game Through Class Project

Jason Warburg — 2025-05-06T10:03:56-0700

Translation and localization management students Xiaofei Shen and Minting Lu gained valuable professional experience localizing an online game in development as a class project.

In Conversation: Language Education in the Age of Rapid Technological Change

Sierra Abukins — 2025-05-06T09:58:33-0700

We recently caught up with TESOL program chair Jason Martel, the 2024 Faculty Excellence Award winner, to talk about whether it’s still worth learning a language these days and how long-time language teaching paradigms need to shift.

In the News: Can Sea Urchin Ranching Can Become a Viable, Ecosystem-Boosting Business?

Caitlin Fillmore — 2025-05-06T09:57:24-0700

The Center for the Blue Economy’s research on whether sea urchin ranching could become California’s newest sustainable aquaculture venture was featured in an article in Edible Monterey Bay.

Field Work: Students Develop Workshops to Help the Community Avoid Scams

Caitlin Fillmore — 2025-04-25T10:48:58-0700

Students, seniors and veterans learned how to avoid scams through an educational series developed by financial crime intelligence students at the Middlebury Institute.

Divinity Student Finds Unexpected Career Path and Recognition through Research on Christian Nationalism and Trump Memes

Caitlin Fillmore — 2025-04-18T09:29:42-0700

In their elections coverage, MSNBC.com cited research that Phoebe Jones MAIPD ‘24 conducted as a student researcher for the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism (CTEC).

Coastal America: A Demographic and Economic Picture

Rachel Christopherson; Charles Colgan — 2025-04-17T15:27:41-0700

A new report by the Center for the Blue Economy funded by NOAA finds coastal America accounts for over one-third of both GDP and employment.

New MA in Interpretation for Diplomats and Executives Combines Advanced Language and Policy Studies

Sierra Abukins — 2025-04-09T10:30:30-0700

This customizable degree helps those working in international diplomacy and business enhance their interpretation skills while allowing them to take courses in global security, sustainability, and development.