News Stories /institute/ en From Nepal to New York City, Students Complete Practicum Projects This Fall /institute/academics/experiential-learning-study-abroad/experiential-learning-and-study-abroad-news/nepal-new Almost 50 Middlebury Institute students are practicum this semester spending their time and gaining invaluable skills in locations all over the globe from Alaska to Kenya.  2025-10-09T13:16:02-0700 Julia Tucker 45630 Field Work: Alum Launches Web Platform to Expand Accessibility in Localization /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/field-work-alum-launches-web-platform-expand-accessibility For their practicum, Emilia Primavera developed LinguaInclusa, a web platform with resources for localization teams to make content and products more accessible to people with disabilities. 2025-10-01T13:57:58-0700 Angela Izi Nkusi 45462 Experiential Learning Trip Provides Valuable Experience Navigating Trade and Diplomacy Challenges /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/experiential-learning-trip-provides-valuable-experience Applied research projects in Thailand and Vietnam helped Marisa Jones get published and launch her career in international trade. 2025-09-29T13:29:57-0700 Caitlin Fillmore 45402 Sharing the Risk of Climate Impacts: insurance for infrastructure in the State of Maine /institute/academics/centers-initiatives/center-blue-economy/about-center-blue-economy/cbe-news/sharing-risk Investigating the feasibility of a public infrastructure insurance facility is now being undertaken by Dr. Colgan, Director of Research at the Center for the Blue Economy, following up on the climate vulnerability and infrastructure adaptation studies undertaken by the Center around the U.S. over the past decade.  2025-09-26T12:54:26-0700 Rachel Christopherson; Charles Colgan 45525 From AI to Instability: Navigating a Career in Global Affairs at a Time of Upheaval /institute/news/ai-instability-navigating-career-global-affairs-time-upheaval Dr. Katharine Petrich shares how the newly launched master’s degrees in global governance and threat intelligence prepare students to handle today’s pressing geopolitical challenges. 2025-09-23T10:11:20-0700 Katharine Petrich 45439 Field Work: Student Publishes Rising Leaders Handbook with Advice from Localization Leaders /institute/news/field-work-student-publishes-rising-leaders-handbook-advice-localization-leaders For her final graduate research project, Yiqing Lu went beyond consulting the research literature; she interviewed today’s localization leaders, compiling results into a handbook of leadership insights for young professionals.  2025-09-17T09:55:07-0700 Angela Izi Nkusi 45384 Hermetic Hatred: How Antisemitism's Architectural Framework Survives Theology, Politics, and Progress /institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec/ctec-publications/hermetic-hatred-how-antisemitisms This article examines antisemitism not as sporadic prejudice, but as a sophisticated ideological architecture that has preserved its structural integrity across nearly two millennia while adapting its surface manifestations to diverse historical contexts.  2025-09-01T06:27:06-0700 Michael S. Broschowitz 45467 Middlebury to conclude graduate programs in Monterey, California /institute/news/middlebury-conclude-graduate-programs-monterey-california 2025-08-29T13:15:56-0700 aegert@middlebury.edu 45466 Field Work: An Experiential Learning Trip to Costa Rica Inspires Student’s Exploration of Migration Narratives /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/field-work-experiential-learning-trip-costa-rica-inspires International development student Neshae Johnson explored the power of compassionate action through multimedia storytelling highlighting organizations that use this approach in serving migrants from South America. 2025-08-28T11:21:36-0700 Caitlin Fillmore 45461 Perspective: What I Learned about AI Integration into Translation Processes as an Intern at the Red Cross /institute/news/perspective-what-i-learned-about-ai-integration-translation-processes-intern-red-cross Alum Ismenia Miranda found that terminology work pushes the edges of what AI can do right now—and highlights the essential skills of linguists in evolving translation and localization processes. 2025-08-28T11:19:22-0700 Ismenia Miranda MATLM ’25 45408