Long-Form

CTEC's J-Term’s Mentorship Continues to Shine with Undergrads Presenting in DC

Ian Driscoll — 2024-02-22T15:31:13-0800

Middlebury Team Makes Finals of National Anti-Extremism Competition

Mark C. Anderson — 2024-02-20T10:28:21-0800

A multidisciplinary group of Institute students traveled to D.C. to present the AI tool they developed in the national finals of Invent2Prevent.

$2 Million Gift Will Fund Expansion of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism

Office of Advancement — 2023-05-24T16:21:31-0700

The gift will support staff positions and senior research scholars, giving CTEC the flexibility to recruit and retain an exceptional team, and positioning the center to identify and address threats to national security.

From Coursework to Changing Lives, a Class Project Becomes a Force against Violent Extremism

Caroline Crawford — 2022-11-17T02:59:01-0800

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.

Sink or Swim, Twitter Users in Uncertain Waters After Elon Musk Takeover

Andrew Cassel — 2022-11-07T11:39:01-0800

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.

CTEC Partners with Meta to Support White House Initiative to Combat Violent Extremism

Sierra Abukins — 2022-10-19T02:25:12-0700

The partnership was announced during President Biden’s United We Stand summit at the White House.

Recently Published: Russian Poetry Translations, Online Terror Financing, Decolonizing the Classroom, and More

Jessie Raymond — 2022-10-05T13:41:45-0700

Recent writing credits by members of the Institute community include Russian-to-English poetry translations, a report on far-right online terror financing, an article about an experiment in decolonizing the classroom, and more.

CTEC is Working on First-of-its-Kind Social Media Database on Far-Right Movements

Stephen Diehl — 2022-09-29T11:42:48-0700

With funding from Logically, the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) will create a major new social media data resource to better understand how extremists organize, form narratives, and advance disinformation in the radicalization process.

Professor Philipp Bleek Appointed to National Academy of Sciences Study on Preventing WMD Terrorism

Jason Warburg — 2022-03-24T10:20:12-0700

Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Philipp Bleek will serve as an expert on a forthcoming National Academy of Sciences study on assessing and improving strategies for countering the threat of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) terrorism.

Students Advance to Finals in Anti-Extremism Competition

ecipriani@middlebury.edu — 2022-02-07T09:52:23-0800

Students representing the Institute have advanced to the finals of Invent2Prevent, a national competition where students build solutions that combat hate, bias, and extremism.