Academic Excellence

Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Equity & Justice, Faculty, Politics & Government

The Economic Impact of Roe v. Wade

Caitlin Myer’s work on the economics of abortion laws was recently featured in New York Times.

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Middlebury College, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Academic Excellence, Experience, Politics & Government, Science & Tech

A Game to Fight Radicalization

Middlebury’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) and the educational game designer iThrive will collaborate on a new simulation game and curriculum designed to build resilience among adolescents and give them the tools to recognize and reject overtures from violent extremist recruiters.

Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Faculty, Science & Tech

Midd.data Presents: Liberal Arts for an Information Age with Eric Schmidt

Explore how liberal arts colleges might adapt to a rapidly changing world marked by the rise of big data.

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Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Faculty, Science & Tech

Seeking the Small-Town Life

Peter Nelson, professor of geography at Middlebury College, and Cheryl Morse, associate professor of geography at theUniversity of Vermont, used cell phone data in a new research project to track migration in Vermont.

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2020s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Access, Athletics, Experience, Philanthropy, Students

Appreciating Opposites: A Texan Embraces Difference at Middlebury

by LeeCharles McNeil ’23

LeeCharles McNeil ’23 credits Middlebury with exposing him to “viewpoints and belief systems that…I never knew existed.” In this piece, he reflects on how coming to Middlebury has changed him for the better. LeeCharles is a recipient of the Barbara and John Tormondsen ’82 Scholarship.

2020s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Access, Experience, Science & Tech, Students

Student Research Spotlight: Sea Minks of Maine

by Olivia Olson ’21.5

Olivia Olson ’21.5 shares her summer research about extinct sea minks in Maine, and how her work can help inform preservation practices for other species.

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Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Experience, Faculty, Science & Tech

Demystifying Data

Middlebury economics professor Caitlin Myers, along with history professor Kathryn Morse, is directing an initiative titled , with a goal of making digital methods and data science lessons widely available to students, regardless of their intended major.

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2020s, Language Schools, Academic Excellence, Arts, Language, Culture, Philanthropy

A Gift for Hebrew Education

The Middlebury School of Hebrew has received a $1.17 million donation from the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation.

Bread Loaf School of English, Academic Excellence, Faculty

An Exemplary Educator

Beverly Moss, director of the Bread Loaf Teacher Network, has won the 2021 Conference on College Composition and Communication Exemplar Award.

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