In June and July (and in time for the Language Schools!), LIS installed new audio/video projection systems in four classrooms that were lacking technology: Twilight Hall 305 (AXT 305) Chateau 110 (CHT 110) McCardell Bicentennial Hall 305 (MBH 305) Sunderland … Continue reading →…Continue Reading New Smart Classrooms & Renovations – AXT 305, CHT 110, MBH 305 plus Carr 005 and LIB140
In response to requests for late-night snack options, Dining Services recently installed a snack vending machine in Davis Family Library. You’ll find it on the Upper Level in print/copy room LIB303. Enjoy!
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Heidi Grasswick (Philosophy) has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to fund a project titled Trusting Knowledge: Agency, Dependence, and Responsible Knowing in a Scientific World. Starting from the premise that knowing agents’ social locations shape their possibilities for knowledge, it will develop a model that explores the need for, and limits…Continue Reading Heidi Grasswick: NSF Grant to Explore Trust in Science
Frank Winkler (Physics) has recently been awarded funding from the NASA-supported Space Telescope Science Institute for two research projects related to observations made from the Hubble Space Telescope earlier this year. The project Stellar Life and Death in M83: A Hubble-Chandra Perspective, in collaboration with an international team of scientists from the US and Australia…Continue Reading Frank Winkler: NASA Funding for Two Projects
Noah Graham (Physics) has been awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for work with collaborators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dartmouth College, Tübingen University in Germany, and Stellenbosch University in South Africa on a project titled Scattering Theory Casimir Methods and Coherent Structures in the Early Universe. The project, which…Continue Reading Noah Graham: NSF Grant for Collaborative Work
Don’t miss out! There is still time to fit in some learning before fall semester leaps out from behind the nearest patch of sunflowers… Visit go/lisworkshops to view our schedule and get signed up for topics of interest. You’ll find Drupal sessions to help you get your … Continue reading →…Continue Reading LIS Workshops – August
Sign your team up now (limited to the first 30 teams)! Come and have some fun! • $15 per person ($60 per team) Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Nine-hole Captain and Crew (four-person scramble) Check-in: starting at 3:45 p.m.* Shotgun start: 4:30 p.m. Dinner: in Kirk following golf Open to all faculty and staff; retirees are…Continue Reading Summer Employee Golf Tournament
I’m sharing great news! The Helpdesk has hired staff for our two open positions. We have hired Chris Anderson for the position of Computing Specialist II. Chris worked for the helpdesk while attending classes at Middlebury College (2006-2010). His start … Continue reading →…Continue Reading New Employees on the Helpdesk
Andy Shaindlin is the current AVP for Alumni Relations & Annual Giving at Carnegie Mellon, and has mentioned MiddSTART on his Alumni Futures blog – 21 Examples of Crowdsourced Fundraising Platforms. MiddSTART is our microphilanthropy program that runs on a … Continue reading →…Continue Reading MiddSTART Recognized