Category: Midd Points

The Week’s Headlines

  • Author By Jason Cable
  • Publication date August 29, 2014

Here are the week’s headlines from the News Room: Middlebury’s Mahaney Center for the Arts Announces 2014-2015 Season Students Lend Expertise to Help Preserve a Piece of Town History New Book Gives Voice to Tolstoy’s Wife Middlebury Launches New Athletics Website Journalist Freed from Qaeda Affiliate is Middlebury Alumnus View past stories by visiting the…Continue Reading The Week’s Headlines

Lunch time Learning: Library Services & Resources at Middlebury

Wed. Sept. 3rd, noon – 1pm, Davis Family Library Computer Lab (DFL 105) – lower level.  Drop-ins welcome or sign-up online (use the last box to tell us if there is something specific you want covered). Description: Bring your lunch to the library and learn about what we have to offer you and your family.  […]…Continue Reading Lunch time Learning: Library Services & Resources at Middlebury

New stuff for the New Year! Recently added to the Libraries’ collections

The libraries have purchased or subscribed to a bunch of new and wonderful resources over the summer (and late last academic year). Here are some of the highlights: The Bayeux Tapestry Journal of agriculture, food systems, and community development Japan Chronicle Oxford Biblical Studies Online Torrossa’s EIO Italian Studies  – Casalini’s online platform of European […]…Continue Reading New stuff for the New Year! Recently added to the Libraries’ collections

HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

  • Author By Jason Cable
  • Publication date August 25, 2014

There are currently 5 faculty positions, 40 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and  6 internal job postings on the Middlebury College employment opportunities web sites. Employment Quick Links: Faculty Employment Opportunities: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/administration/prospective_faculty/employment Staff Employment Opportunities: go/staff-jobs (on campus),http://go.middlebury.edu/staff-jobs (off campus) Please note – to view only internal staff postings, please use the internal posting…Continue Reading HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

Peter Nelson receives NSF funding for international collaboration

Peter Nelson (Geography) and a colleague at Point Park University have received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled International Rural Gentrification; research teams from the United Kingdom and France are also funded through their own respective national funding agencies. The entire project is part of the Open Research Area…Continue Reading Peter Nelson receives NSF funding for international collaboration

Catherine Combelles awarded an NIH R15 research grant

Catherine Combelles (Biology) has been awarded an R15 research grant through the National Institutes of Health’s AREA (Academic Research Enhancement Award) program. This grant will support work to determine the effects of endocrine-disrupting compounds on the oocyte and the ovarian follicle, the structure that nurtures the developing oocyte. Because the health of adults, neonates, fetuses,…Continue Reading Catherine Combelles awarded an NIH R15 research grant

Susan Burch and Tara Affolter awarded AALAC funding

Susan Burch (American Studies) and Tara Affolter (Education Studies), with colleagues from Barnard, Haverford, Macalester, Oberlin, Vassar, and Scripps, have been awarded funding from the AALAC consortium (Alliance for the Advancement of Liberal Arts Colleges), the successor to the  Mellon 23 program, for a collaborative workshop that will be held at Barnard in the fall…Continue Reading Susan Burch and Tara Affolter awarded AALAC funding