Attend Fire Extinguisher Training on Tuesday July 9th!

Have you ever had to operate a fire extinguisher?  Would you know how to in an emergency? All faculty and staff are invited to attend annual fire extinguisher training on Tuesday July 9th.  You will learn to safely and confidently operate a fire extinguisher.  If desired, attendees will have an opportunity to use an extinguisher…Continue Reading Attend Fire Extinguisher Training on Tuesday July 9th!

NEH Enduring Questions grant for course development

Middlebury College was recently awarded a grant from the Enduring Questions program of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), which will enable development and implementation of a sophomore-level course focused on the enduring question “What is the good life and how do I live it?“.  The grant leadership team consists of Patricia Zupan (Italian),…Continue Reading NEH Enduring Questions grant for course development

Martha Woodruff Summer Seminar Funding

Martha Woodruff (Philosophy) has been accepted to participate in the Institute for the History of Philosophy at Emory University in June 2013, to support research for her second book. The topic of the institute, Renewing the Ancient Quarrel: Plato, Hegel, and Adorno, refers to what Plato called “the quarrel between philosophy and poetry” (Republic X)….Continue Reading Martha Woodruff Summer Seminar Funding

James Larrabee Awarded New NSF Grant

James Larrabee (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received a three-year research grant from the National Science Foundation through NSF’s Research in Undergraduate Institutions activity. This is Jim’s fifth NSF-RUI grant in his career. This grant provides funding to enable at least six undergraduate students to participate in his research, which should lead to a better understanding…Continue Reading James Larrabee Awarded New NSF Grant

Patricia Zupan Faculty Seminar, Transylvania University

Patricia Zupan (Italian) has been selected to participate this summer in a faculty seminar at Transylvania University in Kentucky, funded by the University’s Bingham Program for Excellence in Teaching. The seminar, titled Twenty-first Century Liberal Education: A Contested Concept, will involve faculty from liberal arts colleges around the country. The award covers all costs of…Continue Reading Patricia Zupan Faculty Seminar, Transylvania University