Professors Sarah Stroup and Caitlin Meyers continue to host this popular webinar series that debuted in the spring of 2020. These 45-minute webinars offer attendees glimpse into the impressive and varied work being done by Middlebury’s faculty. Please register in advance to receive a zoom link.

Visit the Faculty at Home website for additional information on topics and dates. This page also has a link to register to receive a zoom link to the events. If you log in a few minutes early, you may introduce yourself (via the chat), and see who else is in the virtual audience.

Professors Sarah Stroup and Caitlin Meyers continue to host this popular webinar series that debuted in the spring of 2020. These 45-minute webinars offer attendees glimpse into the impressive and varied work being done by Middlebury’s faculty. Please register in advance to receive a zoom link.

Visit the Faculty at Home website for additional information on topics and dates. This page also has a link to register to receive a zoom link to the events. If you log in a few minutes early, you may introduce yourself (via the chat), and see who else is in the virtual audience.

Hairwork, ekphrastic poetry, Aristotle and Alexander, the rhetoric of white supremacy, conspiracy and disinformation — these are the topics brought to you by Middlebury’s esteemed faculty this spring 2021. Please visit the Faculty at Home webinar website for additional information on the next two: Jason Blazakis on May 6th and Glenn Andres on June 8. If you missed one, recordings are available on this website about a week after the event.

Tuesday, April 27 – 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET

A presentation of four new initiatives that illustrate Middlebury’s strategic framework. 

Public Humanities Labs Initiative – Presented by Marion Wells, Henry N. Hudson Professor of English and American Literatures and Co-Director of the Axinn Center for the Humanities and Febe Armanios, Professor of History and Co-Director of the Axinn Center for the Humanities

Bread Loaf Beyond the Page – Presented by Emily Bartels, Dean of the Bread Loaf School of English and Craig Maravich, Program Director, Beyond the Page and Assistant Visiting Professor of Theatre

Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies for Undergrads – Presented by Jeff Knopf, Professor and Program Chair, Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies and Jessica Varnum, Deputy Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Adjunct Professor

midd.data – Presented by Kathy Morse, Professor of History and John C. Elder Professor in Environmental Studies and Caitlin Myers, John G. McCullough Professor of Economics

Click here to register in advance for this webinar.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Sponsored by the Provost’s Office.  For additional information, contact Gail Borden – gborden@middlebury.edu.

Hairwork, ekphrastic poetry, Aristotle and Alexander, the rhetoric of white supremacy, conspiracy and disinformation — these are the topics brought to you by Middlebury’s esteemed faculty this spring 2021. Please visit the Faculty at Home webinar website for additional information on this series. The series runs about every other week through early May.

Professor Caitlin Myers and Sarah Stroup are continuing to host this popular series of lectures by Middlebury faculty this fall (via Zoom). Faculty from a variety of fields, from the College and the Institute, speak for 20-25 minutes on important and engaging topics, followed by a moderated Q & A. Check the schedule and join us by registering. Additional information is available at the Faculty at Home website.

September 24 – 4:15 – 5:00 p.m ET

Jason Grant, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Alex Lyford, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Hosted by Caitlin Myers, John G. McCullough Professor of Economics

Big data are ubiquitous. Although this may not come as a surprise, you may be surprised at how easy these data are to access without any specialized technical skills! In this talk, we’ll begin by showing the power of accessing big data and the ease at which it can be done by the layperson. We’ll then discuss the pros and cons of the availability of such data and provide examples of each. Finally, we’ll talk about decisionmaking based on big data in facial recognition and how it will affect the future of humankind.

Jason Grant is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science. His research areas include computer vision and biometrics, with emphasis on detecting dangerous and abnormal crowd behavior in large crowds, especially at sporting events and mega-concerts.

Alex Lyford is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics, and he has been at Middlebury College since 2017. He recieved a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Georgia, and his research areas of interest are machine learning, text analysis, statistics education, and math games.

Visit the Faculty at Home website to register for this (free) webinar.