Jeff Munroe awarded Franklin Grant from the American Philosophical Society

Jeff Munroe (Geology) has been awarded a Franklin Grant from the American Philosophical Society for a project titled Developing a Record of Holocene Environmental Change from an Idaho Ice Cave. The grant will cover field research expenses for Jeff and … Continue reading Continue Reading Jeff Munroe awarded Franklin Grant from the American Philosophical Society

Tom and Pat Manley awarded grant from the Lintilhac Foundation

Tom & Pat Manley (Geology) have received a grant from the Lintilhac Foundation for a project titled High-Resolution Bottom Mapping of Lake Champlain. This grant provides funding to begin a long term effort to update the 2005 bottom bathymetric map … Continue reading Continue Reading Tom and Pat Manley awarded grant from the Lintilhac Foundation

David West awarded Whiting Foundation fellowship

David West (Geology) has been awarded a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for a project titled Exploring Iceland’s Active Geology. The grant will support ten days of field investigation in Iceland that will enrich his teaching of structural geology, … Continue reading Continue Reading David West awarded Whiting Foundation fellowship

Open House Nights at the College Observatory – Spring 2015

The Physics Department at Middlebury College will again host Open House nights at the College Observatory this spring. The observatory, located atop McCardell Bicentennial Hall, will be open to the public for viewing the heavens on Friday evenings, May 1 … Continue reading Continue Reading Open House Nights at the College Observatory – Spring 2015

Friday Links for November 21, 2014

Historic first landing on a comet! Check out the ESA Rosetta project page http://rosetta.esa.int/ or read a summary at NPR.org NPR 10 bad technology decisions that can come back to haunt you – As organizations build their tech roadmap for the years ahead, the wrong choices and strategies could have unfortunate repercussions. Here are some […]…Continue Reading Friday Links for November 21, 2014