Middlebury

Middlebury College, founded in 1800, is a Vermont-based undergraduate educational institution known for its leadership in language education, international studies, and environmental studies. The college offers its students a broad curriculum embracing the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences.

In addition to the undergraduate college, Middlebury operates the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, a leading international professional graduate school based in Monterey, California; the Middlebury C.V. Starr Schools Abroad in 17 countries and 38 cities around the globe; the Middlebury Language Schools, which celebrated their centennial in 2015 and educate 1,500 students each summer in Vermont; the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English, founded in 1920 and offering summer classes in Ripton, Vermont; Oxford, England; and Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences in Ripton, Vermont; and the Middlebury School of the Environment in Kunming and Dali, China.

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Reproducing results can increase trust in scientific studies. Huntstock via Getty Images

Reproducibility may be the key idea students need to balance trust in evidence with healthy skepticism

How do you ensure scientific research can be trusted? The concept of reproducibility can help.
Estudos mostram que dedicar um “tempo para mim” não é uma receita para a solidão e pode aumentar criatividade e bem-estar emocional. FotoDuets/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Ficar sozinho tem seus benefícios, em atitude que contraria alertas sobre “epidemia de solidão”

Os americanos estão passando mais tempo sozinhos. Ao contrário dos temores sobre uma “epidemia de solidão”, muitos deles consideram a solidão essencial para seu bem-estar.
Philosophically, there’s more to many superhero movies than first meets the eye. Daniel Fung/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Learning ethics − one Marvel movie at a time

Marvel movies like ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Infinity War’ are the starting point for this ethics seminar.
Fachada da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, que reserva 45% de suas vagas para candidatos de baixa renda e minorias: as instituições brasileiras de ensino superior enfrentam o difícil compromisso de expandir o acesso para estudantes desfavorecidos sem reduzir o valor de seus diplomas. Foto: Mathilde Missioneiro/Folhapress

Democratização do ensino: os desafios e dilemas das ações afirmativas nas universidades públicas brasileiras

As universidades de elite brasileiras enfrentam o difícil compromisso de expandir o acesso para estudantes desfavorecidos sem reduzir o valor de seus diplomas
Could removing Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism alleviate the plight of the impoverished nation? Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

Biden’s move to remove Cuba from terror list continues ‘yo-yo’ policy likely to be reversed by Trump

Incoming Trump administration is set to adopt a more hawkish stance on Cuba-US relations – but a more targeted sanctions approach may pressure Havana without hurting the island’s impoverished people.

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