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Southern California-based Soka University is exploring acquisition of the Middlebury Institute in Monterey.
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Southern California-based Soka University is exploring acquisition of the Middlebury Institute in Monterey.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 11, 2026

Leaders at Soka University of America, based in Orange County, are in exclusive negotiations with Middlebury College officials for the potenti…

Faculty at the Middlebury Institute are set to be laid off, but are not rolling over quite yet.
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Faculty at the Middlebury Institute are set to be laid off, but are not rolling over quite yet.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 14, 2025

Sara Rubin here, reflecting on the role of higher education institutions in our lives. If you’re a student or staff member, the impact is obvi…

The struggling Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey to shut down by June 2027.
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The struggling Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey to shut down by June 2027.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 4, 2025

By the end of June 2027, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey will be no more, and its last resident graduate student…

Breaking: Master's programs at MIIS will be phased out by June 2027, sealing the institution's fate.
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Breaking: Master's programs at MIIS will be phased out by June 2027, sealing the institution's fate.

  • David Schmalz
  • Aug 28, 2025

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey will be shutting down its master's programs by June 2027, Middlebury President I…

The future of MIIS will be announced to faculty and staff this afternoon.
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The future of MIIS will be announced to faculty and staff this afternoon.

  • David Schmalz
  • Aug 28, 2025

The future of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey has been in question since July 1, Middlebury College President Ia…

Middlebury’s new president raises questions about the future of MIIS in Monterey.
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Middlebury’s new president raises questions about the future of MIIS in Monterey.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jul 24, 2025

On July 1, his first day on the job, Middlebury College President Ian Baucom shared a video message of “greeting and gratitude” with the campu…

High schoolers commit to tackling the existential threat of nuclear war.
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High schoolers commit to tackling the existential threat of nuclear war.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 3, 2023

Aug. 6 and 9 mark 78 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Maybe the severity of those atrociti…

Middlebury Institute offers a subtitling class for translators, video content creators and more.
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Middlebury Institute offers a subtitling class for translators, video content creators and more.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Mar 23, 2023

No one grows up thinking: I want to write subtitles for a living. Yet, “video content creation is skyrocketing,” says Max Troyer, an associate…

Squidfry 01.14.21: Cutouts Cut Out
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Squidfry 01.14.21: Cutouts Cut Out

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  • Jan 14, 2021

CUTOUTS CUT OUT… Squid cautiously left the lair on Sunday, Jan. 10, in search of fresh fish for a batch of Grammy Squid’s world-famous cioppin…

Former Coastal Commission chief offers sobering view of the future of our coast.
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Former Coastal Commission chief offers sobering view of the future of our coast.

  • David Schmalz
  • Apr 28, 2017

With climate change driving sea levels ever-higher, the challenges facing California's coast over the coming decades are grave, and there is n…

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