Parents who send their sons and daughters to this College, emeriti professors who want to know how those hallowed halls fare today and alumni whose thoughts sometimes turn to former professors and classmates  -- people keep in touch with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) for many reasons. We who now spend our days (and perhaps nights) here also want to keep in touch with our current and extended CALS family. CALS offers several ways to do that.

• "Sweet Surrender: Sugar Curbs Urged" Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2009
  
  
• "New taps may increase maple sap production" Vermont Public Radio, August 18, 2009
  
  
• "Snapshots: Lucien Paquette" Addison Country Independent, August 7, 2009
  
  
• "Do the Numbers Behind Calorie Counts Add Up?" Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences and Associate Provost Rachel Johnson provided the voice of skepticism in Carl Bialik's Wall Street Journal blog "The Numbers Guy" on July 7, 2009.
  
  
• "Like father, like son" Burlington Free Press, June 21, 2009, this is a story about our Dean, Tom Vogelmann and his father.
  
  
• "At Graduation it May be Grippe and Grin" Burlington Free Press, May 6, 2009, in one of history's most unusual CALS bits of publicity, in his role as Dean, Tom Vogelmann is asked how he'll handle handshaking in the "face" of a potential flu pandemic. "He noted that as of Tuesday, there were no confirmed cases in Vermont and that an 'explosive outbreak' in the next 10 days is 'unlikely.' At the ceremony, I plan to shake any hand that is offered and I look forward to celebrating the achievements of our graduating seniors,' Vogelmann wrote in an e-mail. 'That being said, I will follow standard procedures of not rubbing my eyes, and washing hands after the ceremony, the same as for any other year.'"
  
  
• "Avoiding Rash Decisions" by Dave Mance III in the Summer '09 issue of Northern Woodlands magazine begins with Plant Biologist and Professor Tom Vogelman saying, "Plants are in the business of making themselves inedible." He is quoted throughout the five - page feature.
  
  
• "This Week's Topic: Hosta of the Year 2009: 'Blue Mouse Ears'" WKBT TV April 30, 2009 includes Proessor Leonard Perry's Ten Top Hosta picks and reference to his famous "Perry's Perennial Pages" website.
  
  

CALS Newsletter - Keeping in Touch

CALS publishes a full color newsletter twice a year that is packed with photos and news of faculty, staff, students, alumni and others active in the College. It is a great record of proud accomplishments.

• Winter
• Summer
• Spring
  
• Past Newsletters
  

Department Newsletters

Several CALS departments publish their own newsletters to students, parents and alums affiliated with the department majors.

• The " Animal Science Newsletter"
• Center for Rural Studies " Rural Developments"
• Community Development and Applied Economics "CDAE Compass"
  • Master of Public Administration Program "Beyond the Green"
• Environmental Program " Bittersweet Vine and " Bittersweet Notes"
• The " MMG Newsletter"
• Plant Biology " Leaflets" published each autumn and updated news on the department Web page
• Plant and Soil Science " Tiller" published in the fall.