News About CALS
Parents who sent 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.
The Annual Report of the
Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station and UVM Extension
Once a year CALS publishes the annual report of state- and
federally-funded research and outreach conducted by its two land-grant
institutions: the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station and
University of Vermont Extension. The report is a 14-page showcase of
research benefitting Vermonters.
CALS in the Media
CALS accomplishments attract a lot of media attention on their own.
National, even International media attention is common at CALS almost
every day. And of course CALS is an active member of the local
community and a key player in the state of Vermont.
- " Big
Ideas! Saving the Farm" by Candace Page, March 30,
Burlington Free Press. UVM CALS Alum Andrew Meyer and his mentor
Mingruo Guo.
- " Former
Refugees Get A Boost" Jan. 21, 2008, Burlington Free
Press. Supriya Serchan is credited with launching a no-interest loan
program for former refugees in cooperation with the Vermont Refugee
Resettlement Program at a festive multicultural celebration and dinner
for 130 people. Serchan is a senior majoring in community
entrepreneurship in the College. VRRP director Judy Scott paid Serchan
the highest compliment, saying she is the real entrepreneur
here, "Supriya goes to other people for advice, but she is the one
person who makes things happen." In turn, Serchan recalled wisdom from
Professor Jane Kolodinsky: "If you help one family to fulfill their
dreams of becoming an entrepreneur, you are helping many families
because the family you helped will need support when their business
expands."
- " When
it Comes to Milk, Some Dairy Farmers Seek a Raw Deal.
Rutland Herald/Times Argus article Jan. 18, 2008 about the proposal
unveiled before the State Legislature the previous day to abolish the
cap on farmers' on-farm raw milk sales and also allow them to advertise
the product. Professor Catherine Donnelly was quoted throughout the
piece by Peter Hirschfeld warning of consumption of potential
pathogens, especially by people whose immune systems are not healthy.
She asks of the bill before lawmakers, "What are we going to do to
protect at-risk consumers from the potential dangers associated with
this product?"
- " It’s a
Lobsterman’s Life for Warren (RI) Resident” Although he’s
a UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences senior working on a
double major in Community International Development and Community
Entrepreneurship, the 20-year-old already finds his right livelihood as
captain of his own lobster boat. When he’s not in school, he’s putting
in 12-hour days beginning at 3 a.m.
- Losing
Winter... E Magazine editor Jim Motavelli tapped UVM
Proctor Maple Research Center Director Tim Perkins on the the warming
trend's effect on maple trees, the role of technology in maintaining
syrup production levels and the ways the Canadian government policies
affect the world market for maple -- all part of his January/February
'08 cover story.
- " Where
There's a Will There's a Whey" Bruce Edwards tells the
story of how UVM alum Andrew Meyer '92, launched two businesses:
Vermont Soy and Vermont Natural Wood Coatings of Hardwick. Meyer
credits the ideas for his his whey-based products to "University of
Vermont professor Mingruo Guo of the Department of Nutrition and Food
Sciences...(who) filed for a patent and licensed the formula to Meyer
for the North American market." Dec. 30, 2007. Rutland Herald and Times
Argus.
- " Made
in Vermont: 'Green' Wood Finishes Jack Thurston for WCAX
-TV, Dec. 28, 2007 featured Andrew Meyer's "Vermont Natural Wood
Coatings" business launched in Hardwick in 2007, based on more than
five years of University of Vermont research. While the article doesn't
cite CALS' Ming Ruo Guo, it links to the company's website,
which in several places credits Guo's research finding uses for
whey Andrew Meyer '92, is a member of the College's advisory board
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.
Department Newsletters
Several CALS departments publish their own newsletters to students,
parents and alums affiliated with the department majors. They are:
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