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04/25/2024

Introducing the Planetary Health Initiative

Consider your breath. In that inrush of air you bring oxygen to your lungs, keeping you alive. It’s the same air that covers the whole planet—oxygen produced by green life. The intricate interplay that we call the environment is not scenery; it’s the fundamental health care system. ...

aerial view of UVM campus, Lake Champlain, and the Adirondack Mountains beyond

01/11/2024

2023-2024 Jean S. Garvin Fellows Announced

The UVM Center on Disability & Community Inclusion (CDCI) and the UVM College of Education and Social Services (CESS) are pleased to announce six new Jean S. Garvin Research Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. This year's fellows are planning to research a wide range of topics...

A pale-skinned young woman with wavy dark hair falling to her shoulders stands in a shady glen, smiling gently at the camera.

11/28/2023

UVM researchers and Vermont Agency of Education partner to create community schools

A piece of legislation passed in 2021 and an outside-the-box research partnership between UVM researchers and the Vermont Agency of Education could change the narrative of what school are and what we want them to be in Vermont. Act 67, known as the Vermont Community Schools Act, gets...

11/09/2023

Advancing Equity and Excellence in Early Childhood Education

For her work to advance equity and excellence in early childhood education in Vermont and across the country, the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC) honored UVM Assistant Professor Kaitlin Northey at its...

Kaitlin Northey receiving her award from VTAEYC Executive Director Sharron Harrington and NAEYC CEO Michelle Kang. (Photo: Katie Titterton)

10/17/2023

UVM Curriculum and Instruction Program Revamps Approach, Welcomes New Scholar

UVM's Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction develops innovative leaders in teaching, curriculum theory and development, and related areas of research for schools and other educational settings. Students can pursue specialization tracks in Education for Sustainability, Reading and...

UVM Curriculum and Instruction program faculty

09/22/2023

New Faculty Bring International Perspective and Vermont Expertise to UVM Social Work Programs

With their distinctive backgrounds and expertise, Dr. Simon Chan and Cassie Gillespie strengthen a strong core of internationally recognized scholar-researchers preparing UVM graduate and undergraduate students for transformative social work practice. “We’re truly delighted to expand...

Simon Chan and Cassie Gillespie

09/21/2023

UVM Disability Center Collaborates on $10 Million Economic Outcomes Grant

The UVM Center on Disability & Community Inclusion (CDCI) is taking part in a newly funded project to improve the lives of young Vermonters with disabilities.  On Thursday, September 14th, the U.S. Department of Education’s ...

A group of college students sit in a cafeteria eating lunch

09/20/2023

Developing Educational Leaders and Policy Researchers Across Vermont

UVM’s Department of Education welcomed the addition of two distinguished scholar-researchers to its master’s and doctoral programs in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies this fall. They arrive as both programs are transforming to facilitate easier access for prospective and current...

Rebecca Callahan, Matthew McCluskey, and Daniella Sutherland

09/14/2023

Improving Community Health and Wellbeing

This fall, two nationally recognized scholar-researchers join the team of accomplished faculty in UVM’s Master of Science in Counseling Program and the newly launched...

Anna Elliott and Robin Hausheer

05/02/2023

UVM Launches PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision

A nationwide shortage of clinical mental health and school counselors has led to increasing demand for effective training programs to help fulfill the need. UVM is working to address the issue with its newly launched...

Nancy Thacker Darrow, Aishwarya Joshi, Lance Smith, Jane Okech, and Julie Welkowitz

02/08/2023

Vermont School Leaders Awarded UVM Doctoral Scholarships

Two doctoral students making a difference in Vermont public schools are being recognized for their outstanding leadership in education. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies...

Monica Desrochers and Andrew Conforti

01/24/2023

UVM Human Development and Family Science Faculty Receive National Recognition

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) recently honored two faculty members in UVM's Human Development and Family Science Program. Dr. Christine Proulx received...

Christine Proulx and Jaz Routon

01/19/2023

Gund Institute Names 2023 Catalyst Award Winners

The Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont today announced $250,000 in Catalyst Awards for two new research projects tackling urgent U.S. water issues fueled by climate change.    These seed grants will launch new UVM research on U.S. water quality...

Top (L to R): Carol Adair and Raju Badireddy. Bottom: Leon Walls and Julia Perdrial.

11/02/2022

UVM Faculty Awarded $1.25 Million Grant to Prepare Higher Education Faculty Specializing in Social, Emotional-Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education

Funded by a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, UVM will launch Project RESILIENCY to train specialized and interdisciplinary leaders in the education of children and...

Justin Garwood, Shana Haines, Bernice Garnett, Colby Kervick, and Jessica Strollin-Goltzman

09/27/2022

Human Development and Family Science Program Welcomes New Scholars

Students interested in developing a deep interdisciplinary understanding of human development and how it informs skilled and ethical professional practice can find their calling in the Human Development and Family Science program within...

Chrstine Proulx and Jaz Routoon

09/24/2022

Social Work Professor Leads Research on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

For Dr. Jennifer Putney, the decision to join UVM and relocate to Vermont boiled down to the mission and the people. “I wholeheartedly believe in the mission and philosophy of the Department of Social Work as it is situated within the...

Jennifer Putney

09/20/2022

Challenging Inequity, Bias, and Classism in Education

During her undergraduate years at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, Dr. Brittany (Brit) M. Williams remembers when her first student affairs...

Brittany (Brit) Williams and UVM HESA Colleagues