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Transportation Center Awarded $1 Million for Workforce Development Project
Apr 30, 2008 |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the University of Vermont's Transportation Research Center (TRC) has been awarded $979,829 as part of a $1.01 million workforce development project to help develop innovative programs to attract and retain skilled workers in the transportation sector of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. |
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UVM, Community Partners Recognized for Collaborations
Apr 30, 2008 |
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The Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning held its CUPS Annual Recognition Reception on April 29 to recognize faculty, students and community partners who excelled in creating community-based learning opportunities that both enhance student learning and meet real community needs. |
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Slade Hall Wins Inaugural Sustainability Contest
Apr 22, 2008 |
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The residents of Slade Hall won the university’s inaugural sustainability contest, a byproduct of the Jan. 31 Focus the Nation event on climate change, for their project titled, “A Slade Guide to Innovative, Do-It-Yourself Solutions for Reducing Carbon Footprints.” |
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Researchers on Belize Expedition Search for New Species, Blog Findings
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Kurt M. Pickett, assistant professor of biology, and colleague James M. Carpenter of the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, are currently conducting a natural history expedition across Belize. The pair arrived on April 20 and will stay through May 4 to collect species of social wasps from this under-investigated country in Central America. |
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Former UVM Professor Returns to Defend Bush Doctrine
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Former political science professor Robert Kaufman, now a public policy professor at Pepperdine University, gave a standing-room-only crowd in the Sugar Maple Ballroom of the Dudley H. Davis Center exactly what they expected from the well known conservative thinker: A well researched, unapologetic defense of George W. Bush’s decision to start and finish the war in Iraq. |
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Stretch Therapies May Help Heal Injured Tissue
Apr 23, 2008 |
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For ten years, Dr. Helene Langevin's translational research has focused on acupuncture and the mechanisms at work in connective tissue. Her latest publication in the Journal of Cellular Physiology reports an important finding; in a mouse model, stretching decreased the fibrotic response to injury and helped maintain functionality. |
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Pell-Eligible Vermonters to Receive Full Tuition Scholarships, Beginning with Incoming Class
Apr 16, 2008 |
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The University of Vermont will offer grants and scholarships covering all tuition and fees to Vermont undergraduates eligible for Federal Pell Grants, beginning with the 2008 entering fall class, the university has announced. The Pell Grant program offers need-based grants to students with the greatest financial need, determined by a federally-regulated financial formula. |
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Levin Named Vermont Cancer Center Interim Director
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Frederick Morin, dean of the University of Vermont College of Medicine, has announced that Bernard Levin has agreed to serve as interim director of the Vermont Cancer Center (VCC). Levin will begin serving in this position in early May on a part-time basis. He will replace John Fogarty, who has served as interim director of the VCC for the past 18 months. |
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Library Test Drives New Acquisition System
Apr 09, 2008 |
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With a collection of books that exceeds 1.3 million titles, Bailey/Howe Library — like other academic libraries — holds a sizable number of books that never make it off the stacks and out the front door. |
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Got (Chocolate) Milk?
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Rachel Johnson, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is the co-author of a new study on children’s flavored milk consumption, released in the April 1 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. |
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Leading Jazz Trumpeter to Join UVM Faculty
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Trumpeter, percussionist, arranger, and jazz educator Ray Vega, one of the country’s leading jazz and Latin jazz musicians, will join the music department faculty in the fall of 2008 |
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Faculty Member Wins Vermont Campus Compact Award
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Hendrika Maltby, associate professor of nursing, is the winner of the 2008 Vermont Campus Compact Excellence in Community-Based Teaching Award. The award, presented on March 18 at a ceremony at the Davis Center, is given to one faculty member from a VCC-member campus who has made public service an integral part of their teaching, to the benefit of both students and community. |
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