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<title>2013-05-22 - MBF Bioscience Wins Prestigious Tibbetts Award in Recognition of Outstanding Innovation Research</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MBF Bioscience received a prestigious Tibbetts Award during a ceremony at the White House on May 16. The Tibbetts Award recognizes MBF Bioscience for a number of accomplishments including: technological innovation, serving federal Research and Development needs, encouraging diverse participation, and increasing the practical commercial use of federal research.]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-22 - VT EPSCoR Awardees create website to track global happiness based on tweets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chris Danforth (left) and Peter Dodds, associate professors of mathematics at UVM, look at their hedonometer, which measures public emotions by analyzing words used on Twitter.]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-20 - Audio: Hot in My Backyard, This American Life</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After years of being stuck, the national conversation on climate change finally started to shift - just a little - last year, the hottest year on record in the U.S., with Hurricane Sandy flooding the New York subway, drought devastating Midwest farms, and California and Colorado on fire. Lots of people were wondering if global warming had finally arrived, here at home. This week, stories about this new reality. ]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-20 - 2013 Vermont EPSCoR Annual State Meeting Presentations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Presentations from the 2013 VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting are now available on the Vermont EPSCoR website.]]></description>
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<title>Out for trout in Lake Champlain - BurlingtonFreePress.com</title>
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<title>2013-05-17 - 2013 VT EPSCoR Conference photos posted on Facebook</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The first round of photos from the Vermont EPSCoR annual state meeting have been posted to Facebook.  More photos coming soon.......]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-17 - STEM Internships Get CCV Students Out In Nature and Into Laboratories</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Gullerat, along with three other CCV students, has been selected by Vermont EPSCoR to work as an intern this summer in the organization's Research on Adaptation to Climate Change (RACC) program. According to Vermont EPSCoR's Center for Workforce Development and Diversity Director Miranda Lescaze, the four students will be working in watershed areas around the state collecting water samples, analyzing data, answering research questions, and creating final presentations that in the end will give them, and the state, a better grasp on the challenges climate change poses for the region.]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-15 - CHS Scientists Win Recognition for Contributions to Climate Change Research!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Three Colchester High School students have been recognized for their contributions to climate change research as a result of their extensive and impressive work with the University of Vermont's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Research on Adaptation to Climate Change (RACC) project!]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-13 - Registration Closes Today: VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting - May 16th 2013</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Registration for the VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting closes today (May 13th, 2013) at 4 p.m. 

We invite you to join us for the VT EPSCoR Research on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin (RACC) Annual State Meeting, a 1-day meeting comprised of scientific presentations, posters and networking opportunities. 
 
Visitors from the National Science Foundation, Congressional Offices, State and Local Agencies, Researchers, Private Sector, Graduate and Undergraduate Students will be present to share progress and provide updates on the second year of the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) project. ]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-09 - RACC Q1 Team Present Their Work at the LCBP Spring Meeting.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Members of the VT EPSCoR Question 1 team presented their work to the LCBP technical advisory committee at the LCBP spring meeting. RACC Q1 Team Leader Andrew Schroth provided an overview of the Q1 overall progress as well as their plans for the upcoming field season. RACC Q1 team members Peter Isles and Courtney Giles provided talks about their research.]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-08 - Vermont EPSCoR visits the Vermont State House </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Vermont EPSCoR members visited the Vermont State House on May 7, 2013.  Legislators from around the state stopped by to learn about the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) research and VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) at Saint Michael's College integrated workforce development outreach programs for middle school teachers, high schools, undergraduates including disabled and military veterans. ]]></description>
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<title>2013-05-08 - Registration Open: VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting - May 16th 2013</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We invite you to join us for the VT EPSCoR Research on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin (RACC) Annual State Meeting, a 1-day meeting comprised of scientific presentations, posters and networking opportunities. 
 
Visitors from the National Science Foundation, Congressional Offices, State and Local Agencies, Researchers, Private Sector, Graduate and Undergraduate Students will be present to share progress and provide updates on the second year of the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) project. ]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-29 - Asim Zia (video) : Post-Kyoto Climate Governance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Post-Kyoto Climate Governance: Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge
Presenter: Asim Zia, Assistant Professor CDAE, UVM and Gund Fellow 
 
In his Gund tea, Asim discusses key findings from his recent research about the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and the transition into a post-Kyoto climate governance regime. He includes analysis from his recently published book, "Post-Kyoto Climate Governance: Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge", which is followed by a lively discussion about the current state of international climate policy. 
 
This event is part of the weekly Gund Tea Series, an opportunity for affiliates of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and the broader University community to engage in robust discussion about topical research, current events, and relevant theory. The Teas host visiting scholars and research associates from around the world, as well as some of the Gund's very own fellows & students. ]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-15 - RACC Seminar with Jen Stamp of Tetra Tech</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The video and slides from Jen Stamp's RACC seminar are now available.

The following topics were presented:
Vermont adaptation strategies,
EPA Regional Monitoring Networks,
Indicator analysis & freshwater biological traits database (macroinvertebrates)]]></description>
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<title>A New Climate-Health Program Readies Vermont for Global Warming Ills - Seven Days</title>
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<title>2013-04-15 - CWDD Symposium photos on Facebook</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Photos from the 2013 CWDD Symposium on April 4th, 2013 are not posted on Facebook.

Record attendance capped off the research year at the VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) 5th annual Student Research Symposium on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington, VT.  ]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-15 - Alan Betts: Climate Change Brings Many Surprises</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This winter in Pittsford was again warm. Very few days had minimum temperatures below -10F. Periods of cold and snowy weather alternated with thaws that melted the snow.

In winter, cold air temperatures freeze the water in the first foot or two of soil. The deep soil temperature stays near 45F, much warmer than the air in winter. When snow cover insulates the ground from the frigid air above, the upward flow of heat from the deep soil can start melting the frozen soil from below. This happened more than once last winter.

I keep track of how long my garden soil is frozen by taking a shovel to my rye cover crop. To my surprise, I was digging again this year on March 11, the same date as last year when the winter was exceptionally warm. This year the unbroken period of frozen soil lasted a remarkably short 55 days, a new record. By March 24, I had turned over all my cover crop and was ready for spring - but until this past week, it was still too cold to plant!]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-11 - RACC Work on Lake Champlain, photos provided by Jason Stockwell</title>
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<title>2013-04-11 - Record Attendance and Poster Winners Announced for the  5th Annual Vermont EPSCoR Student Research Symposium</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Record attendance capped off the research year at the VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) 5th annual Student Research Symposium on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington, VT.  

Over 150 persons attended the symposium which featured 36 high school students representing 12 Vermont school districts, and 3 districts outside Vermont including from as far away as Puerto Rico, in addition to 38 undergraduate students from six Vermont colleges including the Community College of Vermont, and two universities in Puerto Rico.  All of these students conducted research as a part of the Research on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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<title>Mares: Global Warming Challenge - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<title>2013-04-10 - RACC Member Katie Chang Presents Poster at New England Association of Environmental Biologists Conference</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RACC team member Katie Chang presented a poster entitled "Stewarding of Temperature and Stage Sensors by Citizen Scientists" at the 37th NEAEB conference in Lake Placid, NY.

The three-day conference provided a forum for presenting current work and research on pressing environmental issues relevant to the region. NEAEB brings established and developing professionals together from State and Federal government, academia, non-governmental organizations, and from other public and private sector institutions. Join us to present and share your work, and participate in discussions and workshops for improving our roles in environmental protection, conservation, and water resource management.]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-10 - Dr. Tom Manley, Middlebury College, provides photos and captions of recent activities related to the RACC project</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Tom Manley, Middlebury College, provides photos and captions of recent activities related to the RACC project]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-10 - Dr. Patrick Clemins - SBIR/STTR and VT EPSCoR SBIR Phase 0 grant process</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Patrick Clemins, Cyber Specialist for VT EPSCoR, along with Robert Davis of Stromatec, led a roundtable discussion on the SBIR/STTR and VT EPSCoR SBIR Phase 0 grant process at the 8th Annual Invention to Venture (I2V) Conference at the University of Vermont's Davis Center on the afternoon of April 4th, 2013. Attendees participated in one of nine roundtable discussions during three different sessions on topics such as how to build a business team, financial resources in Vermont, and intellectual property protection. Conversation at the SBIR/STTR/Phase 0 roundtable included how to find help in applying for an SBIR/STTR grant, the differences between SBIR/STTR grants and academic research grants such as those from NSF and NIH, how SBIR/STTR grants are reviewed, and the benefits of applying for a Vermont EPSCoR Phase 0 grant before submitting a proposal at the federal level.]]></description>
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<title>Work: Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Vermont Climatologist - Seven Days</title>
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<title>2013-04-10 - Post-Doctoral Position Vermont EPSCoR Program, University of Vermont Watershed Modeler</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A multi-year Post-Doctoral Research Associate position is available at the University of Vermont as part of a research study of Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin. We seek a post-doctoral associate with expertise in numerical hydrological modeling with computer programming expertise. The postdoctoral associate will work within an interdisciplinary team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and stake holders to address research questions about adaptation to climate change and develop an integrative assessment model. Additional information may be found at: http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/30.]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-02 - 2013 Vermont EPSCoR Annual State Meeting - May 16, 2013</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We invite you to join us for the VT EPSCoR Research on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin (RACC) Annual State Meeting, a 1-day meeting comprised of scientific presentations, posters and networking opportunities. 
 
Visitors from the National Science Foundation, Congressional Offices, State and Local Agencies, Researchers, Private Sector, Graduate and Undergraduate Students will be present to share progress and provide updates on the second year of the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) project.]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-02 - Patrick Clemins, Cyber Specialist, talking about internet2 in VT</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Joined today with Patric Climins, Cyber Specialist for Vermont's EPSCoR program.  We are talking about Internet2 which is free to Vermont schools.]]></description>
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<title>2013-04-02 - Vermont Internet2 SEGP: Imagine the Possibilities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Patrick Clemins Cyber Specialist Vermont EPSCoR Vermont Internet2 SEGP: Imagine the Possibilities CONNECT. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science ]]></description>
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<title>2013-03-26 - 15 University of Vermont Faculty, Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Associates Visit the National Science Foundation (NSF) on First-Ever NSF Visit Day</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fifteen faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral associates working on the VT EPSCoR research Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) traveled to the National Science Foundation (NSF) on March 7, 2013 to visit with 15 Program Directors encompassing a wide range of directorates to learn about new NSF initiatives and funding mechanisms.  The visit was designed to expose graduate students and post-doctoral associates to the National Science Foundation and acquaint the group members with funding opportunities as part of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) mentoring and career development efforts of VT EPSCoR. ]]></description>
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<title>2013-03-26 - Two UVM Undergraduate Collaborators Attend Limnology and Oceanography Conference</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Undergraduates Suzanne Ball (WFB '13) and Chelsea Mitchell (UVM '13) recently attended the 2013 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) "Aquatic Sciences Meeting" in New Orleans, Louisiana. Suzanne is a fisheries biology major in the Rubenstein School, and Chelsea is a biological science major in the College of Arts and Sciences. Since last May, the two have been conducting research on a freshwater shrimp that resides in Lake Champlain with guidance from Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory Director, Dr. Jason Stockwell.]]></description>
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<title>2013-03-22 - RACC Seminar Series with Dr. Andrea Pearce</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On March 21st, 2013 Vermont EPSCoR presented a seminar with Dr. Andrea Pearce of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at University of Vermont.  Her talk was entitled:
Unraveling associations between cyanobacteria blooms and in-lake environmental conditions in Missisquoi Bay.
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<title>2013-03-18 - RACC Members participate in Global Warming Conference hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders at Montpelier HS on March 16</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1262</link>
<description><![CDATA[On March 16, 2013 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hosted a conference to discuss how global warming is impacting Vermont. Sanders was joined by environmental experts who explored what can be done to reverse climate change. Author and environmental activist, Bill McKibben gave the keynote speech at the event. Sanders recently introduced bold climate change legislation which includes a tax on carbon and puts an end to subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.]]></description>
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<title>2013-03-05 - Governor's Institutes First-Ever Advanced Math Winter Weekend For Girls Huge Success</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1257</link>
<description><![CDATA[VT EPSCoR and the Governor's Institutes of Vermont partnered to host the first-ever Advanced Math Winter Weekend for Girls on Feburay 15-17 at Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vermont.
Fourteen girls, including students through the Vermont Refugee Resettlement program participated.

The Governor's Institutes of Vermont (GIV) creates fun, accelerated learning residencies on college campuses for Vermont teenagers. Since 1983, nearly 10,000 students have embraced the unique opportunity to deepen their educations through GIV, and GIV has become one of the longest-running Governor's schools in the country.

In 2004, the Vermont State Math Coalition partnered with GIV to create the Mathematical Sciences Institute. In the Advanced Mathematics for Girls Institute, the attendees explored advanced mathematical concepts in a hands-on way. Students explored fascinating things with advanced math and examined how mathematical principles apply to the world.

GIV holds winter weekends and summer week-long programs. GIV institutes focus on arts, engineering, information technology, environmental science and technology, mathematics, Asian cultures, and current issues and Youth Activism. For more information see www.giv.org.
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<title>2013-03-05 - Alan Betts - Accelerating climate change beings more extreme weather</title>
<link>http://alanbetts.com/writings/articles/accelerating-climate-change-brings-more-extreme-weather/</link>
<description><![CDATA[This winter we have been experiencing alternate periods of freezing and thawing. I thought my gardening was over for the year when the ground froze hard by Christmas, until heavy snow fell and insulated the ground. Air temperatures fell below minus 10 degrees at night, but under the snow my garden soil thawed again.

Then when temperatures rose to 50 degrees, the snow melted. On Jan. 15, I was able to dig under more of my rye cover crop and prepare a bed for planting peas in a couple of months. Four out of the last seven winters, I have had the delight of digging the soil on warm days in January.]]></description>
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<title>Interview: Asim Zia - UVM News</title>
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<title>At NOFA conference, challeges of climate change addressed - vtdigger.org</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbnQ3fNRh8dVWpeGVizUzbp6Q8Xg&amp;url=http://vtdigger.org/2013/02/19/at-nofa-conference-challeges-of-climate-change-addressed/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/zY5JjhmJFFyJVM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">vtdigger.org</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbnQ3fNRh8dVWpeGVizUzbp6Q8Xg&amp;url=http://vtdigger.org/2013/02/19/at-nofa-conference-challeges-of-climate-change-addressed/"><b>At NOFA conference, challeges of climate change addressed</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">vtdigger.org</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Carol Adair</b>, an assistant professor of climate change and adaptation at UVM, spoke about the climate farmers can expect in 2050. She said Vermont will warm three to eight degrees Fahrenheit. The best hope is that Vermont in 2050 will have a climate <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dENOY5QA3MTC5sM&amp;ned=us"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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<title>2013-02-12 - RACC Q3 Progress Meeting (Photos)</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1251</link>
<description><![CDATA[Members of the RACC Question 3 team met to collaborate on progress to date and share plans and strategies for the upcoming year. The multidisciplinary team is led by Chris Koliba and includes faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral associates.]]></description>
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<title>2013-02-07 - Asim Zia: Post-Kyoto Climate Governance - Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1250</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the midst of human-induced global climate change, powerful industrialized nations and rapidly industrializing nations are still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Even if we arrive at a Hubbert's peak for oil extraction in the 21st century, the availability of technologically recoverable coal and natural gas will mean that fossil fuels continue to be burned for many years to come, and our civilization will have to deal with the consequences far into the future. Climate change will not discriminate between rich and poor nations, and yet the UN-driven process of negotiating a global climate governance regime has hit serious roadblocks.]]></description>
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<title>2013-02-07 - &lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT DATE CHANGE&lt;/b&gt; 2013 VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The 2013 VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting date of May 29, 2013 has been changed due to a scheduling conflict that we have just been made aware of concerning a major event taking place in Burlington. 
 
To avoid key RACC members and stakeholders who may have to be at both events, we have elected to change the VT EPSCoR Annual Meeting date. 
 
Please release May 29, 2013 from you calendar. 
 
A new date will be announced shortly.]]></description>
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<title>2013-02-05 - Call for Proposals-Pilot Program for VASE Small Equipment Grants to K-12 Teachers</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1246</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering (VASE) is pleased to announce a program for small equipment grants to K-12 teachers. This program is part of the VASE STEM outreach activity. Additional information about VASE can be found at http://www.uvm.edu/~vase/. ]]></description>
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<title>Johnson State College accepting applications for $40000 science scholarship - vtdigger.org</title>
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<title>2013-01-25 - RACC Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Associate Begin Interviewing Faculty for Short Videos on Peer Reviewed Publications</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1243</link>
<description><![CDATA[RACC Graduate Students Jody Stryker and Peter Isles along with Postdoctoral Associate Steven Scheiner, worked with Producer Victor Guadgno in January 2013, to begin learning communications techniques and conduct interviews with RACC faculty about their recently published scholarly articles in peer reviewed publications. The results of their efforts will be short videos of UVM faculty members Drs. Troy Austin, Carol Adair and Asim Zia talking about recent publications in their areas of expertise.

The project is an outcome from the NSF OLPA "Becoming the Messenger Workshop" VT EPSCoR hosted in March 2012. The VT EPSCoR Media Training Project aims to train and expose scientists to media production techniques, and at the same time, produce a high quality series of short videos related to critical scientific work in various areas of expertise conducted by Vermont researchers.

The videos will be available in February 2013.]]></description>
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<title>'Envisioning Environment' Work Group's Report Available for Comment - UVM News</title>
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<title>2013-01-23 - RACC Webinar - Dr. Declan McCabe Discusses VT EPSCoR Data - High School Webinar Series</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1237</link>
<description><![CDATA[On January 22, 2013, Dr. Declan McCabe, Associate Professor of Biology at Saint Michael's College, hosted the second RACC High School Webinar on the topic of data and data analysis. Dr. McCabe discussed how to find sources of data online, how to groom and present your data using Excel, and how to use PowerPoint to create a scientific poster or oral presentation for the 2013 Symposium.]]></description>
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<title>2013-01-18 - Advancing Computational Science Education through XSede</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/pdfFiles/news/CISE-15-1-Edu_1.pdf</link>
<description><![CDATA[There's a great need for computational science programs that prepare the current and next generation of 
researchers, educators, and practitioners to effectively utilize digital services in support of science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics. Xsede helps facilitate the founding and expansion of such programs.]]></description>
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<title>2013-01-18 - EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards</title>
<link>http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/postdoctoral/index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Postdoctoral Research Awards support EERE's mission in energy efficiency and renewable energy by offering recent Ph.D. recipients* the opportunity to conduct applied research at universities, national laboratories, and other research facilities.

Application Deadline Feb 28th, 2013]]></description>
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<title>Johnson State College starts wildlife project - Stowe Today</title>
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<title>2013-01-15 - Jane Hill: Breath Test Sniffs for Lung Infections</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&amp;storyID=15122</link>
<description><![CDATA[Police nab criminals by their fingerprints--and soon doctors may be able to nab bacteria by their "breathprint."

Researchers at the University of Vermont have been developing technologies that detect disease-causing bacteria in the lung by simply measuring what's in the breath. The research has potential for creating a fast and easy breath test to detect common infections like tuberculosis.]]></description>
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<title>2013-01-08 - Alan Betts: The Price We Pay for Ignoring Climate Change</title>
<link>http://alanbetts.com/writings/articles/the-price-we-pay-for-ignoring-climate-change/</link>
<description><![CDATA[In January, I reflect by the fire on the year that has passed. It is important to slow down enough to grasp what is happening to our world. The Earth has many timescales. Some are long and slow moving, and they take decades to unfold - like the melting of the Arctic ice cap as greenhouse gases warm the planet.

As the seasons change, we can adapt and try to fit in with what the Earth is telling us. But when powerful storms blow up or wild fires explode, all we can do is try to get out of the way. Sometimes it is too late, because we have ignored warnings and have put buildings in vulnerable places.]]></description>
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<title>2012-12-20 - Photos: Governor's Institutes of Vermont and VT EPSCoR training Vermont High School Students in STEM</title>
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<title>2012-12-17 - Taxes, fees would fund water cleanup</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Agency of Natural Resources released a draft report early Friday that puts a price tag on the chasm between the cost of cleaner water and what Vermont might spend on curbing pollution.

To clean up stormwater, farm and sewage pollution that threatens water quality in Lake Champlain and elsewhere, the state would have to increase spending by $156 million a year, the report concludes.
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<title>2012-12-13 - Photos: RACC Team Meets to Share Progress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Members of the RACC Team meet to collaborate on progress to date and share plans and strategies for the upcoming year focused around Scientific Question 1 - in lake and to lake processes.  The multidisciplinary team includes faculty from UVM, Middlebury College, Saint Michael's College, Johnson State College; graduate students and post-doctoral associates.
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<title>2012-12-12 - 2012 VT EPSCoR CWDD Macroinvertebrate Workshop at Saint Michael's College</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) held a Macroinvertebrate Identification Workshop for 13 VT EPSCoR Streams Project participants on Tuesday, December 11 from 10:00am to 2:00pm at Saint Michael's College. As participants of the Streams Project, the three high school teachers and 10 high school students spent the summer and fall of 2012 collecting macroinvertebrate samples and water samples from streams around Vermont. The workshop was designed to assist participants in the identification of these macroinvertebrates with help from experts like Dr. Declan McCabe (Professor of Biology at Saint Michael's College), Aaron Moore (VT Department of Environmental Conservation) and Katie Chang (VT EPSCoR CWDD Research Technician). High school teams came from Oxbow High School (Teachers Carl Hildebrandt and Patti Valley, students Sarah Burridge, Rachel Emerson, Madison Smith, Amelia McIntire, Sydney McIntire, Shelby Rosten, Anthony Giesing and Sean Tilitson) and Rock Point School (Teacher Kathy Rossman and her students Rosie Jacobson and Josh Farber). Also present was Elizabeth Mitchell from the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center.]]></description>
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<title>2012-12-11 - Vermont EPSCoR CWDD provides three $5,000 scholarships to Vermont students pursuing careers in STEM areas</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Miller, Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development, Presents Three Vermont Students with First?Ever VT EPSCoR Native American and First Generation Student Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)

Secretary Lawrence Miller presented $5,000 scholarships to three Vermont students pursuing careers in STEM areas. The scholarships, offered by the VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD), encourage students from diverse backgrounds to enter STEM careers. The first?crop of competitive scholarships designed to help defray college expenses were made to students from Franklin and Washington Counties: Katie Bedard, a graduate of Mississquoi Valley Union (MVU) in Swanton, Vermont; Tazney Ryea, also a graduate of MVU; and Alex Ferno, a graduate of Union?32 High School in Montpelier, Vermont.]]></description>
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<title>2012-12-10 - Bi-Monthly RACC Meeting Photos</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RACC Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Associates update each other at their regular bi-monthly group meeting photos]]></description>
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<title>2012-12-10 - November 2012 Missisquoi Bay Buoy Photos</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Peter Isles, Andrew Schroth, and Courtney Giles on the RV Melosira with the RACC research platform ]]></description>
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<title>A View From Doha: The Time To Tackle Climate Change Is Now - NPR</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4rjx0a9d56ERm3Jd6X7USJp4-3Q&amp;url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/12/07/166720029/a-view-from-doha-the-time-to-tackle-climate-change-is-now"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/NKRL7QTA2sqhwM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">NPR (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4rjx0a9d56ERm3Jd6X7USJp4-3Q&amp;url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/12/07/166720029/a-view-from-doha-the-time-to-tackle-climate-change-is-now"><b>A View From Doha: The Time To Tackle Climate Change Is Now</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">NPR (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Asim Zia</b>, blogging from the UN COP 18 in Doha, Qatar, is the author of the forthcoming book Post-Kyoto Climate Governance: Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge, to be published by Rutledge Press in February 2013. He is assistant <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZZvwkYi-KZQ0oM&amp;ned=us"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>Google News]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-29 - Inside Ant Nation - Nick Gotelli</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&amp;storyID=14874</link>
<description><![CDATA[When you see a small ant heading for the sugarbowl on your kitchen counter, it's likely Tapinoma sessile, known to myrmecologists everywhere as the Odorous House Ant or, simply, a sugar ant. (Odorous? Give it a squeeze to be sure. Smell like rotten coconuts or over-ripe bananas? Yep, you've got yourself Tapinoma sessile.) It won't bite.]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-21 - Postcard From The Future: Hurricane Irene in Vermont</title>
<link>http://uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/54&amp;URL=http://uvm.edu/~epscor/jwplayer.php?video=video/postcard_from_the_future-_hurricane_irene_in_vermont_640x360.mp4</link>
<description><![CDATA[An in depth look at the structural and personal impacts of Hurricane Irene on the state of Vermont and how the storm is linked to the larger patterns of climate change now affecting New England.
Producer, Director, Writer: Micah Fink
Produced by Common Good Productions for The Climate Reality Project
Broadcast: November 2012]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-13 - 2012 RACC Climate Change Scenario Development Workshop</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The VT EPSCoR Research on Adaptation to Climate Change (RACC) team held a Climate Change Modeling Workshop on Tuesday, November 13 from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm at the Burlington Sheraton.
The workshop focused on the development of regional climate change scenarios drawn from sophisticated regional climate models being devised by researchers at UVM. These down scale climate models will provide our region with the capacity to anticipate precipitation and temperature variation at the level of several square kilometers. A diverse group of stakeholders considered the social, economic, agricultural, environmental and infrastructure implications of the type of changing climate being projected by these regional downscaled models.]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-12 - RACC Webinar - Courtney Giles Discusses RACC High School Webinar Series</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1174</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Courtney Giles, postdoctoral research fellow in the Rubenstein School of Natural Resources and the Environment at UVM, presents a review of what RACC researchers and high school teams have been working on during the 2012 field season. Topics include: Missisquoi Bay research and the biogeochemical platform, nutrient and sediment inputs, watershed research, and Streams Project research.]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-12 - Alan Betts: Extreme Weather and Climate Change</title>
<link>http://alanbetts.com/writings/articles/extreme-weather-and-climate-change/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Extreme weather is increasing in the United States and around the world. How is this trend related to climate change?

Kevin Trenberth, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Co., comments, "The answer to the oft-asked question of whether an (extreme) event is caused by climate change is that it is the wrong question. All weather events are affected by climate change, because the environment in which they occur is warmer and moister than it used to be."]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-09 -  Watch Emerging: Science - Traumatic Brain Injury At War</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/54&amp;URL=http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/jwplayer.php?video=video/es-504.mp4</link>
<description><![CDATA[The incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) has been making headlines due to an alarming increase of cases being reported among athletes and military personnel. This episode focuses on brain injuries affecting military personnel in war zones. Dr. Matt Friedman of the National Center for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and Dr. Tom McAllister of Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in New Hampshire are exploring the association between PTSD and TBI. Dr. Jom Hammack at the University of Vermont is exploring PTSD on a microscopic level.]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-07 -  Streams student Elise Huntley wins bronze at Genius Olympiad.  Shares Prezi of CWDD Streams Project research poster</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Elise Huntley shares Prezi; competes at the Genius Olympiad using her CWDD Streams Project research poster and wins bronze medal! http://www.geniusolympiad.org/]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-07 -  VT EPSCoR faculty, students featured in JSC Science video</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/10&amp;URL=http://uvm.edu/epscor/jwplayer.php?video=video/The_Sciences_at_Johnson_State_College_480.mp4</link>
<description><![CDATA[Vermont EPSCoR faculty and students are featured in a video which explores the science programs available at Johnson State College.]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-05 -  Emerging Science: A Growing Military Issue: PTSD &amp; TBI</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1112</link>
<description><![CDATA[The new season of Emerging Science continues with a look at current research into a problem that's increasingly affecting our military personnel: the combined effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). 

In this preview clip, Matt Friedman, M.D., Ph.D. and Executive Director of the National Center for PTSD in White River Junction, Vt., sheds light on how different regions of the brain are affected by PTSD. U.S. Army Sgt. (Ret.) Andrew Reeves of Nashua, N.H., suffers from PTSD and TBI as a result of his service in Iraq.]]></description>
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<title>2012-11-02 -  Watch Emerging: Science Explores Traumatic Brain Injury In Sports</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/54&amp;URL=http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/jwplayer.php?video=video/es-503.mp4</link>
<description><![CDATA[The incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) has been making headlines due to an alarming increase of cases being reported among athletes. New research being done by Dr. Kalev Freeman at the University of Vermont's College of Medicine focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of TBI. This episode focuses on sports injuries and features a Huntington, Vt., resident whose life has been dramatically altered by a series of concussions.]]></description>
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<title>Can America Embrace Biking Like Denmark Has? - Slate Magazine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFGA5QUOZXJjoEMNThUsEJrNrQdQ&amp;url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_efficient_planet/2012/11/green_wave_can_the_u_s_embrace_biking_like_denmark_has.html"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/Bb8QThzUOkEz5M/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">Slate Magazine</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFGA5QUOZXJjoEMNThUsEJrNrQdQ&amp;url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_efficient_planet/2012/11/green_wave_can_the_u_s_embrace_biking_like_denmark_has.html"><b>Can America Embrace Biking Like Denmark Has?</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Slate Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Can America Embrace Biking Like Denmark Has? Cycling can save enormous amounts of energy and money. But the United States remains resistant. By <b>Austin Troy</b>|Posted Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at 12:02 AM ET. Tweet. People ride bicycles on Oct. 2, 2010, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d2xymBmWv3uvG3M&amp;ned=us"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-31 - VT EPSCoR Pilot Award RFP available</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/104</link>
<description><![CDATA[Vermont EPSCoR requests proposals for pilot projects that are aligned with the VT EPSCoR research on adaptation to climate change in the Lake Champlain Basin with insights through complex systems computation (RACC).

The following features in this solicitation should be noted:

Eligibility Requirements: Full time, tenure track faculty at any institution in the state are eligible to apply.

Applications must be submitted on our application website, which you can access beginning December 12, 2012, at http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/redir/pilot/app.php
Web application deadline is June 3, 2013.
The maximum amount of each Pilot Project grant is $10,000.
Funding may not be used to support Masters students' salaries.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-30 -  Emerging Science Are sports getting too rough? - Wed. Oct 31 at 7:30 p.m. on VPT</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1110</link>
<description><![CDATA[The new season of Emerging Science continues with a look at the growing incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) among athletes. Ann McKee, M.D., is chief neuropathologist for the New England Veteran's Administration. Her groundbreaking research focuses on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma, such as concussions.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-30 -  Celebrate Vermont's Future Workforce!</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1109</link>
<description><![CDATA[Please join the Lake Champlain Workforce Investment Board and the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce in recognizing successful intern experiences throughout our region. This panel will feature program participants from four organizations,  Linking Learning to Life, the Vermont Technology Council, Vermont Associates and Vermont Works for Women. We will hear success stories from interns and their supporting employers.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-25 - Post-Doctoral Position Vermont EPSCoR Program, University of Vermont Freshwater Phytoplankton Community Ecologist</title>
<link>http://uvm.edu/epscor/pdfFiles/news/VT_EPSCoR_Algae_Ecologist_Postdoc_FINAL.pdf</link>
<description><![CDATA[A multi-year Post-Doctoral position is available at the University of Vermont as part of large-scale, interdisciplinary, NSF-funded study concerning adaptation to climate change in the Lake Champlain basin - www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/30. We seek a post-doctoral associate with expertise in interactions between nutrient enrichment and algal community structure - especially cyanobacteria - in lakes. The ideal candidate will have field experience and modeling expertise relevant to understanding spatial and seasonal variability in planktonic biomass and composition in the context of biogeochemical and hydrological dynamics. Candidates with experience using remote sensing approaches (i.e. MODIS, SeaWiFS) to monitor and model these biological systems are encouraged to apply. The postdoctoral associate will work within an interdisciplinary team of faculty, postdoctoral scientists, graduate and undergraduate students broadly studying geochemical, hydrodynamic and biological processes in Lake Champlain and its watershed.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-25 -  Arne Bomblies - Modeling the role of rainfall patterns in seasonal malaria transmission</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Seasonal total precipitation is well known to affect malaria transmission because
Anopheles mosquitoes depend on standing water for breeding habitat. However, the withinseason temporal pattern of the rainfall influences persistence of standing water and thus
rainfall patterns can also affect mosquito population dynamics in water-limited environments. Here, using a numerical simulation, I show that intraseasonal rainfall pattern
accounts for 39% of the variance in simulated mosquito abundance in a Niger Sahel village
where malaria is endemic but highly seasonal. I apply a field validated coupled hydrology
and entomology model. Using synthetic rainfall time series generated using a stationary
first-order Markov Chain model, I hold all variables except hourly rainfall constant, thus
isolating the contribution of rainfall pattern to variance in mosquito abundance. I further
show the utility of hydrology modeling using topography to assess precipitation effects by
analyzing collected water. Time-integrated surface area of pools explains 70% of the
variance in simulated mosquito abundance from a mechanistic model, and time-integrated
surface area of pools persisting longer than 7 days explains 82% of the variance.
Correlations using the hydrology model output explain more variance in mosquito
abundance than the 60% from rainfall totals. I extend this analysis to investigate the
impacts of this effect on malaria vector mosquito populations under climate shift scenarios,
holding all climate variables except precipitation constant. In these scenarios, rainfall mean
and variance change with climatic change, and the modeling approach evaluates the impact
of non-stationarity in rainfall and the associated rainfall patterns on expected mosquito
activity.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-25 -  Judith Van Houten, State Director, VT EPSCoR, invited presenter at Envisioning the Environment at UVM work group, October 24, 2012. </title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1097</link>
<description><![CDATA[Judith Van Houten, State Director, VT EPSCoR, invited presenter at Envisioning the Environment at UVM work group, October 24, 2012.

For more information please visit:
http://www.uvm.edu/provost/envisioningenvironment/ ]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-23 -  Emerging Science Explores Acupuncture - Wed. Oct 24 at 7:30 p.m. on VPT</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1096</link>
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<title>Saint Michael's College student Nick Rucci of Livonia presents research at ... - ReadMedia (press release)</title>
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<title>2012-10-19 - New Crowd-Based Donating Platform Gives Students Access to Alumni Expertise, Funding</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The first round of projects by student entrepreneurs, ranging from a flying robot that can autonomously follow and film someone using a smartphone to a sustainably produced energy bar infused with Ecuadorian guayusa tea leaves, have been announced as part of an innovative new program at the University of Vermont that raises start-up money through alumni donations.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-19 - Watch Emerging Science Climate Change: A Northeast Primer on our website</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Emerging Science Season 5 Episode 1 "Climate Change: A Northeast Primer" can now be seen on the Vermont EPSCoR website.

Climate change is already underway across our region, and 2011's Tropical Storm Irene was a sobering example of the type of severe weather we may be experiencing in the future - and the effect it might have on habitat, water quality and quality of life. A regional consortium of researchers are engaged in several projects that hope to shed light on our changing climate, and on how we can best adapt to an unpredictable future.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-16 - Emerging Science New Season! Premieres Wed. Oct 17 at 7:30 p.m. on VPT</title>
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<description><![CDATA[New Season airs on VPT! 
With the recent increase in severe weather as a backdrop, VPT's Emerging Science kicks off its 5th season with a look at climate change, profiling several regional projects that are tracking the effects of climate change in the northeast.

Here's a quick preview, as Tom Manley, Ph.D., and Pat Manley, Ph.D., professors of geology at Middlebury College, focus their research on Lake Champlain.
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<title>2012-10-09 - Season 5 of &quot;Emerging Science&quot; premieres on Oct. 17, at 7:30pm</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Season 5 of VPT's "Emerging Science" (which is funded by VT EPSCoR) spotlights people doing research on problems as personal as chronic pain and as global as climate change. The first of four new -Emerging Science- programs will premiere on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Programs will be rebroadcast the following Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and the following Sunday at 1 p.m. They will also be available on demand at vpt.org.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-05 - UVM Professors Christopher Koliba and Asim Zia Present at the US General Accountability Office, September 26 &amp; 27</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In a series of talks at the United States General Accountability Office, UVM professors Christopher Koliba and Asim Zia from the Community Development & Applied Economics Department, and fellows with the Vermont Complex Systems Center and the James M. Jeffords Policy Research Center, discussed the tools and techniques currently being used to model and evaluate interagency network performance and accountability.  Koliba presented a talk titled,

Assessing Complex Public Sector Networks:  New Developments in Research Design and Methodology.  Zia presented a talk titled, Computer

Simulation  Models  of   Interagency  Networks:  Applications  to  Transportation  

Infrastructure Planning  and  Watershed  Management.  In both presentations research and modeling efforts funded through grants from the National Science Foundation and the James M. Jeffords Policy Research Center were discussed.  Their talks were sponsored by the Applied Research and Methods Division of GAO.]]></description>
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<title>Parking lot full of holes - Vermont Cynic</title>
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<title>Renewable Energy Vermont: driving towards a smart, renewable energy future - vtdigger.org</title>
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<title>2012-10-04 - Austin Troy, director of UVM's Transportation Research Center, will give a keynote address at the Yale Forestry School</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Austin Troy, director of UVM's Transportation Research Center and VT EPSCoR RACC Team member, will give a keynote address at the Yale Forestry School quinquennial reunion, October 19, 2012. The reunion's theme is "Sustainability and the City," and Troy will speak about his new book, The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities. Troy completed his undergraduate and master's degrees at Yale and is a professor with appointments in UVM's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.
Assessing Complex Public Sector Networks:  New Developments in Research Design and Methodology.  Zia presented a talk titled, Computer

Simulation  Models  of   Interagency  Networks:  Applications  to  Transportation  

Infrastructure Planning  and  Watershed  Management.  In both presentations research and modeling efforts funded through grants from the National Science Foundation and the James M. Jeffords Policy Research Center were discussed.  Their talks were sponsored by the Applied Research and Methods Division of GAO.]]></description>
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<title>2012-10-01 - Puzzling Over Blue-Green Algae</title>
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<description><![CDATA[How do blooms begin? Why? What keeps them going? And what makes them toxic - or not? A new, cutting-edge collaboration at UVM aims to answer the riddles.]]></description>
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<title>Drought Conditions Linger Underground, In Vermont Water Supplies - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<title>2012-09-27 - From Undergraduate Intern to PhD Candidate: Still going with the Flow</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez first came to the University of Vermont (UVM) as an Undergraduate Intern through the VT EPSCoR Streams Project in the summer of 2009 from the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (UPR) where she was an Environmental Sciences major.  The strong partnership between Vermont EPSCoR and the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras was cultivated through the VT Streams Project; created and launched in 2007 under NSF EPS#0701410.

After obtaining her BS from UPR, Veronica successfully applied to the Department of Geology graduate program at the University of Vermont and obtained her Master's Degree in Natural Resources with a concentration in Aquatic Ecology and Watershed Science in 2012.  Veronica successfully defended her Master's Thesis entitled:  
Determining Long Term Erosion Rates in Panama:  An Application of 10BE.  Her research is on the determination of background erosion rates in Panama, and exploring physiographic controls on erosion in tropical climates.
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<title>2012-03-10 - RACC members present at Climate Change Workshop for Teachers held at Saint Michael's College</title>
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<description><![CDATA[March 10, 2012 at Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT The goal of this event was to share resources and tools for teaching about climate change. It was a stimulating day of new information, dialogue, and classroom applications in an innovative format of presentations, lab work, and computer time.]]></description>
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<title>2012-09-24 - &quot;UVM Start&quot; enables student entrepreneurs to raise money through alumni donations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On October 18th, UVM is launching a crowd-donating platform called "UVM Start" that will allow student entrepreneurs to raise money through alumni donations. UVM Start will connect student startups with alumni - gaining the connections, mentoring and capital necessary to get their companies off the ground. "Alumni support could make all the difference for many student startups. Substantive capital and mentoring is often the difference between massive success and perpetual languish" said Tucker Severson, a current UVM MBA student. "UVM has many entrepreneurial students and supportive alumni. By connecting the two, UVM Start will help turbo-charge entrepreneurship on campus!"]]></description>
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<title>2012-09-19 - NSF Co-Funding strategy benefits Vermont researchers through recent IGERT award</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers three major investment strategies to achieve its goal of improving the Research & Development competitiveness of researchers and institutions within EPSCoR jurisdictions of which co-funding is one.]]></description>
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<title>UVM, SUNY-Plattsburgh one step closer to forming Sea Grant College program ... - vtdigger.org</title>
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<title>2012-09-10 - Reverse Site Visit Presentation of Progress of RACC and CWDD in Year 1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A team of RACC researchers, led by Dr. Judith Van Houten, State Director, VT EPSCoR, traveled to the National Science Foundation on September 6, 2012 for a Reverse Site Visit presentation of progress of RACC and CWDD in Year 1. ]]></description>
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<title>2012-09-07 - XTRION N.V. Completes MicroGen Series A Round</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Robert Andosca, CEO and Co-Founder, MicroGen (and VT EPSCoR Phase (0) awardee) is now poised to move into production of our piezoelectric platform devices on a major scale for initial applications in the industrial and commercial markets.  The relationship with a strong semiconductor investment house enables us to reach markets more readily, and to have resources that will enable a faster ramp for MicroGen.]]></description>
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<title>2012-09-06 - EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, the Campus RainWorks Challenge, through which teams will compete to develop innovative approaches to stormwater management. This first annual competition, will help raise awareness of green design and planning approaches at colleges and universities, and train the next generation of landscape architects, planners, and engineers in green infrastructure principles and design. Stormwater is a major cause of harmful water pollution in urban areas in the U.S., impacting tens of thousands of miles of rivers, streams, and coastal shorelines, as well as hundreds of thousands of acres of lakes, reservoirs, and ponds.]]></description>
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<title>2012-09-05 - Dr. Lori Stevens Receives 2012 Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Lori Stevens, Professor of Biology, UVM, has been named as the 2012 recipient of the Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award. The award is given to a woman who has demonstrated leadership ability, served as a model and mentor, developed innovative programs, and contributed significantly to the institution and profession. Presentation of the award will be at the Women in Higher Education (VWHE) annual Leadership Dinner on Thursday, October 4, 2012. VWHE is dedicated to serving women in higher education at all professional levels. For more information, and to see a list of former awardees, please visit: http://www.vwhe.org]]></description>
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<title>Blue green algae may have caused fish kill in Missisquoi Bay - North Country Public Radio</title>
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<title>2012-08-31 - Remembering tropical storm Irene and the 1927 Vermont flood   History Repeats - A letter from the 1927 flood</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/pdfFiles/news/1927flood-maryhopkins-1346333598.pdf</link>
<description><![CDATA[A year after tropical storm Irene devastated many areas in Vermont, this story of a comparable event, the 1927 flood, is a timely reminder of the forces of nature and their impact on our environment.  

One of Vermont's most devastating events, the 1927 flood occurred on November 2 - 4, with rainfall averages ranging from four to nine inches total. Excess rain during the month of October had saturated 
the soil, and the additional rainfall in early November caused mass flooding all over the state. The flood 
greatly changed the landscape and forced a massive reconstruction effort in all counties.  
At the time of the 1927 flood, Mary Martin Hopkins was living in Perkinsville, a village located in the town of Weathersfield. Hopkins had been in Perkinsville, where her father managed the general store. 
She married Adoniram Judson Hopkins, and their son Ernest Martin Hopkins served as the 11th president of Dartmouth College from 1916 to 1945.  
A few days after the flood, Hopkins described her experience in a long letter to her children. Excerpts are included here, with explanatory material in parentheses.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-16 - &lt;b&gt;VT EPSCoR 2012 Annual Conference Poster Session Photos&lt;/b&gt;</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1021</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Annual Conference was held on August 16th at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference center in Burlington Vermont.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-29 - Alan Betts: Finding Our Way to a Sustainable Future</title>
<link>http://alanbetts.com/writings/articles/finding-our-way-to-a-sustainable-future/</link>
<description><![CDATA[This summer most of the central United States has been suffering the worst drought and highest temperatures in 75 years. These conditions follow record temperatures and reduced snow cover during winter and spring, with low rainfall in April, May and June. Wildfires have been more severe and extensive, and crop losses are expected. Except for the western United States, most states have seen record temperatures for the first seven months of this year.

Vermont has been exceptionally warm in 2012, with January to July temperatures running almost 5 degrees above normal. This was the first summer in years that I have had to water my vegetable garden a couple of times - in most Vermont summers since 2002 we've had rainfall well above normal amounts.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-27 - Blue-green algae kills thousands of fish in Missisquoi Bay </title>
<link>http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/Editorial+news+summer+once+again+Quebec+distinct/7112246/story.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The bay, which is part of Lake Champlain, was overrun by blue-green algae.]]></description>
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<title>Flood Recovery, In Some Cases, Damaged Rivers - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcPM4aiqEBX3zxXhYfAZXKPqhXcA&amp;url=http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/95635/flood-recovery-in-some-cases-damaged-rivers/"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/HNgiIoHmqWoW9M/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">Vermont Public Radio</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcPM4aiqEBX3zxXhYfAZXKPqhXcA&amp;url=http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/95635/flood-recovery-in-some-cases-damaged-rivers/"><b>Flood Recovery, In Some Cases, Damaged Rivers</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Vermont Public Radio</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Mike Kline, Vermont&#39;s</b> Rivers Program Manager, says the state is in the process now of developing the rules for towns to follow even in the face of a disaster. But he acknowledged that after Irene, with Tropical Storm Lee bearing down, towns had little <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;ncl=dMc3CkO1AhTCbrM"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-21 - &lt;b&gt;Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Grant Writing Workshop Presentations&lt;/b&gt;</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1011</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Grant Writing Workshop was held on August 17th at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference center in Burlington Vermont.
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<title>2012-08-20 - &lt;b&gt;Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Annual Conference Presentations&lt;/b&gt;</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1008</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Annual Conference was held on August 16th at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference center in Burlington Vermont.
Presentations......]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-17 - &lt;b&gt;Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Grant Writing Workshop Photos&lt;/b&gt;</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1022</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Grant Writing Workshop was held on August 17th at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference center in Burlington Vermont.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-16 - &lt;b&gt;Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Annual Conference Photos&lt;/b&gt;</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/1020</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Vermont EPSCoR 2012 Annual Conference was held on August 16th at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference center in Burlington Vermont.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-11 - State of the Lake: new report investigates water quality and health of Lake Champlain</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20278/20120809/state-of-the-lake-new-report-investigates-water-quality-and-health-of-lake-champlain</link>
<description><![CDATA[Every few years the Lake Champlain Basin Program publishes a "state of the lake" report, detailing environmental quality in Lake Champlain. This year's report came out last week. 

It says that while the overall health of the main lake is good, certain areas, like the Northeast arm and Missisquoi Bay, have higher levels of phosphorus pollution and algae blooms. Sarah Harris spoke with Bill Howland, director of the Basin Program, about the report.]]></description>
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<title>Scientists warn of invasive species to come - Glens Falls Post-Star</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFfXnlhqlkzaS8pO29k9xNV8sDI6w&amp;url=http://poststar.com/news/local/scientists-warn-of-invasive-species-to-come/article_512cd948-e317-11e1-a87b-0019bb2963f4.html"><b>Scientists warn of invasive species to come</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Glens Falls Post-Star</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Curt Stager</b> is an ecologist and climate researcher at Paul Smith&#39;s College. He said climate change, when combined with other environmental stresses like phosphorous pollution in bodies of water, can drastically alter a region&#39;s biodiversity. -As the <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;ncl=dTyyjpfvgB50QdM"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-08 - Carol Adair (In Nature): A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change</title>
<link>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v486/n7401/full/nature11118.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Evidence is mounting that extinctions are altering key processes important to the productivity and sustainability of Earth's ecosystems1, 2, 3, 4. Further species loss will accelerate change in ecosystem processes5, 6, 7, 8, but it is unclear how these effects compare to the direct effects of other forms of environmental change that are both driving diversity loss and altering ecosystem function. Here we use a suite of meta-analyses of published data to show that the effects of species loss on productivity and decomposition-two processes important in all ecosystems-are of comparable magnitude to the effects of many other global environmental changes. In experiments, intermediate levels of species loss (21-40%) reduced plant production by 5-10%, comparable to previously documented effects of ultraviolet radiation and climate warming. Higher levels of extinction (41-60%) had effects rivalling those of ozone, acidification, elevated CO2 and nutrient pollution. At intermediate levels, species loss generally had equal or greater effects on decomposition than did elevated CO2 and nitrogen addition. The identity of species lost also had a large effect on changes in productivity and decomposition, generating a wide range of plausible outcomes for extinction. Despite the need for more studies on interactive effects of diversity loss and environmental changes, our analyses clearly show that the ecosystem consequences of local species loss are as quantitatively significant as the direct effects of several global change stressors that have mobilized major international concern and remediation efforts9.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-08 - Deployment of meteorological buoy in Missisquoi Bay</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/977</link>
<description><![CDATA[As part of the 5-year UVM VT-EPSCoR program, 1 met station as well as its associated 2 maker buoys and anchors were deployed in Missisquoi Bay for the purpose of long-term monitoring of atmospheric parameters, water temperature, waves, algal blooms and currents in the bay. The met station is located somewhat northwest of the main platform site (maintained by UVM).This installation is the last one that will be deployed by Middlebury College and therefore completes the suite of instrumentation at this main site.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-08 - (Photos) RACC Intern Sendoff Barbeque August 3rd at Saint Michael's College</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/976</link>
<description><![CDATA[RACC Intern Events - Summer 2012

RACC Intern Sendoff Barbeque August 3rd at Saint Michael's College]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-08 - Lake Champlain Basin Program releases 2012 State of the Lake Report</title>
<link>http://www.lcbp.org/PDFs/press/PR_SOL2012EcosystemIndicatorsReport_8-1-12.pdf</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grand Isle, Vt - The Lake Champlain Basin Program's 2012 State of the Lake and Ecosystem 
Indicators Report was released today. The report, produced every 3-4 years, informs citizens and 
resource managers about Lake Champlain's condition and provides a better understanding of 
threats to its health and opportunities to meet the challenges ahead. 
-We use scientific data to determine what kind of progress is being made on the management of 
Lake Champlain water quality and habitat health,- said Bill Howland, LCBP Program Manager. 
-Again, in 2012, we share both good and not so good news, depending on which issue and which 
lake segment is being discussed. Certainly the Lake is not meeting phosphorus concentratios 
targets, but each jurisdiction remains diligent and active in their efforts to decrease loads.-  ]]></description>
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<title>Leahy calls for action to stop invasive species - WCAX</title>
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<title>Scientists plead for closure of Champlain Canal</title>
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<title>2012-07-24 - VT EPSCoR Streams Project Website gets a new look</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/891</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Vermont EPSCoR Streams Project Website gets a new look.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-09 - VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/864</link>
<description><![CDATA[We are looking forward to seeing you at the Annual State Meeting scheduled on August 16, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Vermont.]]></description>
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<title>2012-08-09 - VT EPSCoR Grant Writing Workshop</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/877</link>
<description><![CDATA[We are looking forward to seeing you at the Vermont EPSCoR Grant Writing Workshop on August 17, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Vermont.]]></description>
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<title>2012-07-24 - Aspiring engineers hit the beach</title>
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<description><![CDATA[BURLINGTON, Vt. -
This isn't your average sand castle competition. That's because these aren't your average kids. They represent some of the brightest scientific minds from high schools across the country -- 77 are from our region.

"It's really funny to compete with the other teams to see if we can get a better design and how theirs works and see if we can implement that in ours," said Conner Pike a student from Maryland.

The 94 aspiring engineers are participating in a week long camp run by the Governor's Institutes of Vermont. The latest challenge -- to build a stable sand arch.]]></description>
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<title>2012-07-24 - Photos - ISCO Installations at Allen Brook</title>
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<description><![CDATA[7-24-2012 - ISCO sampler installation at Allen Brook.  Katie Chang, Saul Blocher, Elizabeth Oliver and Henry Schmid]]></description>
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<title>Blue-Green Algae: We're Swimming In It - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<title>Local Student Receives a Grant for Research - Patch</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The research happening at the college ranges from environmental data collection with the Vermont EPSCoR Streams project to surveying Vermont's workforce in an effort to increase the effectiveness of the Workforce Investment Act. Funding also has been ...]]></description>
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<title>2012-07-23 - VT. Scientist gauges climate from his garden</title>
<link>http://alanbetts.com/writings/articles/down-to-earth-vt-scientist-gauges-climate-from-his-garden-kevin-oconnor/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Alan Betts knows you'll probably skip this story on his study of Vermont climate change if he waxes scientifically about his nearly half-century of scholarship on meteorology and theoretical physics. That's why he's instead serving up weather-defying kale from his Pittsford garden.

When the 66-year-old atmospheric researcher moved to the state in the late 1970s, he wouldn't leave any fruit or vegetable outside during winter. Instead, he harvested everything before frost took a bite each fall.]]></description>
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<title>Small pest poses big threat to Lake Champlain - WCAX</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jason Stockwell the director of the Rubenstein Ecosystems Science Lab at UVM. Ellen Marsden is a professor of fisheries at the Rubenstein Lab. They both appeared on The :30 to talk about the flea.]]></description>
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<title>2012-07-13 - Betts Delivers Climate Challenge at WEC Annual Meeting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The climate, in a sense, is a living
machine. The component parts
of the machine include energy
(heat and light) from the sun, water in
its various forms (crystal, liquid, vapor),
carbon dioxide, and of course life. Their
interplay sets forces in motion. That, in
turn, sets the course of the machine.
For the past several decades
their interplay has increasingly been
influenced by humanity's affect upon
the environment - a teeming swarm
now of seven billion people whose
capacity for consuming and emitting
has been magnified a thousand-fold by
industry and technology. Consequently,
the machine has been churning out
warmer, shorter winters in Vermont, and
measurably longer growing seasons.
The latter has its benefits, but they
come with a price.
In his address to the Washington
Electric Cooperative members who
attended WEC's Annual Membership
Meeting on May 24, titled -Climate
Change-What's in Store for Vermont,-
Dr. Alan Betts, of Pittsford, Vermont, did
not use the analogy of the machine.
Yet his more scholarly term, -climate
feedback processes,- conveyed a
similar impression of forces set in
motion which fuel themselves and rev
the engine of climate change.]]></description>
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<title>2012-07-11 - Vermonters debate wind energy: Public input is part of the process</title>
<link>http://alanbetts.com/writings/articles/vermonters-debate-wind-energy-public-input-is-part-of-the-process/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Our environmental challenges are tractable if they are openly and honestly discussed. A heated topic right now is the 20-turbine wind project installation proposed for the ridgeline known as Grandpa's Knob, which spans the towns of Castleton, Hubbardton, West Rutland and Pittsford.]]></description>
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<title>2012-07-11 - A lost generation: No progress on reducing climate change</title>
<link>http://alanbetts.com/writings/articles/a-lost-generation-no-progress-on-reducing-climate-change/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago, in a flush of enthusiasm at the end of the cold war, participants at a United Nations conference in Rio forged the Convention on Climate Change to protect the Earth. This led to the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately the U.S. Congress refused to sign this protocol, and it proved ineffective.]]></description>
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<title>Algae blooms hit Champlain in wake of record phosphorus runoff - Addison County Independent</title>
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<title>2012-07-05 - &lt;b&gt;Registration now open for VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting&lt;/b&gt;</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/864</link>
<description><![CDATA[We are looking forward to seeing you at the Annual State Meeting scheduled on August 16, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Vermont.]]></description>
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<title>2012-07-05 - &lt;b&gt;Registration now open for VT EPSCoR Grant Writing Workshop&lt;/b&gt;</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/877</link>
<description><![CDATA[We are looking forward to seeing you at the Vermont EPSCoR Grant Writing Workshop on August 17, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Vermont.]]></description>
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<title>2012-06-21 - Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux - Igniting a Passion for Climate</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/pdfFiles/Lesley_Ann_Dupigny_Giroux_LR_p79-81.pdf</link>
<description><![CDATA[By taking a multi-faceted approach Dr Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux hopes to create new openings for minority students from high school to graduate levels who wish to study climate sciences.]]></description>
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<title>2012-06-20 - RACC Bouy Profiler Deployed (Photos)</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/867</link>
<description><![CDATA[Photos of the deployment of the RACC Bouy Profiler ]]></description>
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<title>New study says Maine's natural areas worth far more than most people think - Bangor Daily News</title>
<link>http://bangordailynews.com/2012/06/18/news/state/new-study-says-maines-natural-areas-worth-far-more-than-most-people-think/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study author Dr. Austin Troy agreed. "We may never know the exact price of our natural resources," said Troy. "But assigning some value to natural capital is clearly more accurate than assigning none, as is currently the norm."]]></description>
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<title>Johnson State College announces new science scholarship - vtdigger.org</title>
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<title>100-year forecast? More frequent and serious flooding - vtdigger.org</title>
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<title>2012-06-15 - Two UVM Spin-Out Companies Secure New Funding </title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&amp;storyID=13835&amp;category=ucommtop</link>
<description><![CDATA[The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has awarded a contract totaling $1.2 million to MicroGen Systems, Inc. to commercialize its proprietary technology. The company, a spin-out from UVM's Office of Technology Commercialization, specializes in the use of vibrational, microenergy harvester technology to power autonomous and wireless sensors, helping to monitor and reduce energy consumption, among other applications.]]></description>
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<title>2012-06-15 - Meet the Vt Small Business Person of the Year</title>
<link>http://www.wcax.com/story/18793213/2012/06/14/meet-the-vt-small-business-person-of-the-year</link>
<description><![CDATA[BURLINGTON, Vt. -
It might look like all fun and games as employees play foosball, but workers at Draker Laboratories in Burlington are getting down to business. Draker makes technology to monitor and fix problems at renewable energy projects, from smaller developments like a Ferrisburgh solar farm to bigger projects in Japan.]]></description>
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<title>2012-06-15 - The Unbearable Lightness of Greenland</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&amp;storyID=13845#.T9uBSQ0AyiY.email</link>
<description><![CDATA[University Communications science writer Joshua Brown traveled with geology professor Paul Bierman and graduate student Alice Nelson as they conducted climate change research in Greenland in early June. Read on for a week's worth of updates from the field ]]></description>
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<title>2012-06-15 - Johnson State College Receives $552K Grant from National Science Foundation; Establishes New Scholarship Program</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/863</link>
<description><![CDATA[JOHNSON, VT - Thanks to a $552,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Johnson State College (JSC) is launching a new scholarship program called "START" this fall for promising students majoring in biology and environmental science.

Students chosen for a START scholarship may be able to receive up to $40,000 over four years to support their undergraduate studies at JSC. Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average and demonstrated financial need in order to apply.

START stands for -Student Transition, Achievement, Retention and Teaching- and is one of several steps JSC is taking to support academically talented students of modest financial means who are committed to earning a college degree.
 
-We are thrilled to be able to offer this opportunity to our students,- said Dr. Leslie Kanat, a professor in the Department of Environmental and Health Sciences, in announcing the May 29 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). -The grant speaks both to the quality of our science programs at Johnson State and to our commitment to helping talented students with financial need, many of whom are the first in their families to attend college.-

 

START scholars will have numerous opportunities to conduct faculty-mentored research in the field and in the laboratories of JSC's newly renovated science facility, Bentley Hall; to attend and present at national and regional conferences; and to participate in specialized academic advising, learning communities and career counseling at JSC.

Ongoing research initiatives at JSC in which START scholars may be involved include chemical, biological and geological investigations in the Lamoille River Watershed; analysis of bacteria from the closed Vermont Asbestos Group mine in Lowell and Eden; assessments of landslide potential in Jeffersonville; and the characterization of hazardous algal blooms in association with the -Research on Adaptation to Climate Change- project. Funds from the Vermont Genetics Network and the National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) support most of these studies.

The NSF grant was awarded through the foundation's "Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics" program. For more information or application materials, visit www.jsc.edu/START or contact Dr. Leslie Kanat at les.kanat@jsc.edu or 802-635-1327.

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<title>Gauging Wind's Place In Vermont - Vermont Public Radio</title>
<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/53757/gauging-winds-place-in-vermont/</link>
<description><![CDATA[We get a status update on many of these projects from VPR's John Dillon. And we talk to Alan Betts, a climate scientist whose research is funded by the National Science Foundation, and Luke Snelling, the executive director of Energize Vermont, a statewide ...]]></description>
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<title>Wind Farm Proposal In Rutland County Draws Opposition - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMUSKlSAcVSGGuDgW0I_u4ACEwAA&amp;url=http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94729/wind-farm-proposal-in-rutland-county-draws-opposit/"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/h07qsOgMvlw7LM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">Vermont Public Radio</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMUSKlSAcVSGGuDgW0I_u4ACEwAA&amp;url=http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/94729/wind-farm-proposal-in-rutland-county-draws-opposit/"><b>Wind Farm Proposal In Rutland County Draws Opposition</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Vermont Public Radio</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">But Dr. <b>Alan Betts</b>, a Pittsford resident who studies climate change, takes a different view. Because of global warming, he believes Vermont should do all it can to promote renewable energy development, including wind power projects like this one.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;ncl=d8WZjdc6jYvM-wM"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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<title>2012-06-01 - CSYS - NSF Highlight - The Mathematics of Altruism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[For decades, biologists have debated whether individuals sacrifice themselves to save those who share their genes or in effect to benefit the whole group. University of Vermont researcher Charles Goodnight has shown through mathematical models that the two views of altruism, kin selection versus group selection, are in fact equivalent behaviors.

The research sheds new light on fundamental issues in evolutionary theory.

For kin selection to be important, the related individuals must be in groups that preferentially help each other. For group selection to operate, the members of a group must be closer to each other than to other groups. The two ideas are so close they actually can be converted to each other mathematically. This understanding has been stated in technical research articles for more than 30 years, but the broader scientific community hasn't often recognized it.]]></description>
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<title>2012-05-31 - Learning Genomics at the Speed of Light</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/857</link>
<description><![CDATA[It is not often that a person can be in more than one place at the same time. James Vincent, Research
Assistant Professor of Biology and Director of the Bioinformatics Core for the Vermont Genetics Network
(VGN), managed to accomplish just that.

Dr. Vincent offered for the first time a class titled, Data Intensive Computing for Applied Bioinformatics,
at Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont. Dr. Elizabeth Dolci, Professor and Chair of Environmental
& Health Sciences at Johnson State College, co?instructed the class. Through the use of a video
conferencing system and an upgraded fiber connection between Johnson State College and the I2 UVM
backbone, the seemingly impossible, became possible.

Students at Johnson State College in Johnson, the University of Vermont, in Burlington, and Norwich
University in Northfield, Vermont attended the class simultaneously. Dr. Vincent was able to teach the
students cutting edge bioinformatics course work to the diverse group.
Workforce Development

Dr. Vincent aims to train the next generation of bioinformaticians in Vermont and to help sustain this
emerging and increasingly critical field of study. Bioinformatics applies computer technology to the
management of large datasets comprised of biological information. Dr. Vincent is also one of the lead
researchers studying the Little Skate genome through funding provided by NSF EPSCoR Track?2 and the
Northeast Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC).
- This course uses technology and trains people to use that technology - all at the same time -  said Dr.
Vincent.

Vermont's mountainous landscape and sparse population distribution presents great challenges for high
speed Internet access and thus, transmission of large data sets. Funding provided by NSF EPSCoR has
resulted in increased access to expertise and course offerings such as Dr. Vincent's for all Vermont
students at geographically diverse campuses.]]></description>
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<title>2012-05-31 - UVM One of Only 18 Research Universities in Country to Receive Coveted IGERT Grant From National Science Foundation</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&amp;storyID=13829&amp;category=uvmhome#.T8enuv4Hih0.email</link>
<description><![CDATA[The University of Vermont has been named one of only 18 colleges and universities in the country to receive a highly coveted Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training, or IGERT, grant from the National Science Foundation, the first awarded in the state of Vermont. The UVM proposal was chosen from among 154 IGERT proposals submitted to the NSF in 2012.

UVM will receive approximately $3 million over five years to create an innovative, multi-disciplinary graduate program supporting 22 doctoral students who will be trained to analyze and develop smart grid systems. UVM will also hire two faculty members as part of the grant.  ]]></description>
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<title>2012-05-30 - Alan Betts: Changing When the Seasons Occur</title>
<link>http://go.usa.gov/dl9</link>
<description><![CDATA[Climate trends in the northeastern U.S. show that in the past 40 years, winter has lost seven days every decade and the growing season has expanded by nearly four days each decade.

The warming climate and changing seasons affect farmers, foresters, outdoor recreation and wildlife, and society at large. Understanding these changes on a local level enables policymakers and others to adapt to the changes.

Seasonal climate has a natural variability from year to year. However, in recent decades Vermont's climate has changed rapidly, with winter temperatures rising twice as fast as summer temperatures. The cold season is shrinking by one week every decade. As snow and ice cover decreases, less sunlight is reflected, which accelerates winter warming. The summer growing season-the time between the last spring frost and the first fall frost--is adding one week every two decades. For every degree (Fahrenheit) increase in temperature in late winter and early spring, leaf-out and bloom come earlier by two to three days.]]></description>
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<title>Lake Dunmore group taps weevils in fight against milfoil - Addison County Independent</title>
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<title>2012-05-29 - Alan Betts: Climate change requires us to become an energy-efficient society</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After writing these columns about our changing weather and climate for four years, it seems time for some blunt realism. I read a pithy summary last month by Ken Caldeira on the Web site Climate Progress, which went like this: When we use the atmosphere as a free waste dump for the CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from our energy system, we are transforming the Earth to a hothouse climate that last existed on this planet when the dinosaurs were the top predators. Is this ethical and fair to our children, when we could convert our energy system to an efficient one that is not carbon-fuel based for only about 2 percent of our GNP?]]></description>
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<title>Austin Troy: Can Trees Actually Deter Crime? - The Atlantic Cities</title>
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<title>2012-05-24 - The Science of Science Communication - National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC - May 21-22, 2012</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This colloquium surveyed the state of the art of empirical social science research in science communication and focused on research in psychology, decision science, mass communication, risk communication, health communication, political science, sociology, and related fields on the communication dynamics surrounding issues in science, engineering, technology, and medicine with five distinct goals:

* To improve understanding of relations between the scientific community and the public
* To assess the scientific basis for effective communication about science
* To strengthen ties among and between communication scientists
* To promote greater integration of the disciplines and approaches pertaining to effective communication
* To foster an institutional commitment to evidence-based communication science]]></description>
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<title>Extinctions As Damaging As Climate Change - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<title>Washington Electric Co-op annual meeting set for May 24 - vtdigger.org</title>
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<title>Paul Smith's Prof Links Climate Change, Drought in Southern Hemisphere - ReadMedia (press release)</title>
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<title>Vermont Software Developers' Alliance announces Bentley Award winners - vtdigger.org</title>
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<title>2012-05-07 - RACC Member Asim Zia - Land Use Adaptation to Climate Change</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/837</link>
<description><![CDATA[Global climate change, especially the phenomena of global warming, is expected
to increase the intensity of land-falling hurricanes. Societal adaptation is needed to reduce vulnerability from increasingly intense hurricanes. This study quantifies the adaptation effects of potentially policy driven caps on housing densities and agricultural cover in coastal (and adjacent inland) areas vulnerable to hurricane damages in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal regions of the U.S. Time series regressions, especially Prais-Winston and Autoregressive
Moving Average (ARMA) models, are estimated to forecast the economic impacts of
hurricanes of varying intensity, given that various patterns of land use emerge in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal states of the U.S. The Prais-Winston and ARMA models use observed time series data from 1900 to 2005 for inflation adjusted hurricane damages and socio-economic and land-use data in the coastal or inland regions where hurricanes caused those damages. The results from this study provide evidence that increases in housing density and agricultural cover cause significant rise in the de-trended inflation-adjusted damages. Further, higher intensity and frequency of land-falling hurricanes also
significantly increase the economic damages. The evidence from this study implies that a medium to long term land use adaptation in the form of capping housing density and agricultural cover in the coastal (and adjacent inland) states can significantly reduce economic damages from intense hurricanes. Future studies must compare the benefits of such land use adaptation policies against the costs of development controls implied in housing density caps and agricultural land cover reductions.]]></description>
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<title>2012-05-05 - Streams Participant Alayna Hauke named as Academic All-Star</title>
<link>http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120504/LIVING13/120503038/Academic-All-Stars-Alayna-Hauke-</link>
<description><![CDATA[Streams Student Alayna Hauke named as Academic All-Star
Top 5 accomplishments: Being named valedictorian, getting the Bausch and Lomb Science Scholarship, getting a 5 on the AP calculus exam, playing four years of varsity soccer and tennis, and working with the Vermont EPSCoR Streams Project twice.]]></description>
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<title>2012-05-04 - Patrick Clemins, VT EPSCoR Cyber Education Specialist - Invited Panelist at 2012 Internet 2 Member Meeting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Patrick Clemins, PhD, Vermont EPSCoR Cyber Education Specialist, was an invited panelist at the Spring 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting in Arlington, VA, on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012.  The Vermont EPSCoR program is housed at the University of Vermont (UVM).  The panel, titled "Expanding the Research Horizons and Impact of Less Research Intensive Institutions", focused on activities being undertaken by the Internet2 community to include educational institutions outside of the "R1" research university community including primarily undergraduate colleges, community colleges, K-12 schools, libraries, museums, and education-based associations.  Dr. Clemins outlined the efforts of Vermont EPSCoR and UVM to establish a Vermont Internet2 Sponsored Educational Group Participant (SEGP) network and the three main aspects of that process: (1) to connect educational institutions to a broadband educational and research network, (2) to integrate broadband technology into educational activities, and (3) to empower a community of educators, learners, and researchers to create their own collaborations.  Other panel members included Wole Akpose, Chief Security Officer at Morgan State University, Robert Mays, Director of Network and Communications at Villanova University, and Dr. Karl Steiner, Senior Associate Provost for Research Development at the University of Delaware. The panel was moderated by Dr. Beverly Hartline, Associate Provost and Dean at University of the District of Columbia.
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<title>2012-05-04 - Study: Extinction Could Rival Climate Change</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/835</link>
<description><![CDATA[Over the last two decades, there has been growing concern that very
high rates of modern extinction -- loss of plant and animal species due
to habitat destruction, overharvesting and other human-caused
environmental changes -- could reduce nature's ability to provide goods
and services that people need, "like food, fuel, carbon storage, clean
water, and habitat," says the University of Vermont's Carol Adair.]]></description>
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<title>Energy-Efficient Aiken Center Offically Opened at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - UVM News</title>
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<title>2012-04-30 - RACC team member Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux: Backward Seasons, Droughts and Other Bioclimatic Indicators of Variability</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/826</link>
<description><![CDATA[With the potential for setting a record low minimum temperature in a few hours, I thought you might like to read more about the backward spring that we are coming out of as temperatures climb for the rest of the week.]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-30 - RACC team member  Alan Betts: Insite Interview</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RACC team member Dr. Alan Betts is interviewed on Insight a public affairs program for Rutland County hosted by Laura Vien. Alan and Larua are joined by panelists Royal Barnard and Alan Keays for a discussion about weather.  The interview aired on 4-18-2012.]]></description>
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<title>Entrenched ideas targeted at conference to consider lessons of Irene - BurlingtonFreePress.com</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQVAQZrr5lT4XNVXM_99QNPLAh5w&amp;url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120404/PROMO04/304040001/Entrenched-ideas-targeted-conference-consider-lessons-Irene?odyssey%3Dnav%257Chead"><b>Entrenched ideas targeted at conference to consider lessons of Irene</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">BurlingtonFreePress.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">"Dig it out, make it fast and straight and deep, and we&#39;ll be fine," <b>Kari Dolan</b> of the state&#39;s Ecosystem Restoration Program said, summing up one strain of public opinion. Wrong, wrong, wrong, Kline and a suite of national experts told the conference: <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;ncl=dRqRJ6RVulhKMsM"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>Google News]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-25 - Asim Zia- Risk Zones: Comparative Lesson Drawing and Policy Learning from Flood Insurance Programs</title>
<link>http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13876988.2012.664689</link>
<description><![CDATA[Risk insurance mechanisms have been proposed as proactive policy options to enhance the resilience of communities for coping with extreme events. Many risk insurance mechanisms require designation of "risk zones" to legalize governmental interventions. After a three-day workshop and ensuing interviews, "wicked" challenges were identified in the designation of risk zones: risk thresholds; land value; damage-reduction; land-use planning; forecast uncertainty; map accuracy; modifiable-areal-unit problem; winners and losers; single versus multiple hazards; and cross-jurisdictional administrative boundaries. A total of 56 peer-reviewed studies are synthesized that evaluate these "wicked" challenges in flood insurance programs and derive deliberative heuristics for designating risk zones in publicly sponsored insurance mechanisms.]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-25 - Resilience, A Report on the Health of Vermont's Environment - The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Agency of Natural Resources is pleased to present this 
report on the health of Vermont's environment.

Most of us will never forget the historic floods of 2011 and the 
damage they delivered to our homes, farms, businesses, and 
public infrastructure such as roads, water systems, and bridges. 
The impacts on Vermont's natural environment were also severe.

As we continue to bounce back, we have a unique opportunity 
to reflect and learn. Hardship reminds us that we must continually 
strengthen our understanding of the major risks facing our 
ecosystems and our communities. It prompts us to ask: What can 
we do to minimize these risks? And how can we prepare for 
adversity if some risks cannot be fully mitigated?]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-24 - EPSCoR 2030: A Report to the National Science Foundation</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/pdfFiles/news/epscor_2030_final_report.pdf</link>
<description><![CDATA[EPSCoR 2030 Workshop - January 19-20, 2012, Washington, DC

A panel of nationally recognized scientists and engineers met at the behest of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in terms of its relevance to the National research agenda. The two-day workshop produced observations about the value of the NSF program and recommended programmatic changes to be made both by NSF and by the EPSCoR states that can enhance EPSCoR's effectiveness.]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-23 - NEBHE's &quot;Locally and Regionally Engaged&quot; Summit</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/765</link>
<description><![CDATA[We extend our sincere thanks for your participation in the New England Board of Higher Education's Locally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and Universities as Drivers of Innovation, Workforce and Economic Development summit, held on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. ]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-20 - Educators gather to contemplate Climate Change</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Educators from Vermont and New York gathered at St Michaels College near Burlington, Vermont on Saturday, March 1o. Sponsored by CBEI (http://www.lcbp.org/watershedmatters/) the goal of the event was to share with teachers information and tools to teach about climate change-and an opportunity to think about how that could happen in their own classrooms. It was a great day!]]></description>
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<title>Irene Devastation Now Visible By Google Maps - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<title>One of the winners of the second annual Green Mountain Environmental ... - BurlingtonFreePress.com</title>
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<title>2012-04-17 - Alan Betts: Climate change: Taking a Local Perspective to the Global Level</title>
<link>http://www.earthzine.org/2012/02/27/climate-change-taking-a-local-perspective-to-the-global-level/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The rapid pace of climate change in northern latitudes presents society with many challenges and a few opportunities. I am writing from the perspective of Vermont in the northeastern United States, where I conduct research on local climate change1,2, give talks3 and write for local newspapers4. In the past few decades in northern New England (45 degrees N), the winter season, when small lakes are frozen, has been lessening by about seven days per decade1. This impacts local ecology, stream flow and human recreational activities like ice fishing. Similarly, ground freeze-up is coming later, and melt is happening earlier in the spring.]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-17 - IJC to hold public hearings on study of critical sources of phosphorus loadings to Missisquoi Bay</title>
<link>http://www.ijc.org/rel/news/2012/120404_e.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The International Joint Commission (IJC) is inviting the public to comment on the International Missisquoi Bay Study Board's final report on phosphorus loadings to Missisquoi Bay on Lake Champlain.

In 2008, the Canadian and U.S. federal governments asked the International Joint Commission (IJC) to help them coordinate initiatives in both countries to reduce phosphorus loadings to Missisquoi Bay. The IJC appointed the International Missisquoi Bay Study Board to help it carry out this request. The study identified specific areas in the Vermont portion of the basin where efforts to control phosphorus runoff would be most cost effective.]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-16 - State Climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux Makes Weather Clearer </title>
<link>http://www.vermontwoman.com/articles/0412/climatologist.shtml</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why did Lake Champlain flood so badly last spring? How unusual was that summer drought? Why was the rainfall during Irene so intense? How are we to make sense of all this?

The weather certainly has been strange lately. As we emerge from the "year of no winter," following the year of record-breaking spring floods, a summer drought, the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene, and that early heavy snow storm last October, most of us are wondering: What is going on?]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-04 - CWDD Streams HS Student Elise Huntley wins Gold Medal at VSSMF: Nominated to compete at National Level at the Genius Olympiad</title>
<link>http://www.7dvt.com/2012vt-state-science-amp-math-fair</link>
<description><![CDATA[The 52nd annual VT State Science & Math Fair was held at Norwich University in Northfield last Saturday. 170 students in grades 5-12 were awarded prizes and college scholarships that add up to almost $1 million.  Eva spoke to the young leaders of tomorrow about their research projects and results.]]></description>
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<title>2012-04-08 - A Glimpse into the Future of our Vermont Climate By Alan Betts</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/748</link>
<description><![CDATA[What a remarkably mild winter it was! West of the Green Mountains we had no permanent snow cover this winter to reflect sunlight and keep temperatures cold...]]></description>
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<title>2012-02-26 - Vermont Winters are Changing Rapidly by Alan Betts</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/726</link>
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<title>2012-03-14 - RACC research presentation to Vermont Climate Cabinet</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/epscor/pdfFiles/news/Climate_Cabinet_Total_v1.pdf</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Adaptaton	to	Climate	Change	in	the	Lake	Champlain	Basin	
With	New	Understanding	through	Complex	Systems	Modeling]]></description>
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<title>Leahy hears farmers on new US Farm Bill - St. Albans Messenger</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGUIZn3v5sn9bP1yCJuzYHraZt4zQ&amp;url=http://www.samessenger.com/node/2847"><b>Leahy hears farmers on new US Farm Bill</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">St. Albans Messenger</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Kari Dolan</b>, head of the Ecosystem Restoration Program at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, called the conservation programs &quot;absolutely critical to the State of Vermont.&quot; The Natural Resources Conservation Service has $8 million for programs in <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;ncl=dD_oBJWBtzxehJM"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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<title>Science Minded: Teacher spurs curiosity - U-T San Diego</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHaI2Ks-MCxOy5rZsluD4E-8VWepg&amp;url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/26/science-minded-teacher-spurs-curiosity/"><b>Science Minded: Teacher spurs curiosity</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">U-T San Diego</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Vermont EPSCoR</b> By Aaron Hartmann My dad is a teacher, so naturally the idea for this week&#39;s post came from him: Write about the teacher that inspired you to get into science. The concept of having one inspiration may sound cliche, but I have such a <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;ncl=duUoWcW8N91s37M"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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<title>2012-03-14 - With Climate Change, U.S. Could Face Risk From Chagas Disease</title>
<link>http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&amp;storyID=13395&amp;category=uvmhome</link>
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<title>Less snow could mean fewer floods, tame rapids - Wall Street Journal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtXSlanFyfYaTIaJOi7q3wEVdYZg&amp;url=http://online.wsj.com/article/AP591085cb6ee045fabc8bc63e88f3675b.html"><b>Less snow could mean fewer floods, tame rapids</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Wall Street Journal</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">&quot;If you&#39;re a town downstream that gets these giant ice dams floods like happen in upstate New York, Vermont, all the hilly places, then it reduces the risks of the bigger floods,&quot; said <b>Curt Stager</b>, a professor of natural sciences at Paul Smiths College <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;ncl=dH3OOHjk7FVa9gM"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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<title>Natural Selections: Tent Caterpillars - North Country Public Radio</title>
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<title>Another early spring green-up in Vermont - BurlingtonFreePress.com (blog)</title>
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<title>Molnar: Silver Solace - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<title>2012-03-06 - Job Opportunity: RESEARCH TECHNICIAN:  VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity</title>
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<title>Innovative Phosphorus Removal Technologies - AZoCleantech</title>
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<title>Natural Selections: Soundscapes - North Country Public Radio</title>
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<title>2012-02-14 - Interview: Taylor Ricketts</title>
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<title>2012-02-27 - Peter Isles, VT EPSCoR Graduate Research Assistant, leads high school student workshop at Governor's Institutes of Vermont Winter Weekend</title>
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<title>Natural Selections: Atom supply - North Country Public Radio</title>
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<title>Professional News: February 22, 2012 - UVM News</title>
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<title>Scientists Say Lake Pollution Reduction Will Take Decades - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<title>Natural Selections: Convergent Evolution - North Country Public Radio</title>
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<title>2012-02-14 - VT EPSCoR receives 2012 New England Board of Higher Education Vermont State Merit Award</title>
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<title>State report shows slow but steady progress in lake and river cleanup - vtdigger.org</title>
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<title>Climate Lessons From Last Year's Storms - Vermont Public Radio</title>
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<title>Natural Selections: Hive economy - North Country Public Radio</title>
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<title>Environmental gauges at the power dam in Essex win temporary reprieve - BurlingtonFreePress.com</title>
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<title>Science pub talks climate - Rutland Herald</title>
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<title>Totally Uncool - Seven Days</title>
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<title>2012-01-11 *AUD VPR - Austin Troy: Gauging A City's Hunger For Energy </title>
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<title>2012-02-02 - RACC author argues energy waste will economically tax cities</title>
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<title>2012-01-12 - Review of Austin Troy's New Book:The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities </title>
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<title>2012-01-31 - 2013 DOE Solar Decathlon competition includes Norwich University and Middlebury College</title>
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"Two schools from tiny Vermont - and from the VGN Network  -  says a lot about our support for STEM education" Dr. Bob Cluss, Middlebury College Dean of Curriculum, Director of the Natural Sciences, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry.  

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<title>2012-01-05 - Learning on the Lake with Jason Stockwell</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Follow Jason Stockwell, director of UVM's Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Lab, and his students onto Lake Champlain as they spend an afternoon and evening studying mysis shrimp's movements before and after sunset.]]></description>
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<title>2012-01-09 - NSF Tweaks its Merit Review Rules</title>
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<title>2011-12-08 - NECC fiber enabled researcher noted on globusonline.org as &quot;User of the Month&quot;!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[James Vincent is the director of the Bioinformatics Core at the Vermont Genetics Network at the University of Vermont.

Why we picked him: James has transferred more than 5TBs of data in less than one month. He has transferred data between several TereGrid/XSEDE resources (including Blacklight, Golem, Lonestar, Ranch and Ranger) and also between his Vermont site and XSEDE resources. He has obtained stellar transfer rates - as high as 1.3 Gbps!]]></description>
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<title>2011-11-08 - *VID WCAX - A new fiber optic network will fill the need for more speed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[For scientists using the information highway faster is better, and life in the slow lane can be detrimental to research.   So a $1 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation is helping upgrade the existing data system between Vermont State Colleges and UVM. They want to switch to a high speed fiber optic network that would be 33 times faster than the system's current speed. 

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<title>University of Vermont awarded $20M to study lake - Albany Times Union</title>
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<title>2011-10-19 - UVM Scientists Featured in VPT's Emerging Science</title>
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<title>2011-10-18 - Sneak a Peek at &lt;b&gt;Season 4 of Emerging Science&lt;/b&gt;</title>
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<title>2011-10-18 - Dr. Nicholas Gotelli and the ivory-billed woodpecker</title>
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<title>2011-10-12 - New season of Emerging Science begins Oct 26 on VPT</title>
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<title>2011-09-27 - President Obama Honors UVM Robotics Scientist</title>
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<title>2011-10-12 - Judith Van Houten briefs U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on NSF EPSCoR program. </title>
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<title>2011-10-11 - *AUD WAMC Radio RACC Announcement / Interviews</title>
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<title>2011-10-07 - *AUD VPR - UVM Lake Champlain Science Group To Get Study Money</title>
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<title>2011-10-07 - UVM News - VT EPSCoR Wins $20 Million Competitive Grant to Conduct Innovative Study of Lake Champlain Basin</title>
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<title>Deseret News - University of Vermont awarded $20M to study lake</title>
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<title>Pat Manley, Professor of Geology - Middlebury Campus (subscription)</title>
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<title>$1 Million to Connect UVM and Vermont State Colleges - UVM News</title>
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<title>Sept 26th, 2011 - Dr. Donna Rizzo receives 2011 Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award </title>
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<title>Vermont Company Explores Dairy Whey Usage - World Dairy Diary</title>
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<title>University of Vermont Programs Foster Innovation and Economic Development in State - UVM News</title>
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<title>Sept 8th, 2011 - NSF BIO Directorate Changes Proposal Submission Process</title>
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<title>Sept 1st, 2011 - Tropical Storm Irene Update - Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux</title>
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<title>Aug 31st, 2011 - Welcome Jason Stockwell - Director Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Lab</title>
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<title>Aug, 24th, 2011 - David Bradbury: As change speeds up, opportunity abounds</title>
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<title>Aug 25th, 2011 - Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2012</title>
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<title>Aug 18th, 2011 - International Science &amp; Engineering Visualization Challenge Call for Entries </title>
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<title>Aug, 9th, 2011 - Mary Watzin reports of possible blue green algae in Lake Champlain</title>
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<title>Aug 4th, 2011 - Program aims to keep Vermont grads </title>
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<title>July, 8th, 2011 - IF Recipient Jeremy Singley makes Aero Improvements to Big Rigs</title>
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<title>July, 8th, 2011 - SBIR Recipient Robert Andosca to Create Self-powered Wireless Sensor Node</title>
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<title>Jun 17th, 2011 - Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies names Andrew Stickney VP</title>
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<title>Jun 15th, 2011 - Mary Watzin Interprets Champlains Highs and Lows</title>
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<title>June 3nd, 2011 - VT EPSCoR Grant Writing Workshop Presentations are now available</title>
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<title>June 2nd, 2011 - VT EPSCoR Annual State Meeting Photos are now available on Facebook</title>
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<title>May 2nd, 2011 - VT EPSCoR and VGN visit the State House </title>
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<title>May 6th, 2011 - 2011 Streams Symposium photos are now available on facebook</title>
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<title>Apr 27th, 2011 - DOD Awards $191 Million in Research Funding</title>
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<title>Apr 27th, 2011 - Stream researchers share data in Vermont at the Streams Symposium</title>
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<title>Apr 26th, 2011 - Nilanjan Lodh (VT EPSCoR Graduate Student) to present at UVM Conference</title>
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<title>Apr 15th, 2011 - Phase (0) awardee honored for work in cooling systems energy savings </title>
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<title>Oct 29th, 2010 - Infusion of Recovery Act Funds Boosts Biomedical Research</title>
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<title>Mar 18th, 2011 - VT EPSCoR collaborates with SMC Prof. Lubkowitz on $766,000 NSF Award</title>
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<title>Mar 11th, 2011 - VCET EPSCoR MBA Alum featured in Business People Magazine </title>
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<title>Mar 10th, 2011 - New Science of Complex Systems Takes Aim at Age-Old Problems</title>
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<title>Feb 13th, 2011 - Streams Project attends 2011 International Aquatic Sciences Meeting</title>
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<title>Feb 21st, 2011 - Saint Michaels student presents at Aquatic Sciences meeting in Puerto Rico</title>
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<title>Feb 15th, 2011 - UVM researcher helps warn of avalanches</title>
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<title>Oct 28th, 2010 - NECC - $17M for high-speed fiber optic network to NE Region</title>
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<title>Sept 22nd, 2010 - New Coordinator for VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Dev &amp; Diversity</title>
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<title>July 19th, 2010 - Streams Project High School Training Week 2010 Summary and Photos! </title>
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<title>June 2nd, 2010 - Dr. Jane Hill receives 2010 Milt Silveria Award</title>
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<title>July 8th, 2010 - Dr. Mary Watzin: Heat triggers Lake Champlain algae growth</title>
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<title>June 21st, 2010 - Video - Dr. Mary Watzin speaks about phosphorous ban in Lake Champlain </title>
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<title>June 8th, 2010 - Judith Van Houten appointed on two national committees and elected Fellow</title>
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<title>April 1st, 2010 - Dr. Charles Goodnights Nature Paper Refigures the Evolution of Altruism</title>
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<title>Mar 30th, 2010 - Interview with Dr. Stuart Kauffman</title>
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<title>Mar 19th, 2010 - VT EPSCoR Annual Conference Presentations now available online</title>
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<title>Mar 1st, 2010 - Dr. George Pinder Elected Member of National Academy of Engineering</title>
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<title>Jan 25th, 2010 - No Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research in 2010 </title>
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<title>Dec. 15, 2009 - Dr. Judith Van Houten Elected AAAS Fellow</title>
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<title>Oct. 30, 2009 - Streams Project to Present at American Geophysical Unions Fall Meeting</title>
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<title>Sept. 17, 2009 - Assistant Professor Chris Danforth works to aid hurricane forecasts</title>
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<title>July 24, 2009 - NASA awards for UVM faculty Darren Hitt and Jane Hill </title>
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