The Nov. 15 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education highlighted the successful leadership of former Interim President Edwin Colodny in an article about the role of a university's interim leader. "I made it clear that, if I took the position, I wanted to advance the agenda of the university," Colodny said.

Other top stories reported in November include:

• A Nov. 26 Washington Post article about the National Survey of Student Engagement cited the University of Vermont favorably in its lead.
• One of several articles in Newsweek magazine's Dec. 2 cover package titled "The Science of Alternative Medicine" featured research highlights and comments by Dr. Helene Langevin, research assistant professor of neurology.
• The results of a demographic survey of Vermont civil union couples by psychology professors Sondra Solomon and Esther Rothblum were reported Nov. 28 in the Washington Post and in a Nov. 30 Associated Press article.
• Rachel Johnson, acting dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, discussed the Institute of Medicine's dietary reference intake recommendations in the Nov. 2 issue of The Lancet.

  For a complete list of the best UVM stories reported in the local and national news media last month, go to Recent News Coverage of UVM.