UVM in the National News
05-24-2013
UVM Cancer Researcher Talks to NBC News and other Major Media about Study Linking Fitness and Decreased Risk of the Disease
In interviews with NBC News, PBS’s “NewsHour,” US News and World Report and other media outlets, lead author Dr. Susan Lakoski, assistant professor in the College of Medicine, discusses a new study demonstrating that “fit” individuals (researchers tracked 7,000 healthy, 45-year-old men) were less likely to develop cancer ...
05-23-2013
Multimedia: The Scientist Hears from UVM Neurologist on Connective Tissue and Alternative Medicine
The Scientist features an article by Dr. Helene Langevin, research associate professor of neurology, explaining the critical role connective tissue plays in the body and her work linking it to the apparent effectiveness of acupuncture in dealing with pain. Read the story and watch a video of Langevin explaining her work...
05-23-2013
Slate Takes a Maple Tour with UVM Professor’s Tasting Map
Intrigued by Vermont’s grant-funded maple-tasting map, Slate heads upstate to taste a variety of syrups, looking to discern variation among batches, from sugarmaker to sugarmaker, place to place. The creation of the tasting guide, a tool that uses descriptive terms such as caramel or toasted nuts, much as one one might for wine ...
05-10-2013
Major Media Coverage for UVM Professors’ Hedometer
The Wall Street Journal, in a front page story on the search for America’s happiest town, references the "hedonometer" developed by Peter Dodds, director of complex systems, and fellow mathematician Chris Danforth, who dubs it “the Dow Jones index of happiness.” When combined with the abundance of social networking data ...
05-08-2013
Multiple Sources Feature UVM Professor’s Positive Marine Mammal Report
The International Business Times, ABCNews.com and Live Science highlight a report on “The Marine Mammal Protection Act at 40” report, in which conservation biologist Joe Roman and his colleagues announce the overall success of the legistlation. As the International Business Times writes, “marine mammals in the waters off the ...
05-08-2013
Student’s Senior Thesis Featured in The Guardian
The Guardian interviews senior Rachel Franz for an article exploring the findings of her senior Honors College thesis – “Cultivating Little Consumers: How Picture Books Influence Materialism in Children.” After analyzing 30 picture books and writing a 196-page thesis, Franz finds that some books reinforce consumerism, while ...
05-07-2013
In NPR blog post, UVM Professor Reports on Meeting Addressing the Origins of Life
Complex systems expert Stuart Kauffman, an experimental and theoretical biologist, frequently posts on National Public Radio's blog, "13.7: Cosmos and Culture." In this recent piece, “Chasing The Seeds Of Life,” Kauffman describes a meeting in which competing scientific theories – that either RNA or a molecule which ...
04-29-2013
BBC Covers UVM Discovery: Tweeters are Happier Further From Home
The BBC -- as well as MIT Technology Review and numerous other media outlets -- report that a UVM team demonstrated the further a Twitter user strays from their “average” locations, the “happier” their tweets become. According to the BBC, Christopher Danforth, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, and his team ...
04-29-2013
Times Turns to UVM Professor to Review Novel on Slave Breeding
Major Jackson, poet and associate professor of English, reviews Margaret Wrinkle’s Wash in The New York Times, where he acknowledges the challenges faced by a white author depicting black characters. Despite noting some inaccuracies and a sometimes self-conscious tone, Jackson writes, “I was moved by this story… Rather than ...
04-25-2013
Associated Press Features UVM Family Business Expert
In an Associated Press story that ran in papers nationwide, there is a Vermont focus that features Pramodita Sharma, professor in the School of Business and editor of the scholarly journal Family Business. As Sharma tells the AP, one of the key elements that differentiates family enterprises is the significant influence of kinship ...
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