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02/14/2023

Meet John Barlow: Food Systems Researcher of the Month

The Food Systems Research Center is excited to annouce Dr. John Barlow as the Food Systems Researcher of the Month. John is a Professor in the...

08/22/2022

Chrissy Rohan Receives CALS Carrigan Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching

Studying equine science can be an intimidating experience for students who are new to working with horses. However, the safe, supportive and experiential learning environment that Animal and Veterinary Sciences (ASCI) Lecturer Chrissy Rohan creates for her students has made them deeply...

07/19/2022

Meet Jana Kraft: Food Systems Researcher of the Month

Jana Kraft is an Associate Professor in the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences with a secondary appointment in the Larner College of Medicine...

Jana Kraft. A person with long blonde hairs in an orange scarf sits with a laboratory as the backdrop.

06/01/2022

Food Systems Researchers of the Month: Dairy Science Postdocs

In Vermont, dairy is a big deal. As such, one of the first things the Food Systems Research Center did is put out a call for a cohort of six postdocs studying various aspects of dairy sciences in relation to food systems. The...

A cow and an outline of the state of Vermont. The text reads: The Dairy Science Postdocs, Food Systems Researchers of the Month

05/23/2022

Celebrating the Class of 2022

In the final ceremony of UVM’s 221st Commencement weekend, families, friends, faculty members and alumni packed the bleachers of Patrick Gymnasium on Sunday to celebrate the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) graduates. After two years of pandemic life and learning,...

wide angle photo of commencement ceremony; families in bleachers of gymnasium with students seated on the gymnasium floor toward the commencement platform.

05/17/2022

Meet the Food SURFers

We are very excited to feature our 10 undergraduate students who will be working alongside UVM researchers this summer to study pressing issues in food systems. UVM's Fellowships, Opportunities, & Undergraduate Research (FOUR) office supports the...

Picture of silhouette of Old Mill building on UVM's campus. Text reads: Food SURF, Undergraduate research supported by the FSRC

04/27/2022

Stephen Wadsworth Recognized for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction

The positive impact that a dedicated educator can have on students extends far beyond the classroom. For Animal and Veterinary Sciences Lecturer and CREAM Advisor Stephen Wadsworth, DVM, his students use adjectives such...

Dr. Steve Wadsworth standing in a pen with a Jersey dairy calf.

09/28/2021

Feeding Seaweed to Cows to Boost Organic Dairy Profitability and Sustainability

A multi-institutional research team led by UVM’s Sabrina Greenwood has been awarded $2.9 million to explore the potential animal health, environmental and economic benefits of seaweed as a feed alternative for organic...

dairy cow standing in a row of cows in a barn stall

09/22/2021

Building Healthy Microbiomes to Combat Mastitis on Organic Dairy Farms

A team of researchers at the University of Vermont is seeking solutions to help combat mastitis, a costly health problem among dairy cows that can be challenging for herd health on organic farms. With the use of traditional microbiology plus next-generation, high-throughput sequencing...

John Barlow, Caitlin Jeffrey and Graecia Pacheco in the Barlow Lab.

08/18/2021

Planning for a Career That Gives Back

COVID-19 has confirmed for Graecia Pacheco—a sophomore microbiology major—that her career goal is to help people protect themselves from harmful diseases. She envisions the possibilities of discovering beneficial bacteria and screening for diseases as an epidemiologist. As a first-generation...

Graecia Pacheco in the Barlow Lab holding a plated bacteria specimen.

08/11/2021

Project Prepares New England Farms to Maintain a Secure Food Supply

Most grocery stores have a dairy section lined with coolers full of milk, butter, cheese and yogurt. Our favorite dairy foods are always there, day or night, but that might not be the case if the milk supply from farms, to processors, to stores is halted by a livestock disease outbreak that...

A herd of Holstein cows in a field on a sunny day.

05/25/2021

The Class of 2021 Goes Forth

After more than a year of social distancing and many online courses, University of Vermont graduates gathered at the UVM Athletic Complex for a series of in-person commencement ceremonies held Thursday, May 20, Friday, May 21 and Sunday, May 23. All ceremonies followed strict COVID-19 safety...

graduates seated in chairs 6 feet apart on the University of Vermont field with commencement stage in the background

12/02/2020

Prevent. Detect. Respond.

Animal science major Kortnie Wheaton was always interested in the way diseases spread between animals and humans. She even wrote her UVM admissions essay on mad cow disease, but until arriving at UVM, never envisioned herself working with livestock or in the field of biosecurity. After getting...

student standing in dairy barn with cows

07/28/2020

Gift Honors Beloved UVM Professor - and Father - Dr. Albert Smith with Two Endowed Professorships

Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Rosenfeld ’74 characterizes her father, Dr. Albert Smith, as an important and visionary leader, a beloved professor and advisor, and a tireless champion of quality teaching for UVM students. And she should know—she sat in the front row of his introductory nutrition class...

04/16/2020

The Pursuit of Knowledge

For students at the University of Vermont, knowledge knows no bounds. Near or far from campus, they study everything from the most complex micro-ecosystems on the planet to the biggest threats to democracy today; they're engaged year-round, day and night, all in pursuit of knowledge. As this...

UVM student Jamie Burke in the lab in front of glowing simulated cow rumen

02/19/2020

Training the Next Generation of Dairy Farmers

For generations, Vermont dairy farmers have cultivated the state’s working landscape and played an important role in the state’s economy. Today, the industry is facing many challenges including low milk prices, an...

11/21/2019

Moose Genetics Offer New Clues for Wildlife Management

Moose have been the subject of intensive study in recent years in the Northeastern U.S., largely due the growing problem of winter ticks that have had a negative impact on the region’s moose population. Most research has focused on the links between landscape conditions and the survival and...

09/25/2019

A Natural Horseman

When alumnus Tim Hayes, Class of 1967, climbed on a horse for the first time, at age forty-eight, his life pivoted. The lifelong New Yorker was already at a turning point when, on the heels of a divorce, he traveled out west. Then, at a friend of a friend’s cattle ranch, he saddled up and...

06/25/2019

Video Games Offer Clues to Help Curb Animal Disease Outbreaks

Strengthening biosecurity is widely considered the best strategy to reduce the devastating impact of disease outbreaks in the multi-billion-dollar global swine industry, but successfully doing so all comes down to human decision-making, a University of Vermont study shows. The...

05/21/2019

UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Graduates Go Forth

In the final graduation ceremony of UVM’s 218th Commencement weekend, families, friends, faculty and alumni gathered at the UVM Athletic Complex to celebrate the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Class of 2019. In his last commencement at the helm of the College, Dean...

02/11/2019

UVM CREAM Rises to the Top

For decades, the University of Vermont student-run dairy herd has been known as one of the highest producing and genetically superior herds in Vermont. This year, a number of national awards from Holstein Association USA distinguish the UVM cows among the best in the nation. Holstein...

08/24/2018

$450,000 Manton Foundation Grant Helps Pave New Future for the Historic UVM Morgan Horse Farm

The Manton Foundation has awarded $450,000 to the University of Vermont to fund essential renovations at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm, the University’s historic, 200-acre breeding farm, teaching facility and tourist destination in Weybridge, VT. Recognized on the National Register of...

08/15/2017

Historic UVM Morgan Horse Farm Announces New Leadership and New Opportunities

Colonel Joseph Battell probably never imagined in the late 1870’s that the future of his Weybridge, VT, farm would include a pasture of award-winning UVM bred Morgan horses, student apprentices, and visitors from all over the world. Yet, almost 150 years after he launched his passion for...

09/15/2015

Suzie '15 (B.S. Animal Science/Microbiology)

NOTE: This story is only about one of the research opportunities that Suzie pursued at UVM. She was also recognized for her research pursuits by receiving the CALS Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Award. Suzie graduated from the University of Vermont in 2015 with a double...

05/18/2015

All Work, All Play, All Good Works

Jeff DeCelles, of Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, is an educator and an entrepreneur. He combines work and play. And he’s ingenious in using something fun and familiar – soccer – as a world ambassador and a metaphor to score victories over HIV. As a UVM undergrad, DeCelle had traveled...

Jeff DeCelles with a rag ball recycled soccer ball.

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