News and Events

The UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is often featured in regional, national, and international news. There are many stories of faculty, student, and alumni successes to celebrate. Catch up on CALS' breaking news here.

Newsworthy Successes

CDAE Welcomes Brian Ohl to Public Administration Faculty

First U.S. Online Master’s Program in Agroecology Welcomes Inaugural Cohort at UVM

Meet the UVM Extension Interns Cultivating Healthy Communities This Summer

Kerstin Lange, Field Naturalist Alumna

Climate Change Isn’t Driving All Mountain Trees Higher, Global Study Finds

Vermonters Encouraged to Look for Signs of Asian Longhorned Beetle

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08/03/2026

Academics and Advocates from Across the Country Gather for U.S. Academic National Agroecology Network

Globally, agroecology has gained traction as a way to transform the food system into one that is...

07/31/2026

Alumna Kristina Zontini's Super Secret Ice Cream is Super Big Success

When Kristina Zontini graduated from UVM in 2011 with a degree in Community and International...

07/30/2026

Beyond “Good” and “Bad” Foods: Reimagining How We Teach Nutrition

Janet Gamble had taught college nutrition courses for more than a decade and was noticing a...

07/28/2026

The African Diaspora Foodways Institute Pilots Partnerships with Vermont Culinary Artists

One recent Saturday at Clemmons Family Farm, a large group spilled into a sunny living room...

07/27/2026

Goldwater Scholar Madison Guyette on the TV Program "Across the Fence!"

Rising Senior Madison Guyette was recently interviewed on the TV program, "Across the Fence" about...

07/22/2026

The Human Side of Animal Health: Global Research Review Reveals New Insights to Achieving Better Biosecurity

Researchers review 16 years of global studies and discover that disease prevention on farms depends...

07/20/2026

Building Water Resilient Agricultural Systems

Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and increasingly frequent extreme weather...

07/20/2026

Food Systems Ph.D. Candidate, Pindar Yawulda Mbaya, Recognized with the 2026 CALS Graduate Student Our Common Ground Award

UVM Food Systems doctoral student Pindar Yawulda Mbaya has been selected as the recipient of the...

07/17/2026

Rail View Dairy is the 2026 Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year

University of Vermont Extension is pleased to announce that Rail View Dairy in New Haven is the...

07/16/2026

Two UVM Doctoral Candidates Are Awarded Prestigious USDA Predoctoral Fellowships

For University of Vermont doctoral candidates Blair Christensen and Michelle Nikfarjam, earning the...