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

Video Series Animates Answers to Challenging Foreign Animal Disease Questions

Students Break Ground for a Lawn-Free Burlington

Vermont plastic bag use dropped 91% following ban, researchers find

Proctor Maple Research Center Director Receives IMSI Award

From Farms to Photons

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05/27/2025

Ekaterina V Lopez-Bondarchuk Wins the CALS 2025 Graduate Research Excellence Award

Ekaterina V Lopez-Bondarchuk, who goes by Katya, is actively writing her thesis to complete her...

05/20/2025

Thomas DeSisto Receives the Highest UVM Award Given to Faculty Teaching Community-Engaged Learning Courses

Thomas DeSisto is the recipient of the 2025 Lynne Bond Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award...

05/20/2025

Rising Senior Dan Schiefen Recognized with the Kende Award for 2025

Dan Schiefen has a double major in microbiology and molecular genetics as well as two minors in...

05/18/2025

Keith M. Miser Leadership Award: Ayden Carpenter

The Keith M. Miser Leadership Award is presented to the student who has been successful in campus...

05/15/2025

CALS Celebrates Our 2025 Graduates

On May 17th 355 undergraduate students will graduate from the College of Agriculture and Life...

05/14/2025

Study: Vermont Farmers Embrace Soil Health

Soil health is a popular topic these days among farmers, researchers and professionals in the...

05/12/2025

Mealworms on the Menu

What might get you to add insects to your diet? Perhaps if they tasted undeniably delicious. At the...

05/07/2025

University of Vermont Ranks Among Peace Corps’ Top Volunteer-Producing Schools for 2025

The Peace Corps has announced that the University of Vermont ranked No. 3 among medium-sized U.S....

05/05/2025

Food Systems Doctoral Student Leslie Spencer Wins the UVM Three-minute Thesis Contest

There are obvious challenges in reducing years of graduate research and field results into a...

04/25/2025

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Double Major Naveen Kothandaraman Receives a Goldwater Scholarship

The first week in April was an exciting one for UVM student Naveen Kothandaraman.

04/16/2025

What if Mother Earth Could Sue for Mistreatment? Endangered Ecuadorian Frogs and the Junin Community Showcase a Groundbreaking Legal Framework

Scientists at the Institute for Agroecology at UVM, along with international co-authors, have...

04/11/2025

UVM Soil Testing Center Gives Vermont Farmers a Local Solution

The University of Vermont's new Soil Health Research and Extension Center (SHREC) is set to...

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