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

From Community Development Classroom to Caribbean Coastline:

CALS Food Systems Alumna, Institute For Agroecology Postdoc Amaya Carrasco-Torrontegui On Researching Our Relationship To The Planet

Sini Karjalainen, CALS Alumna, to Play in 2026 Winter Olympic Games

Nine UVM Olympians to Compete in the 2026 Winter Games in Italy

Building Bridges: Agroecology and Planetary Health Partnerships from the Andes to Vermont

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01/20/2026

The Sensory Sandwich

As our world adapts to the changing climate, so must the food on our plates. At UVM’s Climate...

01/16/2026

Amid Extreme Weather, 2026 No-Till & Cover Crop Conference To Offer Farmers Tools For Resilience

"Part of building farmers' resiliency on their farms to the weather extremes is building soil...

01/09/2026

Gund Institute Welcomes 16 New Community Members in Spring 2026

The Gund Institute for Environment is proud to introduce the newest members of its community....

01/06/2026

Video Game Reveals People Value Feeding Their Neighbors—Even at a Cost to Themselves

For many people, the allure of video games is that they offer players a chance to enter a world...

01/06/2026

MPA Graduate Student Zane Zupan Named ASPA Founders’ Fellow

Zane Zupan, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduate student in the University of...

12/17/2025

Center for Rural Studies Appoints New Co-Directors

The Center for Rural Studies at the University of Vermont has appointed Michael Moser and Kelly...

12/14/2025

Food Forests Play Critical Role in Building Community and Advancing the Right to Food

It’s the spring of 2023 and the Edgewater Food Forest in Mattapan, Mass. has been three years in...

12/12/2025

A Legacy in Leaves: Pringle Herbarium Honors 95-Year-Old Hilda White with a Holly Fern That Will Carry Her Name Forever

This time of year, many of us reflect on the year's events and consider our accomplishments, how...

12/11/2025

Agroforestry and Agroecology

As the temperature in Burlington, Vt. plummets to near zero (don’t even ask me about the “feels...

12/10/2025

UVM Study Reveals Millions at Risk

A new national study led by researchers at the University of Vermont highlights a critical...

11/26/2025

Joshua Faulkner Honored with Hubert W. Vogelmann Award

The University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) named Dr. Joshua Faulkner...

11/21/2025

Landscape Design Student Harry Loyd and His Faculty Mentor, Fortino Acosta Win First Place for Best Landscape Design

How to win career-enhancing awards isn't generally part of the curriculum of most undergraduate...

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