New Award to Fund UVM Student’s Research After Graduation

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A new initiative by a private foundation will allow a UVM Chemistry student to work with his faculty mentor on a phosphorus research project for a year after graduation.

Rory Waterman, professor of Chemistry and associate dean in UVM’s College of Arts and Sciences, is one of nine scholars in the country to receive a Cottrell Postbac Award from the Research Corporation for Science...

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Glimmers of Gold

On March 25, the University of Vermont was delighted to announce that three students were selected to receive Goldwater Scholarships, the U.S. Congress’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.

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Chemistry Professor Helps Recover Helium in Discovery Hall

Helium is one of the only elements on Earth that is an entirely nonrenewable resource—and it’s rapidly depleting. Every time we pop a balloon, for example, that helium is released and gone forever.

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