Features Covering research by current faculty, current activities of students and alumni, and the UVM community’s impact on Vermont and the wider world, UVM Magazine feature stories give a deep-dive look at the institution’s most important work today. Current Features Green and Gold, Silver and Bronze University of Vermont athletes are no strangers to the Olympic podium. Since Albert Gutterson won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1912 Olympic... It's Not Easy Being Green Skin is certainly nature’s most subtle and beguiling invention. Before bending over to kiss a frog, consider that its sparkling surface may be more... Real Impact: These UVM students are taking action and leaving a mark on their community For two years in a row, the Princeton Review has named UVM the No. 1 “Best School for Making an Impact.” Recipes for Community On a frigid December morning in Burlington, Cynthia Herbert steers her SUV onto I-89 and settles in for the nearly 80-mile drive to Newport Center,... The Brightest Promise As she begins her tenure as the leader of the University of Vermont, Marlene Tromp has big goals for UVM, an institution she feels “has the power... Miles to Go March 9, 2025After 41 years, Paul Jarris has reached the border again. “I’m just going to touch this marker,” Jarris says, and slides one ski... A Bold Future with 'Green, Gold, and Bold' Read how UVM’s new strategic plan charts goals for a bold future. Learn more about the Strategic Plan Past Features 11/19/2025 The Brightest Promise As she begins her tenure as the leader of the University of Vermont, Marlene Tromp has big goals for UVM, an institution she feels “has the power... 11/14/2025 Miles to Go March 9, 2025After 41 years, Paul Jarris has reached the border again. “I’m just going to touch this marker,” Jarris says, and slides one ski... 11/14/2025 Where are the Men? Nearly every week a new opinion piece muses about the problems affecting young men, often followed by another questioning if con-cerns are overblown.... 05/16/2025 Thoughts Fly There are no fruit flies in Davi Bock’s kitchen. But head down into the basement of his 1850s farmhouse, on the end of a dirt road in Glover, Vt.,... 05/16/2025 Tick... Tick... Boom Until 2004, a blacklegged tick had never been found in Vermont. By 2017, with winters warming, the Green Mountain State led the nation in Lyme... 05/16/2025 The Cornerstone It began, as do so many stories of destruction and redemption, with fire. First the kiln that formed 300,000 bricks by the shores of the Winooski,... 11/30/2024 After the Floods Water will continue to shape—and reshape—Vermont communities. Sometimes it will come in a deluge, pummeling agricultural fields and swamping... 11/01/2024 A Trout Turnabout November 29, 2023In eighty feet of water, one mile off the Burlington shoreline, the research vessel Marcelle Melosira pulls in a trawling net. On... 10/31/2024 Correcting Corrections On a blustery morning in November, Kathy Fox steers her car through snow squalls to the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, Vt. She... 05/31/2024 Changing the Conversation A few years ago, a promising student confided to David Jenemann, dean of the Patrick Leahy Honors College, that she was thinking about transferring.... 05/31/2024 The Virtues of Dirty Work Mark Usher, the Lyman-Roberts Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, stands in ankle-deep mud wielding a flame-thrower. He turns the... 03/05/2024 The Class That Changed My Life There are moments in everyone’s life that have the potential to change everything. For the UVM College of Arts and Sciences alums (and one...
