Introducing the Planetary Health Initiative

aerial view of UVM campus, Lake Champlain, and the Adirondack Mountains beyond

Consider your breath. In that inrush of air you bring oxygen to your lungs, keeping you alive. It’s the same air that covers the whole planet—oxygen produced by green life. The intricate interplay that we call the environment is not scenery; it’s the fundamental health care system.

During two recent sessions, leaders, faculty, staff and students from across campus gathered to ponder the...

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Juliana posing on the roof of a building overlooking the city and mountains.

Community Building In and Out of the Classroom

Juliana Ward ’24, an Environmental Studies (ENVS) major and economics minor, is a member of the second to last cohort of students to earn their B.S. degrees in Environmental Studies from the Rubenstein School. The program migrated to the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) in the fall of 2022.

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Portraits of Wolgang Mieder and Beverly Rubenstein

Mieder, Rubenstein to Receive Honorary Degrees at UVM’s 2024 Commencement

At the 2024 University of Vermont Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 19, philanthropist Beverly Rubenstein and Wolfgang Mieder, UVM distinguished professor emeritus of German and Folklore, will receive honorary degrees alongside the commencement speaker.

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