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UVM’s Kirk Dombrowski Named to Vermont's AI Taskforce

V-GaN Tech Hub Opens New Test and Characterization Facility to Accelerate Microelectronics from Lab to Fab

More Like Parasites Than Tumors: Vermont Scientists Discover Transmissible Cancer in Catfish

Building Water Resilient Agricultural Systems

Research Feature: Daniel Sadler and What Sea Urchins Can Tell Us About Climate Change

ALCHEMIST's Modern-Day Magic

CEMS Research News

06/25/2026

From the Classroom to the Cloud Forest

Nestled among the steep western slopes of the Andes in the remotenorthwestern reaches of Ecuador...

05/13/2026

Senior Spotlight: Will Rekas

In the weeks leading up to the 2026 commencement ceremonies for UVM's College of Engineering and...

05/12/2026

Senior Spotlight: Alisson Ailhin Fernandez Tuiro

In the weeks leading up to the 2026 commencement ceremonies for UVM's College of Engineering and...

05/07/2026

Senior Spotlight: Crow Stephenson

In the weeks leading up to the 2026 commencement ceremonies for UVM's College of Engineering and...

05/05/2026

Senior Spotlight: Rachel Goodwin

In the weeks leading up to the 2026 commencement ceremonies for UVM's College of Engineering and...

CALS Research News

07/30/2026

Beyond “Good” and “Bad” Foods: Reimagining How We Teach Nutrition

Janet Gamble had taught college nutrition courses for more than a decade and was noticing a...

07/28/2026

The African Diaspora Foodways Institute Pilots Partnerships with Vermont Culinary Artists

One recent Saturday at Clemmons Family Farm, a large group spilled into a sunny living room...

07/22/2026

The Human Side of Animal Health: Global Research Review Reveals New Insights to Achieving Better Biosecurity

Researchers review 16 years of global studies and discover that disease prevention on farms depends...

07/20/2026

Food Systems Ph.D. Candidate, Pindar Yawulda Mbaya, Recognized with the 2026 CALS Graduate Student Our Common Ground Award

UVM Food Systems doctoral student Pindar Yawulda Mbaya has been selected as the recipient of the...

07/17/2026

Rail View Dairy is the 2026 Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year

University of Vermont Extension is pleased to announce that Rail View Dairy in New Haven is the...

RSENR Research News

07/30/2026

Gund Institute Awards $300,000 to Bring Clean, Reliable Energy to Remote Alaska Communities

The Gund Institute for Environment today announced the winner of its new Impact Award, which...

07/22/2026

Recycling Food Waste Would Bring Huge Benefits, But Microplastics a Challenge

Keeping food waste out of landfills provides climate and other environmental benefits, and Vermont...

07/22/2026

More Like Parasites Than Tumors: Vermont Scientists Discover Transmissible Cancer in Catfish

A team of Vermont researchers has discovered that mysterious black skin lesions afflicting catfish...

07/13/2026

Get to Know the Best Course at UVM

Every Rubenstein School first-year takes NR1010 and NR1020: Natural History & Human Ecology, a...

06/11/2026

Research Feature: Anna Maassel and Wildfire Smoke's Effects on Childhood Asthma

Last summer, smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed Vermont, darkening the sunset and...

CAS Research News

08/06/2026

Leahy Intern Helps Brattleboro Gallery Celebrate 50th Anniversary

The Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships' Statewide Internship Program successfully completed its...

07/20/2026

Research Feature: Daniel Sadler and What Sea Urchins Can Tell Us About Climate Change

Along the Pacific coast, lush kelp forests are increasingly giving way to "urchin barrens,"...

07/14/2026

Mapping Mars: Student Scientists Present Research at NASA

NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is a massive place, covering over two and a half square...

06/26/2026

What Proposed Changes to the H-2A Program Could Mean for Vermont Dairy Farms and Workers

The Trump administration, this month, proposed expanding access to the federal H-2A visa program, a...

06/15/2026

UVM Study Links Housing, Race, Income to Soil Lead Exposure in Two Northeast Cities

An estimated 25-40% of homes in the U.S. have soilcontaminated with lead, a toxic heavy metal that...