Research News Research news and updates from across the university. OVPR News Susan Whitman is Raising the Bar for Health and Wellness Coaches New Theme and Speakers: What's in Store for RISE 2024? UVM Water Resource Institute Takes Aim at Global Crises Beyond the Books Announcing the Third Annual Research Week Increasing the Pressure on Skin Infections CEMS Research News 06/20/2024 Enabling Better Bots As more industrial and autonomous robots come online for an increasingly diverse array of applications, ensuring adequate safety protections exist for the humans who share their workspaces is a growing concern. Luis... 05/19/2024 The Mary Jean Simpson Award: Anja Samsom The Mary Jean Simpson Award is presented to the senior student who best exemplifies the qualities of character, leadership, and scholarship. It is named in honor of Mary Jean Simpson who exemplified these qualities throughout her professional career, including as UVM’s third Dean of... 05/13/2024 2024 CEMS Faculty Award Winners Five outstanding faculty members in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences were recently honored with Faculty Awards during the college's annual spring faculty retreat. The winners were recognized in four categories including a new award introduced this year, The James and... 05/06/2024 Taking Off: the “Covid Class” of 2024 Reflects on Challenges and Changes Four years ago this month they were effectively grounded. Stuck at home, they prepared for a graduation ceremony like no other–or, for some of them, no ceremony at all. It was the start of the first “Covid Summer,” and for the high school classes of 2020, that meant graduating via Zoom, or while... 05/02/2024 Honeybees to Hate Speech About four years ago, editors from Nature Portfolio, the team that publishes the journal Nature, reached out to UVM professor of computer science Laurent Hébert-Dufresne. They knew of his leading work using networks, contagion theory, and co-evolution to explore many... CALS Research News 07/19/2024 Tim Rademacher is the New Scientific Director of UVM's Proctor Maple Research Center Meet Dr. Tim Rademacher, who will assume the position of Scientific Director at University of Vermont’s Proctor Maple Research Center (PMRC) this fall. Born in Germany, Rademacher recounts how influential trees were in the culture of his youth, “In Northern Europe, where I grew up, trees... 07/10/2024 It’s Agricultural Fair and Exhibition Season: Do You Know How to Protect Your Show Animals? Agricultural fairs and exhibitions are in full swing across the U.S., and with the recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy cows, it is important to know how to protect animals from diseases before,... 07/09/2024 One Year After the Flood: Working to Close Gaps for Vermont Farmers Christa Alexander inks the names of vegetables on popsicle sticks inside a toasty hoophouse at Jericho Settlers Farm. Behind her rests a bag of potting soil the size of a small vehicle and a tray of perky pea shoots. The sky is postcard blue, and yet, last summer’s flooding looms in the... 07/09/2024 One Year After the Flood: Building Resilience in Agriculture Every disaster reveals something about our state of preparedness. The COVID-19 pandemic uncovered deep fissures in the country’s public health system. Heavy rain events like last July tested Vermont’s infrastructure and agricultural sector. And ready or not, with climate change, more will come.... 06/17/2024 The 26th North American Nitrogen Fixation Conference The North American Nitrogen Fixation Conference began in 1968 and has been meeting regularly since then. This is the first time it was held in Vermont. The conference has a broad focus that includes research on symbiotic nitrogen-fixation, a... RSENR Research News 07/25/2024 Burlington’s Riverside Avenue Faces Ongoing Landslide Risk: UVM Study At least 20 times in the past 70 years, part of the hill by Burlington’s Riverside Avenue has tumbled into the Winooski River, according to new UVM research. With structures atop the unstable slope, it’s just a matter of time before the next landslide, with the potential for property and... 06/06/2024 Taking Flight Two weeks ago, we concluded the Spring semester by celebrating the nearly 200 seniors who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. We were thrilled to welcome back two-time alumna... 06/05/2024 Setting the Table: Alumna Dr. Rebecca Stanfield McCown Encourages Graduates to Build Diverse Support Networks Alumna Dr. Rebecca Stanfield McCown MS ’06 and PhD ’11, returned to the University of Vermont (UVM) campus on May 19 to share advice with the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources graduating class of 2024 at UVM Commencement Weekend. Rebecca is a two-time alumna,... 06/05/2024 Gone Fishin’: Ellen Marsden Retires after 26 Years with the Rubenstein School Dr. J. Ellen Marsden, Professor of Fisheries Biology, retired from the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont (UVM) in May 2024. She was celebrated for her countless contributions to UVM and the state of Vermont at a ceremony during the spring... 06/03/2024 Clare Ginger Retires After 30 Years of Leadership and Teaching in the Rubenstein School Dr. Clare Ginger, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, received the distinction of Emerita from the University of Vermont (UVM) in May 2024. After 30 years of dedicated teaching and leadership in the Rubenstein... CAS Research News 07/08/2024 UVM Launches Nationwide Effort to Grow Local News Reporting at Colleges Across the U.S. The Center for Community News (CCN) at the University of Vermont (UVM) will dramatically expand efforts to grow partnerships between local news outlets and universities across the country, forging a path to sustainability... 07/01/2024 SWLC Faculty Members Win National Teaching Awards It’s a noteworthy thing when a member of a college’s faculty wins a national teaching award—and even more remarkable when two do so in a single year! During the 2023-24 academic year, this feat was achieved by professors John... 06/05/2024 A Degree in What? Every year, students and families have hard conversations as they attempt to balance important considerations such as cost of attendance, campus life, and academic supports when choosing which college to attend. I’m confident that, in many of these conversations, the student’s choice of a major... 05/19/2024 The Katherine Anne Kelly Award: Tiffany Mai The Katherine Anne Kelly Award is named after the Class of 2000 graduate who bravely battled serious medical challenges while engaging in UVM student life. The award recognizes a graduating senior who best exemplifies Kate’s passion, energy, and integrity. This year’s award is given to... 05/19/2024 The Class of 1967 Award: Samantha Bjorklun The Class of ’67 Award is presented to the senior student who has been active in student activities, has received university recognition in a varsity sport, and/or has been elected to an office in a recognized student activity. This year’s award goes to Samantha Bjorklun (she/her)....
