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04/09/2026

What do our National Parks sound like?

Coyotes howling. The steady buzz of cicadas. A downpour. A rocket launch. Each conjures a different image and emotion, and all are heard in...

02/17/2026

From Classroom to Conference: UVM Junior Presents at National Scientific Meeting

This summer University of Vermont junior Nick Preschel had a unique commute.Most days, Preschel, who is studying environmental sciences at the...

05/15/2025

Living and Working for the Birds

Ever since he was a child, Spencer Ogden ’25, an Environmental Sciences (ENSC) major in the Rubenstein School, has loved birds.

05/10/2024

Trusting the Process: How Gus Lunde '24 Leaned into his Passions for Biking and Birding to Design an Honors College Thesis

On April 30, a group of students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered in the Aiken Center to watch Gus Lunde ’24 present his Honors...

02/26/2024

Deforestation Exacerbates Risk of Malaria for Most-vulnerable Children

Malaria kills more than 600,000 people each year worldwide, and two thirds are children under age five in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists have found a...

06/22/2023

Deniz Dutton's Summer Research Leads to Graduate School

Each summer University of Vermont (UVM) students put their learning and experience from their coursework to use in jobs and internships. The...

05/17/2023

Undergraduate Research Project Sets Up Senior Sam Buswell for a Career in Wetlands

Sam Buswell ’23, grew up in Brandon, Vermont—a small town one hour and ten minutes south of Burlington. He describes himself as a “Vermont ski...

05/01/2023

Undergraduate Class Projects Contribute to Rubenstein School Net Zero Energy Goals

Each spring, for 22 years, undergraduates have teamed up with faculty and staff in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the...