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

Gus, an Environmental Sciences major, used his thesis as an opportunity to examine the intersection of human behavior and wildlife conservation
Gus performing a mountain bike jump in the forest.

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 College thesis seminar. Gus has been working toward this culminating event for nearly two years, and his thesis is the result of many early mornings of data collection, thousands of pages read, hundreds of emails sent and received, and countless hours...

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a mosquito feeding on a human blood meal

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 treatment that could prevent thousands of these deaths: trees.

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Deniz Dutton standing on a hiking trail with a green mountainous view behind her

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 Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources encourages every student to pursue an internship during their time at UVM, with the help of our Career Coaches and Internships Coordinator.

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