Science

Vermont has doubled the number of its FIRST Tech Challenge teams from 15 to 30 in regional hubs throughout the state. Now, the program's exponential growth will continue, thanks to a STEM equity grant written with Burlington's Generator Makerspace and partnerships with UVM Extension's 4-H network.

India is the world’s second-largest producer of wheat and rice and is home to more than 600 million farmers. The country has achieved impressive gains in food production since the 1960s, due in part to an increased reliance on irrigation wells, which allowed Indian farmers to expand production into the mostly dry winter and summer seasons. But those gains have come at a cost: The country that produces 10% of the world’s crops is now the world’s largest consumer of groundwater, and aquifers are rapidly becoming depleted across much of India.