UVM one of first universities to end sales of bottled water
The University of Vermont will become one of the first institutions nationwide to end the sale of bottled water on campus and mandate that one-third of drinks offered in vending machines be healthy options.
Medicaid drawdown will help UVM foot bill for graduate medical education
According to officials from Fletcher Allen Health Care, the drawdown of federal funds will help increase Medicaid’s chronic underpayments to the hospital.
From Twitter, UVM scientists measure mood, happiness is down
The gross domestic product of the United States — that oft-cited measure of economic health — has been ticking upward for the last two years.
But what would you see if you could see a graph of gross domestic happiness?
A team of scientists from the University of Vermont have made such a graph — and the trend is down.
Sandia Center at UVM will accelerate smart grid transition
Gov. Peter Shumlin joined Sen. Bernie Sanders, UVM’s interim president, and Green Mountain Power’s CEO to announce a multi-million partnership project with Sandia Laboratories
Vermont Workers Center and Student Stand Up host “Human Rights for the 99%” conference at UVM on Dec. 10
On December 10, international Human Rights Day the Vermont Workers’ Center (VWC) and Student Stand Up are hosting a major all day conference that features the VWC annual membership assembly, dozens of workshops, panel discussions, a human rights rally, celebration dinner and the premiere of a new film about the community response after the Tropical Storm Irene disaster and the human impact which lead to the exacerbation of suffering in its wake.
Jean Richardson named to National Organic Standards Board
Richardson is professor emerita of natural resources, environmental studies and geography at UVM. She is also a maple syrup producer, an organic inspector and a consultant on rural development, agriculture and environmental issues.
Lucier: More Vermont high school students choosing UVM
Over the past three years of the recession, the average indebtedness for Vermont students with loans has remained the same, despite their growing need.
Dewalt: UVM is unaffordable, caters to the elite
If UVM continues to browse only among the wealthy elite for its leadership candidates, it will continue to burnish its ivory tower image, but it may not do much to integrate the university into the fabric of our lives.
Cross: Governor’s emphasis on UVM misplaced
To stimulate improvements in return on investment in higher education one has to go where the students are — the Vermont State Colleges system.
Margolis: Plato, UVM and the Shumlin solution
If the next generation’s Einstein lives in Vermont, he or she will probably have to go to college out of state.
