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Hidden consequences: �պ�� researchers investigate the wider impacts of conservation efforts

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Doing Small Things in a Great Way

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Walt Poleman's Trip to COP16

Gund Institute Names 2024 Catalyst Award Winners

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12/13/2024

Ph.D. Student and Knauss Fellow, Rosie Chapina, Sets Sail on NOAA Expedition

Lake Champlain Sea Grant 2024 Knauss Fellow Rosaura “Rosie” Chapina has spent the past eleven...

12/09/2024

Climate Change and Cyanobacteria: �պ��'s Cutting-Edge Research on Lake and Stream Health

�պ�� (�պ��) has recently received funding from the U.S. Geological Survey...

12/03/2024

Deforestation Reduces Malaria Bed Nets’ Effectiveness

When a forest is lost to development, some effects are obvious. Stumps and mud puddles across the...

11/30/2024

After the Floods

Water will continue to shape—and reshape—Vermont communities. Sometimes it will come in a...

11/19/2024

Got Sustainability? �պ�� Researchers Test Ways to Green-Up Dairy Farming

Joshua Faulkner squats in a corn field, scooping out the insides of a hole. He holds a handful of...

11/18/2024

Advanced Field Ecology in the Adirondacks

In mid-October on a warm, sunny fall weekend, a group of graduate and undergraduate students at the...

11/15/2024

Data and Open Science Summit to Highlight Speakers from NASA

In partnership with the Vermont Research Open Source Program Office (VERSO), the Graduate College...

11/11/2024

Mapping Connectivity: How �պ�� Researchers are Studying Safe Passages for Wildlife

Jed Murdoch’s class huddles in a parking lot in Stowe one bone-chilling Friday afternoon in...

11/01/2024

A Trout Turnabout

November 29, 2023In eighty feet of water, one mile off the Burlington shoreline, the research...

10/24/2024

Planetary Health from the Ground Up: Co-creating a Wellbeing Economy in Vermont and Beyond

Rigo Melgar is a Ph.D. candidate in Ecological Economics in the Rubenstein School of Environment...

10/21/2024

�պ��'s Walter Poleman to Join U.N. Biodiversity Conference

University of Vermont environmental scholar Walter Poleman will attend the 16th United Nations...

10/04/2024

What is Planetary Health?

The planet is alive. This ecstatic skin of the Earth that stretches but a few miles up and down is...

10/03/2024

Dr. Marie C. Vea Receives Award for Inclusive Excellence

Dr. Marie C. Vea was honored with the 2024 Dr. H. Lawrence McCrorey Award for Inclusive Excellence...

10/03/2024

Introducing �պ��'s First Presidential Doctoral Fellows

What role does the microbiome of plants play in their ability to survive extreme environments? How...

09/23/2024

�պ�� Awarded $2.7M for National Climate Measurements Center of Excellence

Temperature, precipitation, wind speed—the U.S. government has plenty of ways to measure our...

09/20/2024

How to Love a Forest

Ethan Tapper '12, an alumnus of the Rubenstein School's forestry program and a current graduate...

09/19/2024

A Man for All Seasons

On Friday September 13, 2024, the Rubenstein School hosted an intimate gathering at the George D....

09/12/2024

Saving "Bills": A Summer Spent with Loons

Rubenstein School students spend their summers in countless ways: some take courses, some conduct...

09/05/2024

A Warm Welcome from Peter

We’ve just completed the second week of classes here at �պ��! We are so glad to have students,...

08/20/2024

When the Ice is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth’s Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

In his new book, When the Ice is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth’s Tumultuous...

08/19/2024

The Captain and Crew of the R/V Marcelle Melosira

If you were to walk along the path at Waterfront Park on an August morning in Burlington, VT, you...

07/25/2024

Burlington’s Riverside Avenue Faces Ongoing Landslide Risk: �պ�� Study

At least 20 times in the past 70 years, part of the hill by Burlington’s Riverside Avenue has...

06/06/2024

Taking Flight

Two weeks ago, we concluded the Spring semester by celebrating the nearly 200 seniors who graduated...

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 �պ��...