UVM /tags/uvm UVM en-US 开云体育 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:49:48 GMT The strange tale of how UVM became the Catamounts /local-news/2024-12-17/the-strange-tale-of-how-uvm-became-the-catamounts The catamount 鈥� also known as the eastern cougar 鈥� was adopted as UVM's mascot in a vote of all-male students in 1926. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:49:48 GMT /local-news/2024-12-17/the-strange-tale-of-how-uvm-became-the-catamounts April McCullum Vermont's largest taxidermy collection is losing its home /local-news/2024-09-18/vermonts-largest-taxidermy-collection-losing-home The Luman R. Nelson taxidermy collection, which includes more than 600 birds and animals, has been in Marlboro since the early 1960s. The museum where it鈥檚 housed lost their lease and the collection is to be put into storage. Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-09-18/vermonts-largest-taxidermy-collection-losing-home Howard Weiss-Tisman, Joey Palumbo UVM staff union back at bargaining table for higher wages in new contract /local-news/2024-06-14/uvm-staff-union-back-at-bargaining-table-for-higher-wages-in-new-contract In 2022, UVM Staff United negotiated a contract with the university administration that raised wages and increased benefits. Now, that contract is ending. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:58:37 GMT /local-news/2024-06-14/uvm-staff-union-back-at-bargaining-table-for-higher-wages-in-new-contract Samantha Watson UVM halts student housing project due to construction costs, workforce shortage /local-news/2024-05-23/uvm-halts-student-housing-project-construction-costs-workforce-shortage The Catamount Woods project, which was first announced in August 2023, was planned to be built on the eastern side of the university鈥檚 Burlington campus, in a parking lot next to the DoubleTree in South Burlington. Thu, 23 May 2024 23:08:49 GMT /local-news/2024-05-23/uvm-halts-student-housing-project-construction-costs-workforce-shortage Adiah Gholston How UVM, Middlebury and Dartmouth are responding to the pro-Palestinian protests /show/vermont-edition/2024-05-06/how-uvm-middlebury-and-dartmouth-are-responding-to-the-pro-palestinian-protests Students, faculty and community members weigh in on the campus protests across our region as part of the nationwide protest movement against the war in Gaza. Mon, 06 May 2024 21:10:10 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2024-05-06/how-uvm-middlebury-and-dartmouth-are-responding-to-the-pro-palestinian-protests Mikaela Lefrak, Andrea Laurion, Daniela Fierro, April McCullum, Corey Dockser Accessibility is at the forefront in Inclusive Arts Vermont's new 'CYCLES' exhibition /local-news/2024-02-23/accessibility-is-at-the-forefront-in-inclusive-arts-vermonts-new-cycles-exhibition The show displays the work of 25 artists with disabilities. The exhibition, currently on display at the University of Vermont in Burlington, will also travel to Brattleboro, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury between now and December. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 18:52:26 GMT /local-news/2024-02-23/accessibility-is-at-the-forefront-in-inclusive-arts-vermonts-new-cycles-exhibition Elodie Reed Can community outreach counteract attacks on higher education? /local-news/2024-01-31/can-community-outreach-counteract-attacks-on-higher-education Helping their communities is one way for colleges and universities to counteract crashing public confidence in higher education, advocates say 鈥� a problem that has been worsened by political attacks and self-destructive missteps by even the most elite universities. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-01-31/can-community-outreach-counteract-attacks-on-higher-education Liam Elder-Connors, Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report UVM will study the sustainability of Vermont's maple industry, and its impact on the climate /local-news/2023-12-22/uvm-will-study-the-sustainability-of-vermonts-maple-industry-and-its-impact-on-the-climate The UVM Food Systems Research Center will conduct a long-term study of the maple industry to measure its impact on climate change, and the sustainability of the industry. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:24:54 GMT /local-news/2023-12-22/uvm-will-study-the-sustainability-of-vermonts-maple-industry-and-its-impact-on-the-climate Howard Weiss-Tisman How journalists at UVM can narrow the local news gap /show/vermont-edition/2023-03-21/how-journalists-at-uvm-can-narrow-the-local-news-gap Host Connor Cyrus talks with the director of the Center for Community News at UVM about how student journalists across the country can close the gap in local news coverage. Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:48:32 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-03-21/how-journalists-at-uvm-can-narrow-the-local-news-gap Connor Cyrus, Andrea Laurion How a Burlington museum is decolonizing its collection, with help from new leadership /local-news/2023-02-19/how-a-burlington-museum-is-decolonizing-its-collection-with-help-from-new-leadership In the summer of 2020, the Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont set an ambitious goal: to decolonize its collection and address the legacies of imperialism that stain museum culture. Since then, the almost hundred-year-old museum鈥檚 staff has faced lots of turnover. New Executive Director Sonja Lunde spoke with 开云体育's Marlon Hyde. Sun, 19 Feb 2023 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-02-19/how-a-burlington-museum-is-decolonizing-its-collection-with-help-from-new-leadership Marlon Hyde