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Kathy Fox UVM prison program

04-05-2017

UVM Students Learn About the Criminal Justice System from the Inside Out

When sociology major Emily Fixx ‘17 arrives for her 6 p.m. class on Monday, she leaves her keys, cellphone, and water bottle at the door and walks through a metal detector under the watchful eye of a correctional officer. This is not part of an extreme new measure to remove distractions from the classroom. It’s part of the ...

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UVM president Garimella speaks with staff inside the VACC

07-31-2019

UVM Completes Warp-Speed Upgrade of Its Supercomputer

The University of Vermont unveiled a massive upgrade of its supercomputer, the Vermont Advanced Computing Core (VACC), on Wednesday morning that will increase its speed by a factor of over 200.   

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UVM alumna Alma Ripps in Washington, D.C.

07-24-2019

Policy For Parks

As Alma Ripps rides the Metro to work in downtown Washington, D.C., she might be thinking about drones, electric bicycles, battery-powered scooters, or vaping. No, not as a distraction from her job as the Chief of Policy for the National Park Service, but because of it.

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swede midge flying

07-23-2019

Garlic on Broccoli: A Smelly Approach to Repel a Major Pest

Agricultural insect pests seek out familiar scents to find their plant hosts. However, they can also be repelled by odors from other plant species.

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