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The rhetoric & reality of the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
The Express Tribune
Apparently, a large spectrum of policy approaches were proposed in the recently concluded US White House summit organised around the theme of “countering violent extremism”. Ministerial-level representatives from more than 60 countries and UN ...

Catherine Collins was recently named Vermont EPSCoR Diversity in Entrepreneurship Fellow at the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET). Catherine will be responsible for developing and sustaining a diverse community of entrepreneurs throughout Vermont. She will focus on skills development, mentorship and networks required to help start, fund, scale and sustain new technology based business ventures. Specific focus areas are developing capacity building and outreach programs to increase participation and exposure to entrepreneurship from students and alumni of Vermont Colleges and Universities, develop a greater representation of women and minority entrepreneurs and stimulate entrepreneurship capacity and activity across Vermont, including rural areas.

The RACC high school team from University Gardens School in San Juan, Puerto Rico is investigating nutrient impacts on algal growth. During the summer and fall of 2014, the RACC high school team created a partnership with the San Juan Botanical Gardens where the experiment is housed. Teacher Nelson Ruiz and his students Anthony Hernandez Vazquez and Radames Revilla conducted a series of trials to learn how various sources of nutrients impact algae. They have been monitoring the temperature, pH, nutrient levels, as well as algal response in a controlled setting. The team will present their data at the 2015 Vermont EPSCoR Student Research Symposium on March 30th.

The RACC high school team from Aurea E Quiles High School in Guanica, Puerto Rico is investigating macroinvertebrate recolonization following forest fires and prescribed burns in the dry forest of Guanica, PR. Teacher Glenda Almodovar-Morales and her students Grecia Izquierdo and Jose Izquierdo set a series of traps to collect dry-forest macroinvertebrates. They have been identifying the macronivertebrates using equipment at the aquatic ecology lab at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan. The team will present their data at the 2015 Vermont EPSCoR Student Research Symposium on March 30th.

Testimony before the House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products
February 11, 2015

The Arctic may seem like a barren territory at the top of the world, but it is alive with debate over the environment, energy, and the rights of indigenous people. And now, several scholars from Vermont have contributed to a new book that lays out some of the key questions facing that territory north of the 66th parallel.

Alan Alda spoke at UVM last week to address a subject about which he is quite passionate: teaching scientists to communicate their findings with the general public. His speech came at a time when the Center for Communicating Science that bears his name at Stony Brook University was announcing a working relationship with UVM.

In addition to offering an excellent quality of life, Vermont is also a great place to build a company. Ben & Jerry’s, IDX, 7th Generation, Dealer.com, Burton & Keurig Green Mountain have all excelled while building their businesses here in Vermont.

Getting Beyond a Blind Date with Science
UVM News
Alan Alda delivered a public talk, "Getting Helping the Public Get Beyond A Blind Date With Science," at UVM on Monday. The event marked the beginning of a relationship between UVM and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. (Photo: Jeff ...

WAMC
Alan Alda Initiates Program At UVM To Teach Scientists To Better Communicate
WAMC
Program Director Dr. Judith Van Houten explains that they contacted the Alda Institute to create the affiliation. “We were unhappy that we were being asked to dumb down our research in order to communicate it and we did not believe that was appropriate.

Actor Alan Alda aim to help UVM scientists better communicate
WPTZ The Champlain Valley
Veteran stage and screen actor Alan Alda is conducting a workshop for scientists at the University of Vermont. WPTZ. View Large. Photos ... Jason Stockwell, an associate professor of aquatic ecology at UVM, thinks Alda is on to something. "We work in ...

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BurlingtonFreePress.com
Talking science with a doc, Hawkeye Pierce
BurlingtonFreePress.com
"Having this connection with the (Alda) center is fabulous for us," said Judith Van Houten, a UVM biology professor. "We're delighted to be partnering with them." The program will enable science students to learn "the skills of communication" as they ...
Famous actor and science advocate announces partnership with UVMWCAX

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“The ONLY introductory book to cover solid, liquid and gaseous bioenergy.”
Biobased Digest
If you haven't previously encountered Dr. Anju Dahiya, she is a Lead Biofuels Instructor at the University of Vermont, where her “Biomass to Biofuels” program brings together experts from the biofuels industry, farms and the university faculty to ...

Actor, director and writer Alan Alda will give a lecture titled "Helping the Public Get Beyond a Blind Date with Science" at the University of Vermont on Monday, Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. in the Grand Maple Ballroom in the Davis Center.

The transformation ahead
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
So this morning, wrapped in a down jacket, I looked at the brilliant reflection of the rising sun on the frozen lake that is the floodplain of the Otter Creek, salvaged a few empty beer cans, and then returned to stoke the woodstove for another day ...

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The Express Tribune
Stimulating decentralised markets in the energy sector
The Express Tribune
The persistent load-shedding crisis in Pakistan has severely crippled economic and social development in the country. While there is no dearth of energy policy reform proposals, here are some practical policy actions that the federal government can ...

Alan Alda, actor, director and writer, has had a lifelong interest in science. In addition to his well-known roles in M*A*S*H and West Wing, he hosted PBS’ Scientific American Frontiers from 1993 to 2005. After interviewing hundreds of scientists, Mr. Alda became convinced that many researchers have wonderful stories to tell, but some need help in telling them. Mr. Alda played an important role in the creation of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, and has led workshops that use improvisational theater games to help scientists communicate more directly and personally. He was co-chair of the 2009 World Science Festival in New York City, hosted the 2010 documentary miniseries
The Human Spark, and has written a play about the life of Marie Curie.

The Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is pleased to announce Vermont Space Grant’s 2015 Graduate Research Assistantship Competition. Subject to the timely receipt of NASA funding, this competition will fund a limited number of 12-month GRA’s for full-time graduate students at the University of Vermont who are working with faculty on research projects that are strongly aligned with new and continuing NASA research priorities and technology needs.

Diplomacy on Ice
UVM News
Other UVM faculty contributed chapters, including Asim Zia, in the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, and Kathleen Osgood in the Environmental Program. Ranging from the biological impact of invasive species, to U.S. national ...

The RACC high school team from Long Trail School is investigating nutrient flux in a closed hydroponics system - to see how nutrients impact algal growth. In 2013, science teacher Scott Worland oversaw the construction of the school's new greenhouse which houses the hydroponic system. During the summer and fall of 2014, the 2014-15 RACC high school team led the design and construction of the hydroponic system, stocking tanks with macrophytes, algae, and trout. Scott Worland and his students have been monitoring the temperature, pH, nutrient levels, as well as plant and fish response since early fall. The team will present their data at the 2015 Vermont EPSCoR Student Research Symposium on March 30th.