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Tracee Turnbaugh, a Computer Information Systems major from North Clarendon, Vermont, was recently awarded the 2019 First Generation Student Scholarship from the Vermont Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research’s Center for Workforce Development and Diversity. The award is given to first-generation and Native American college students entering a STEM-related academic program at a Vermont college or university. Turnbaugh is the second Castleton student to ever receive the award.

Alan Betts, PhD presented a hands-on workshop about weather, climate, and climate change to seven students and three staff members from the Shader Croft School, a non-profit organization that provides specialized instruction to Vermont students, on July 9, 2019. The group met at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, VT, after which Dr. Betts led a discussion and journey up Lone Tree Hill. The walking trail from Lone Tree Hill offers visitors a 1/2-mile round trip from the site's Farm Barn, offering opportunities to explore the environment and plant life along the way. Dr. Betts led students in a discussion about measuring energy balance of living plants, the temperature of the sky on a sunny day, and more.

BREE project member Declan McCabe, PhD received the Accomplished Graduate Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of Vermont (UVM) on May 17, 2019. He highlighted his BREE research during the Honors Day Award ceremony at UVM which led up to his acceptance of the award.

Professor of Geography Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the nation’s premier scientific and professional organization disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences.

The Outside Story |Mosquitoes: Life under tension  Bennington Banner

A good friend was in touch; her son was enduring allergic reactions to mosquitoes and, like any good parent, she sought solutions. I told her that the most ...

The Outside Story |Mosquitoes: Life under tension | Opinion  Bennington Banner

Correction: Election 2020-Gillibrand-Franken story  Federal News Network

BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's ANNIE  Broadway World

No swimming at Verona Beach State Park due to algae  syracuse.com

Four books you need to read to turn your finances around  Yahoo Finance Australia

CNY Gym Centre moving into new DeWitt location, out of ShoppingTown Mall  syracuse.com

Longtime Great Northern Mall national retailer closing  syracuse.com

ShoppingTown owners in contempt, should be jailed until taxes paid, lawyers argue  syracuse.com

ShoppingTown - already under orders to pay $9.7M in taxes - sues again for ‘extreme’ tax cut  syracuse.com

NAIC Response to Insurance Innovation  The National Law Review

Virginia Cote | Obituaries | sentinelsource.com  The Keene Sentinel

Virginia Cote. Virginia “Ginny” (Clark) Cote passed away peacefully at the age of 92 on July 8, 2019, at home with her family by her side. She was born June 5, ...

Wild Ideas: A mysterious bird calls in the night  Rappahannock News

Single-Use Plastic Bags Ban Spreads to More States  The National Law Review

Beautiful or scary? See video of dangerous rattlesnake found in Cicero yard  syracuse.com

Parking Network Professionals - Professionals in the parking industry worldwide  Parking Network