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Middle school students from Harwood Union Middle School in Moretown, Vermont participated in an engaging field day on October 24, 2018, with the help of CWDD members Janel Roberge and LeeAnn Trusela. Approximately 40 students were instructed how to make scientific observations that would indicate the health of Lozelle Brook, which ultimately flows into Lake Champlain. Students further investigated those observations using water and macroinvertebrate sampling techniques. These techniques included using a kick net and scrubbing rocks found in the streams.

Vermont EPSCoR post-doctoral associates, Drs. Scott Hamshaw and Dustin Kincaid, Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) Daniel Demers, CWDD members Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez and Janel Roberge visited Courtney Asaro’s first grade STEAM class at Flynn Elementary School for three days in September 2018. The topic was “Life of a Scientist”. All Vermont EPSCoR members briefly talked to the students about what they did as scientists. The groups of roughly 20 students made observations about water samples and macroinvertebrate samples, using magnifying glasses for the first time in many cases, before playing an interactive game that involved students relating their own interests to activities that real scientists do.

The VT EPSCoR Policy and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) Fall Meeting was held on November 30th, 2018. The biannual meetings offer a space for policy makers, decision makers, researchers, federal agency representatives, town and local officials from around the state and region to convene and take an active role in interactive sessions surrounding the Lake Champlain Basin.

On October 8, 2018 CWDD's Janel Roberge and LeeAnn Trusela traveled to Morrisville, VT to assist two science teachers from People's Academy in leading roughly 35 AP Biology students through an all-encompassing field day. At the Wild Brach and Ryder Brook stream sites, students were tasked with conducting site, water quality, and babitat assessments, along with learning and executing processes used to measure the flow of the streams. Additionally, students learned about the importance of biological indicators through sampling their sites for benthic macroinvertebrates.

Alan Betts presents his BREE seminar, "Climate Change and Vermont"

Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux. The professor and Vermont State Climatologist was selected from nearly 200 experts to serve as lead author of the Northeast chapter on the national report.

1. Declan McCabe | The Outside Story: The flight of the flunker moth  Bennington Banner
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Declan McCabe | The Outside Story: The flight of the flunker moth  Bennington Banner

In early November, I flicked on the porch light and took out the trash. In the brief time it took, a couple of late-season moths found their way to my porch light, and ...

Former Tilted Kilt restaurant in Syracuse to be auctioned  Syracuse.com

Former Tilted Kilt restaurant in Syracuse to be auctioned  Syracuse.com

Brockton High passes flame to next generation of National Honor Society inductees  Enterprise News

CoreLife Eatery sets opening date in DeWitt; selects 2nd new area site  Syracuse.com

National clothing retailer closes at Destiny; moves to new CNY location  Syracuse.com

National clothing retailer closes at Destiny; moves to new CNY location  Syracuse.com

CoreLife Eatery sets opening date in DeWitt; selects 2nd new area site  Syracuse.com

Wegmans named No. 1 on list of 20 Best Workplaces in Retail in 2018  Syracuse.com

Wegmans named No. 1 on list of 20 Best Workplaces in Retail in 2018  Syracuse.com

UVM offers employees incentives to ride the bus  WCAX

Tim Daly, Sibling Bonds and the Stage  The New York Times

Science: New device to foretell which vegetation will turn out to be invasive [Report]  Infosurhoy

Around the world, over 13,000 plant species have embedded themselves in new environments—some of them integrate with the native plants, but others spread ...