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Curbing climate change: Study finds strong rationale for the human factor  Science Daily

Humans may be the dominant cause of global temperature rise, but they may also be a crucial factor in helping to reduce it, according to a new study that for the ...

1. Curbing climate change: Study finds strong rationale for the human factor  Phys.Org
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Future leaders to gather at ASU for national speech and debate tournament  Arizona State University

Future leaders to gather at ASU for national speech and debate tournament  Arizona State University

Future leaders to gather at ASU for national speech and debate tournament  Arizona State University

Walmart.Com Reveals 2017 Top Selling Online Items In Each State  News On 6

Walmart.com has revealed 2017's most popular online items by state.

Future leaders to gather at ASU for national speech and debate tournament  Arizona State University

More than 1600 high school students from around the country will compete in Arizona State University's Hugh Downs School of Human Communication ...

Milan Ross, Vegan Chef & Speaker, Shoots Estranged Wife and Kids Dead: On Christmas  Eurweb.com

Feeling blue: Instagram posts can indicate depression  The Naked Scientists

GSWA motion critical of decision to extend receivership  The Guam Daily Post

Report: Oklahoma Among Top 10 Least Healthy States  news9.com KWTV

Oklahoma is among the Top 10 least healthy states in the nation, according to a new report from the United Health Foundation that looks at the healthy and ...

1. The afterlife of logs  Mountaintimes
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All in the family Seabrook's Kate and James Leary thriving in hockey and lacrosse careers  The Daily News of Newburyport

Vermont EPSCoR CWDD Outreach Coordinator, Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez, PhD, attended major conferences in Fall 2017 as part of an effort to recruit undergraduate interns into research for Basin Resilience to Extreme Events, the current RII Track-1 award. Combining efforts with Tabitha Finch from the Vermont Genetics Network (VGN), the pair attended the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). Later, Dr. Sosa-Gonzalez attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). The events each had more than 4,000 attendees.

The Vermont EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) awarded $55,000 in scholarships to meritorious First Generation and Native American students in 2017. All students are Vermont residents, attending Vermont institutions and pursuing studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

The Policy and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) Fall Meeting was held on November 28, 2017. This served as the second meeting in 2017 for the committee, offering a chance for stakeholders from around the state and region to participate in interactive sessions and discuss the state of the Lake Champlain Basin.

Robinson School students from Puerto Rico Andrea Salellas and Gabriela Handall, along with their teacher mentor Marcel Torres, were selected to travel from June 12-18 to the state of Vermont to take an intensive training in management and water quality at Saint Michael's College in Vermont.

As part of the training, the students attended a conference about lake and stream ecology, environmental policy and management, climate change indicator, water quality indicators and land use management. At the end of the training week, the students designed their research project in which they will be working during from July through February, in order to present the findings on March at the Vermont research symposium.

1. The Afterlife of Logs  Adirondack Almanack (press release) (blog)
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1. The Outside Story: The Afterlife of Logs  Bennington Banner
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Want Fewer Crowds on the Brooklyn Bridge? You're Not Alone ...  The New York Times