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Ashby traders say roadworks to relocate market have led to huge drop in takings
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Enter your postcode to see news and information near you Community updates, Crime Statistics, Local News & Events and much more... Butcher Alan Betts has said trade at his shop on Broadway has been affected by roadworks being done as part of the ...

The first cohort of 30 undergraduate summer interns began their research on Lake Champlain Basin Resilience to Extreme Events (BREE) on Tuesday May 30th. Their internship began with a four-day orientation. The first day started with of an overview of the BREE project and an introduction to the different components: climate modelling, integrated assessment modeling, social sciences, ecology, and workforce development.

To promote the career development of BREE undergraduate summer interns, the Center for Workforce Development and Diversity hosts weekly workshops. The workshops help develop interns' communication skills and provide them the tools they need to put together a poster or presentation for the spring Symposium where they will present their findings.

There are 20 Streams Teams this year, including 7 teams from Puerto Rico!

The CWDD welcomed 19 high school student/teacher teams to the Saint Michael's College campus for a week of research education, stream sampling, and career exploration. Teams traveled from Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Boston and all around the state of Vermont. Students learned about the EPSCoR program, received hands-on experience with BREE faculty, and were able to participate in a number of Vermont-based activities.

Dr. Asim Zia recently presented two papers at the 35th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society in Cambridge Massachusetts. Both papers were coauthored by Dr. Zia and Dr. Christopher Koliba, both VT EPSCoR BREE members.

In this study, we compared high-frequency estimates of oxygen metabolism in a shallow bay of Lake Champlain to concurrent measurements of physical and chemical parameters over 3 years with very different bloom dynamics.

Public weighs in on Lake Champlain flooding
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Study Group member Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux said she plans to suggest a GIS mapping effort to allow people to pinpoint their location and share their story of the damage they sustained. That would help provide a human perspective to the study efforts.

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Lake Champlain-Richelieu River flooding study underway
Plattsburgh Press Republican
International Joint Commission Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Study Board members (from right) Madeleine Papineau, Deborah Lee, Daniel Leblanc, Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Jean-Francois Cantin and (standing) Keith Robinson present details of the ...

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Corps Identifies 16 Troops Killed in Tragic KC-130 Crash  Military.com

MSU 2017 spring graduates listed by hometown  Montana State University

BOZEMAN— Montana State University awarded 1,512 undergraduate degrees during MSU's 2017 spring commencement ceremonies held May 6 in Brick ...

MSU 2017 spring graduates listed by hometown  Montana State University

BOZEMAN— Montana State University awarded 1,512 undergraduate degrees during MSU's 2017 spring commencement ceremonies held May 6 in Brick ...

Police: Motorist had meth, $40K in his vehicle  The Guam Daily Post

The ethics issue: Should we make everyone 'normal'?  New Scientist

The incredible back story of Florian Lejeune's Man City transfer as he joins Newcastle  ChronicleLive

With Florian Lejeune completing his move to Newcastle United, he will be hoping his second bite of the English football cherry will taste sweeter than the first.

Valley News
Water Striders Have Multiple Ways to Move
Valley News
Declan McCabe teaches biology at Saint Michael's College. His work with student researchers on insect communities in the Champlain Basin is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide ...

Calvo: Section 30 resolution 'disgusting politics'  The Guam Daily Post

Article by Alan Betts.
Extreme events capture the public's attention, but gradual climate shifts will more profoundly affect civilization and life on Earth. Scientists must get better at conveying this to the public.

Dr. Carol Adair, BREE Ecological Systems Co-Leader, directed the installation of a new cutting-edge sensor network in the Hungerford Brook watershed in June 2017. The team installed the sensors in several different riparian areas to study what makes those areas effective water filters. Learning this information will enable researchers to maintain the processes when and where the riparian areas fail to filter water after an extreme event or in a riparian area that fails to remove pollution.

The IAM team kicked off the summer with co-leaders Drs. Donna Rizzo and Asim Zia leading a group meeting in the Jost Foundation Room at the UVM Davis Center on June 20th. Approximately 20 team members were present, with several attending remotely. Attendees included GRAs, undergraduate interns, and Post-Doctoral Associate Dr. Jory Hecht. The meeting covered modeling updates on extreme events, the integration of new models, platform testing, and more.