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On September 6-9 Vermont EPSCoR's CWDD Outreach Team Leader Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez delivered talks to several universities in Puerto Rico. She talked to about 150 students at the University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, 40 at Universidad del Este, 70 at Universidad Metropolitana and 20 at Universidad del Turabo.

Veronica discussed Vermont EPSCoR summer internship opportunities as well as her experiences as a graduate student. Each talk encouraged students to get a doctoral degree and to pursue a career in a STEM field.

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Dr. Andrew Schroth, leader of the BREE Ecological Systems Group talks about why nutrients like phosphorus are important to understanding algae blooms.
This program was originally aired on Vermont Edition on 9/13/2016.

Accelerating an Accelerator
UVM News
He also began interning at the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, a UVM-affiliated tech incubator with an on-campus location, where he aced project after project. VCET director David Bradbury says he had no choice to hire him. Toward the end of ...

Accelerating an Accelerator
UVM News
He also began interning at the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, a UVM-affiliated tech incubator with an on-campus location, where he aced project after project. VCET director David Bradbury says he had no choice to hire him. Toward the end of ...

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Accelerating an Accelerator
UVM News
“He is the guy you want on your team,” she says. He also began interning at the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, a UVM-affiliated tech incubator with an on-campus location, where he aced project after project. VCET director David Bradbury says ...

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It's Not About Food: New Vermont Film Tackles Eating Disorders
Vermont Public Radio
UVM biogeochemist Andrew Schroth is working to understand the nutrient's role in blooms, and what determines the algae conditions in a given year. Broadcast live on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.. Tags: Vermont Edition.

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It's Not About Food: New Vermont Film Tackles Eating Disorders  Vermont Public Radio

"When you see see your child so ... like a skeleton, it's terrifying," a mother says into the camera. "When we were in New York, people would walk up to her and ...

It's Not About Food: New Vermont Film Tackles Eating Disorders  Vermont Public Radio

"When you see see your child so ... like a skeleton, it's terrifying," a mother says into the camera. "When we were in New York, people would walk up to her and ...

EurekAlert (press release)
What's nature worth? Count the selfies
EurekAlert (press release)
A University of Vermont-led team has successfully used social media images to measure the use and value of outdoor recreation on public lands. The study analyzed more than 7,000 geotagged photos on Flickr to calculate that conserved lands contributed ...

EurekAlert (press release)
What's nature worth? Count the selfies University of Vermont
EurekAlert (press release)
The study suggests that social media could offer cash-strapped jurisdictions an inexpensive way to track the value of recreational use of conservation lands, says Sonter, who conducted the study with UVM's Taylor Ricketts and Keri Watson, and Spencer ...

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Where to find New England’s fall color off the beaten path  The Denver Post

The Northeast's fall foliage dazzles locals and draws millions of tourists, but many flock to the same tired vantage points. Those willing to venture off the beaten ...

'Gloating' SEN tweets law firm Baker Small paid millions  BBC

Cloudy with a chance of flies: non-biting midges- The Outside Story  Mountaintimes

Supercar salesman who makes a lucrative living selling motors to the rich and famous  Daily Mail

Cloudy with a chance of flies: non-biting midges- The Outside Story  Mountaintimes

Clouds of tiny insects, rising and falling hypnotically along lake shores, contribute to the ambiance of warm summer evenings. My recent bike ride was interrupted by a lungful of this ambiance.

If you find yourself in a similar predicament, you might wonder what these miniscule flies were doing before being swallowed, where they came from, whether they bite, and whether we need these interrupters of peaceful lakeside jaunts. We'll get to these questions, but first, let me say that as an ecologist, I find these insects to be among the most fascinating and important freshwater invertebrates.

Mountaintimes
Cloudy with a chance of flies: non-biting midges
Mountaintimes
His work with student researchers on insect communities in the Champlain Basin is funded by Vermont EPSCoR's Grant NSF EPS Award #1556770 from the National Science Foundation. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol.

Mountaintimes
Cloudy with a chance of flies: non-biting midges
Mountaintimes
Declan McCabe teaches biology at Saint Michael's College. His work with student researchers on insect communities in the Champlain Basin is funded by Vermont EPSCoR's Grant NSF EPS Award #1556770 from the National Science Foundation.

Non-Biting Midges In The Adirondacks
Adirondack Almanack (press release) (blog)
Declan McCabe teaches biology at Saint Michael's College. His work with student researchers on insect communities in the Champlain Basin is funded by Vermont EPSCoR's Grant NSF EPS Award #1556770 from the National Science Foundation.

Prof explains fly clouds that disrupt outdoor evenings  BurlingtonFreePress.com

Clouds of tiny insects, rising and falling hypnotically along lake shores, contribute to the ambiance of warm summer evenings. My recent bike ride was ...