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Getting Beyond a Blind Date with Science
UVM News
Alan Alda delivered a public talk, "Getting Helping the Public Get Beyond A Blind Date With Science," at UVM on Monday. The event marked the beginning of a relationship between UVM and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. (Photo: Jeff ...

Getting Beyond a Blind Date with Science
UVM News
Alan Alda delivered a public talk, "Getting Helping the Public Get Beyond A Blind Date With Science," at UVM on Monday. The event marked the beginning of a relationship between UVM and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. (Photo: Jeff ...

Northern Mendocino County arrest reports for Feb. 4
The Willits News
Keith Alan Betts, 50, of Covelo, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence with priors, violating probation and possessing a firearm when subject to a restraining order. Clevon E. Grant, 27, of Bronx, New York, was arrested on suspicion ...

Northern Mendocino County arrest reports for Feb. 4
The Willits News
Keith Alan Betts, 50, of Covelo, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence with priors, violating probation and possessing a firearm when subject to a restraining order. Clevon E. Grant, 27, of Bronx, New York, was arrested on suspicion ...

WAMC
Alan Alda Initiates Program At UVM To Teach Scientists To Better Communicate
WAMC
Program Director Dr. Judith Van Houten explains that they contacted the Alda Institute to create the affiliation. “We were unhappy that we were being asked to dumb down our research in order to communicate it and we did not believe that was appropriate.

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Alan Alda Initiates Program At UVM To Teach Scientists To Better ...  WAMC

Alan Alda Initiates Program At UVM To Teach Scientists To Better ...  WAMC

Alan Alda Initiates Program At UVM To Teach Scientists To Better Communicate  WAMC

Actor Alan Alda may be best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce on the TV series M*A*S*H or as Senator Arnold Vinick on The West Wing . But his current.

Actor Alan Alda aim to help UVM scientists better communicate
WPTZ The Champlain Valley
Veteran stage and screen actor Alan Alda is conducting a workshop for scientists at the University of Vermont. WPTZ. View Large. Photos ... Jason Stockwell, an associate professor of aquatic ecology at UVM, thinks Alda is on to something. "We work in ...

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WPTZ The Champlain Valley
Famous actor and science advocate announces partnership with UVM
WCAX
"You need to actually look someone in the eye and convince them that what you're doing is important," said Judith Van Houten, UVM biology professor. And Alda says when scientists learn how to talk about their work clearly without dumbing it down we ...
Talking science with a doc, Hawkeye PierceBurlingtonFreePress.com

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Talking science with a doc, Hawkeye Pierce
BurlingtonFreePress.com
"Having this connection with the (Alda) center is fabulous for us," said Judith Van Houten, a UVM biology professor. "We're delighted to be partnering with them." The program will enable science students to learn "the skills of communication" as they ...
Famous actor and science advocate announces partnership with UVMWCAX

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Students of the Week - February 2, 2015
Addison County Independent
Following ninth grade, he attended the Governor's Institute on Asian Culture and then volunteered to escort visiting Chinese students around Middlebury and Vermont. He was also selected for a Rotary Youth Leadership conference that summer. Nathan ...

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Students of the Week - February 2, 2015
Addison County Independent
Following ninth grade, he attended the Governor's Institute on Asian Culture and then volunteered to escort visiting Chinese students around Middlebury and Vermont. He was also selected for a Rotary Youth Leadership conference that summer. Nathan ...

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Talking science with a doc, Hawkeye Pierce  BurlingtonFreePress.com

Alan Alda talks about a partnership with UVM to help scientists better communicate.

PBS NewsHour
Running on renewable energy, Burlington, Vermont powers green movement forward
PBS NewsHour
Burlington, Vermont, the state's largest city, recently became the first in the country to use 100 percent renewable energy for its residents' electricity needs. In a state known for ... TAYLOR RICKETTS: I think it's a big milestone for Burlington. But ...

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Burglary suspects in custody after trying to outrun Beaumont police
12NewsNow.Com
BEAUMONT - Two men are the prime suspects in a north-end burglary that led to a brief chase and manhunt involving a canine unit. Beaumont Police say neighbors called in a possible burglary in progress at 1:18 p.m. Thursday on Clover Circle. Witnesses ...

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“The ONLY introductory book to cover solid, liquid and gaseous bioenergy.”
Biobased Digest
If you haven't previously encountered Dr. Anju Dahiya, she is a Lead Biofuels Instructor at the University of Vermont, where her “Biomass to Biofuels” program brings together experts from the biofuels industry, farms and the university faculty to ...

Tech Times
Pollinator Decline Means Malnutrition for Millions: First Study Confirms Danger
Tech Times
"The take-home is: pollinator declines can really matter to human health, with quite scary numbers for vitamin A deficiencies, for example," says Vermont researcher Taylor Ricketts, co-leader of the study, "which can lead to blindness and increase ...
Study: Ongoing bee decline could exacerbate malnutritionUPI.com
A Hidden Hunger: How Bee Decline Can Hurt Humans TooNature World News
Loss of honey bees and other pollinators could mean malnutrition for millions around the worldPBS NewsHour
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