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Nadworny: New co-working space impresses - BurlingtonFreePress.com

Wed, 01/28/2015 - 11:34

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Nadworny: New co-working space impresses
BurlingtonFreePress.com
VCET@BTV is the result of a donation of 11,000-square-foot space by FairPoint Communications — which once housed the telecom's directory assistance department — to the nonprofit Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies. The space is at the corner of ...


Study: Ongoing bee decline could exacerbate malnutrition - UPI.com

Wed, 01/28/2015 - 11:07

UPI.com

Study: Ongoing bee decline could exacerbate malnutrition
UPI.com
"The take-home is: Pollinator declines can really matter to human health, with quite scary numbers for vitamin A deficiencies, for example," study co-author Taylor Ricketts, a researcher at Vermont, explained in a press release, "which can lead to ...
Pollinator Decline Means Malnutrition for Millions: First Study Confirms DangerTech Times
Loss of honey bees and other pollinators could mean malnutrition for millions around the worldPBS NewsHour
A Hidden Hunger: How Bee Decline Can Hurt Humans TooNature World News
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Scholars To Fox News: Writing About White People Doesn't Make You Racist - Huffington Post

Tue, 01/27/2015 - 18:04

Scholars To Fox News: Writing About White People Doesn't Make You Racist
Huffington Post
Hasselbeck based her comments on an interview with ASU student Lauren Clark, who has not taken the class but who said she objects to the teaching of books like The Everyday Language of White Racism, by Jane Hill, and Critical Race Theory, by Richard ...


Florida company could face fines for September accident in Brattleboro - The Keene Sentinel

Tue, 01/27/2015 - 12:06

Florida company could face fines for September accident in Brattleboro
The Keene Sentinel
BRATTLEBORO — A Florida-based construction company could face fines totaling $4,250 after the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration found it at fault for a September accident that injured four workers on the West River Bridge.


Mental health: Dare to think - The Express Tribune

Mon, 01/26/2015 - 14:44

The Express Tribune

Mental health: Dare to think
The Express Tribune
The writer is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor, currently serving as associate professor in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Boston University. He tweets @mhzaman. From children who are marginalised to the mothers ...

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Much work has gone into bringing back Troy Mills property - The Keene Sentinel

Mon, 01/26/2015 - 12:10

Much work has gone into bringing back Troy Mills property
The Keene Sentinel
TROY — Any way you look at it, the loss of Troy Mills in the early 2000s, and the subsequent $1.6 million environmental cleanup of the 19-acre site has been a hardship for the town. So it's not surprising that residents and officials in this community ...


Research shows loss of pollinators increases risk of malnutrition and disease - Phys.Org

Mon, 01/26/2015 - 09:31

Phys.Org

Research shows loss of pollinators increases risk of malnutrition and disease
Phys.Org
The new research by scientists at the University of Vermont and Harvard University has, for the first time, connected what people actually eat in four developing countries to the pollination requirements of the crops that provide their food and ...
Study: Ongoing bee decline could exacerbate malnutritionUPI.com
Loss of honey bees and other pollinators could mean malnutrition for millions around the worldPBS NewsHour
Dwindling bee population poses malnutrition riskZee News
Nature World News
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Got Bees? Got Vitamin A? Got Malaria? - UVM News

Mon, 01/26/2015 - 08:09

Tech Times

Got Bees? Got Vitamin A? Got Malaria?
UVM News
The new research by scientists at the University of Vermont and Harvard University has, for the first time, connected what people actually eat in four developing countries to the pollination requirements of the crops that provide their food and ...
Pollinator Decline Means Malnutrition for Millions: First Study Confirms DangerTech Times
Study: Ongoing bee decline could exacerbate malnutritionUPI.com
A Hidden Hunger: How Bee Decline Can Hurt Humans TooNature World News
PBS NewsHour -NutraIngredients.com
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2015-01-28 Alan Alda to Speak at UVM on Connecting Science with the Public

Sun, 01/25/2015 - 03:12
Actor, director and writer Alan Alda will give a lecture titled "Helping the Public Get Beyond a Blind Date with Science" at the University of Vermont on Monday, Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. in the Grand Maple Ballroom in the Davis Center.
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The transformation ahead - Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Sun, 01/25/2015 - 03:12

The transformation ahead
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
... of the Otter Creek, salvaged a few empty beer cans, and then returned to stoke the woodstove for another day. Alan Betts is a leading climate scientist who works with Atmospheric Research in Pittsford. He can be reached through his website ...

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The transformation ahead - Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Sun, 01/25/2015 - 03:12

The transformation ahead
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
So this morning, wrapped in a down jacket, I looked at the brilliant reflection of the rising sun on the frozen lake that is the floodplain of the Otter Creek, salvaged a few empty beer cans, and then returned to stoke the woodstove for another day ...

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The transformation ahead - Rutland Herald

Sun, 01/25/2015 - 03:07

The transformation ahead
Rutland Herald
So this morning, wrapped in a down jacket, I looked at the brilliant reflection of the rising sun on the frozen lake that is the floodplain of the Otter Creek, salvaged a few empty beer cans, and then returned to stoke the woodstove for another day ...

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Fox News Raises Alarm Over College Course About Race - Huffington Post

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 18:32

Fox News Raises Alarm Over College Course About Race
Huffington Post
Hasselbeck based her comments on criticisms leveled by ASU student Lauren Clark, who objects to the course's books, including Richard Delgado's Critical Race Theory and Jane Hill's The Everyday Language of White Racism. “All of these books have a ...

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Stimulating decentralised markets in the energy sector - The Express Tribune

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 15:44

The Express Tribune

Stimulating decentralised markets in the energy sector
The Express Tribune
The persistent load-shedding crisis in Pakistan has severely crippled economic and social development in the country. While there is no dearth of energy policy reform proposals, here are some practical policy actions that the federal government can ...

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Patricia Prue to undergo 2nd competency exam - WPTZ The Champlain Valley

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 12:28

WPTZ The Champlain Valley

Patricia Prue to undergo 2nd competency exam
WPTZ The Champlain Valley
The aunt of a Vermont teacher killed after being lured from her home says she thinks the guilty verdict in the first of two trials will bring justice for her niece. More. The Caledonian Record reports Superior Court Judge Robert Bent granted a request ...

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Clarification: Keene School District public hearing only required for one ... - The Keene Sentinel

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 12:03

Clarification: Keene School District public hearing only required for one ...
The Keene Sentinel
Police: Vermont man accused of ramming another car, injuring one person · Cheshire County grand jury indicts ..... Arts Center at Keene State College, Keene. Valentine's Jazz with Stephanie Hurley. Monadnock Center for History and Culture, Peterborough ...

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Diplomacy on Ice - UVM News

Wed, 01/21/2015 - 16:46

Diplomacy on Ice
UVM News
Other UVM faculty contributed chapters, including Asim Zia, in the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, and Kathleen Osgood in the Environmental Program. Ranging from the biological impact of invasive species, to U.S. national ...


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