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Ever Wanted to Live in a Geodesic Dome Home? Here's Your Chance
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Food Systems Symposium Cultivates Collaboration
UVM News
Thirty faculty members affiliated with the program are doing many kinds of food systems research, she said, from the work Jane Kolidinsky, chair of Community Development and Applied Economics, is doing on obesity to work by Chris Koliba, director of ...

Extreme weather is increasing in the United States and around the world. How is this trend related to climate change?

Kevin Trenberth, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Co., comments, "The answer to the oft-asked question of whether an (extreme) event is caused by climate change is that it is the wrong question. All weather events are affected by climate change, because the environment in which they occur is warmer and moister than it used to be."

The incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) has been making headlines due to an alarming increase of cases being reported among athletes and military personnel. This episode focuses on brain injuries affecting military personnel in war zones. Dr. Matt Friedman of the National Center for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and Dr. Tom McAllister of Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in New Hampshire are exploring the association between PTSD and TBI. Dr. Jom Hammack at the University of Vermont is exploring PTSD on a microscopic level.

Vermont EPSCoR faculty and students are featured in a video which explores the science programs available at Johnson State College.

Elise Huntley shares Prezi; competes at the Genius Olympiad using her CWDD Streams Project research poster and wins bronze medal! http://www.geniusolympiad.org/

Educadorian Art explored at Beach Library
Fort Myers Beach Observer
Donna Rizzo and Donald Holman will offer hands-on instructions for making animals from shells on Nov. 17. Pre-register and $2 materials fee. This Saturday time is scheduled to enable families, students and those who work, a chance to enjoy crafts and ...

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Voter turnout not as high as expected
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Machine malfunction did not play a role, said Republican Deputy Election Commissioner Karen Davis. Only minor jams were reported, with custodians taking care of the problem within a half hour or so, she said. William Howland of Johnson City voted, but ...

The new season of Emerging Science continues with a look at current research into a problem that's increasingly affecting our military personnel: the combined effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).

In this preview clip, Matt Friedman, M.D., Ph.D. and Executive Director of the National Center for PTSD in White River Junction, Vt., sheds light on how different regions of the brain are affected by PTSD. U.S. Army Sgt. (Ret.) Andrew Reeves of Nashua, N.H., suffers from PTSD and TBI as a result of his service in Iraq.

The incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) has been making headlines due to an alarming increase of cases being reported among athletes. New research being done by Dr. Kalev Freeman at the University of Vermont's College of Medicine focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of TBI. This episode focuses on sports injuries and features a Huntington, Vt., resident whose life has been dramatically altered by a series of concussions.

Slate's Mistakes for the Week of Oct. 29, 2012
Slate Magazine
1 “Efficient Planet,” Austin Troy misstated the percentage of Copenhagen households that own a car. It is 29 percent, not 53 percent. In a Nov. 1 "Faith-Based," a chart of the Mormon hierarchy depicted the general officers for the LDS primary as men ...

Slate Magazine
Can America Embrace Biking Like Denmark Has?
Slate Magazine
Can America Embrace Biking Like Denmark Has? Cycling can save enormous amounts of energy and money. But the United States remains resistant. By Austin Troy|Posted Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at 12:02 AM ET. Tweet. People ride bicycles on Oct. 2, 2010, ...

Authorities Offer FAQ About Oklahoma's Open Carry Law  News On 6

The Oklahoma City Police Department wants gun owners to have some much-needed information before the state's new open carry law goes into effect.

Vermont EPSCoR requests proposals for pilot projects that are aligned with the VT EPSCoR research on adaptation to climate change in the Lake Champlain Basin with insights through complex systems computation (RACC).

The following features in this solicitation should be noted:

Eligibility Requirements: Full time, tenure track faculty at any institution in the state are eligible to apply.

Applications must be submitted on our application website, which you can access beginning December 12, 2012, at http://www.uvm.edu/~epscor/redir/pilot/app.php
Web application deadline is June 3, 2013.
The maximum amount of each Pilot Project grant is $10,000.
Funding may not be used to support Masters students’ salaries.

The new season of Emerging Science continues with a look at the growing incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) among athletes. Ann McKee, M.D., is chief neuropathologist for the New England Veteran’s Administration. Her groundbreaking research focuses on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma, such as concussions.

Please join the Lake Champlain Workforce Investment Board and the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce in recognizing successful intern experiences throughout our region. This panel will feature program participants from four organizations, Linking Learning to Life, the Vermont Technology Council, Vermont Associates and Vermont Works for Women. We will hear success stories from interns and their supporting employers.

A multi-year Post-Doctoral position is available at the University of Vermont as part of large-scale, interdisciplinary, NSF-funded study concerning adaptation to climate change in the Lake Champlain basin - www.uvm.edu/~epscor/new02/?q=node/30. We seek a post-doctoral associate with expertise in interactions between nutrient enrichment and algal community structure – especially cyanobacteria – in lakes. The ideal candidate will have field experience and modeling expertise relevant to understanding spatial and seasonal variability in planktonic biomass and composition in the context of biogeochemical and hydrological dynamics. Candidates with experience using remote sensing approaches (i.e. MODIS, SeaWiFS) to monitor and model these biological systems are encouraged to apply. The postdoctoral associate will work within an interdisciplinary team of faculty, postdoctoral scientists, graduate and undergraduate students broadly studying geochemical, hydrodynamic and biological processes in Lake Champlain and its watershed.

Seasonal total precipitation is well known to affect malaria transmission because
Anopheles mosquitoes depend on standing water for breeding habitat. However, the withinseason temporal pattern of the rainfall influences persistence of standing water and thus
rainfall patterns can also affect mosquito population dynamics in water-limited environments. Here, using a numerical simulation, I show that intraseasonal rainfall pattern
accounts for 39% of the variance in simulated mosquito abundance in a Niger Sahel village
where malaria is endemic but highly seasonal. I apply a field validated coupled hydrology
and entomology model. Using synthetic rainfall time series generated using a stationary
first-order Markov Chain model, I hold all variables except hourly rainfall constant, thus
isolating the contribution of rainfall pattern to variance in mosquito abundance. I further
show the utility of hydrology modeling using topography to assess precipitation effects by
analyzing collected water. Time-integrated surface area of pools explains 70% of the
variance in simulated mosquito abundance from a mechanistic model, and time-integrated
surface area of pools persisting longer than 7 days explains 82% of the variance.
Correlations using the hydrology model output explain more variance in mosquito
abundance than the 60% from rainfall totals. I extend this analysis to investigate the
impacts of this effect on malaria vector mosquito populations under climate shift scenarios,
holding all climate variables except precipitation constant. In these scenarios, rainfall mean
and variance change with climatic change, and the modeling approach evaluates the impact
of non-stationarity in rainfall and the associated rainfall patterns on expected mosquito
activity.

Judith Van Houten, State Director, VT EPSCoR, invited presenter at Envisioning the Environment at UVM work group, October 24, 2012.

For more information please visit:
http://www.uvm.edu/provost/envisioningenvironment/