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To the moon and back
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Planet Adirondack opens to the public on Friday, June 15. The day before that, Paul Smith's College geologist Curt Stager and Wild Center naturalist Rob Carr will lead a "Planetcast," an introduction to the sphere that will be broadcast live online.

Tree cover deters crime, study shows
Vancouver Sun
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," said lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont.
Can Planting More Trees Reduce Urban Crime Rates?Care2.com (blog)

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For decades, biologists have debated whether individuals sacrifice themselves to save those who share their genes or in effect to benefit the whole group. University of Vermont researcher Charles Goodnight has shown through mathematical models that the two views of altruism, kin selection versus group selection, are in fact equivalent behaviors.

The research sheds new light on fundamental issues in evolutionary theory.

For kin selection to be important, the related individuals must be in groups that preferentially help each other. For group selection to operate, the members of a group must be closer to each other than to other groups. The two ideas are so close they actually can be converted to each other mathematically. This understanding has been stated in technical research articles for more than 30 years, but the broader scientific community hasn't often recognized it.

Studies suggest greener cities may deter crime
Regina Leader-Post
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, ...

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Studies suggest greener cities may deter crime
Regina Leader-Post
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, ...

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North Country Public Radio
NCPR Regional News Archives
North Country Public Radio
(05/31/12) Snapping turtles aren't really that vicious, unless they are provoked. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about their peculiar anatomy, safe ways (for ...

Greener cities are safer cities with less crime, say researchers
Edmonton Journal
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, ...

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Greener cities are safer cities, say researchers
Canada.com
``For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment,'' lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, ...

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Greener cities are safer cities, say researchers
Edmonton Journal
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, said in ...

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Nanaimo Daily News
Greener cities are safer cities, say researchers
Nanaimo Daily News
... here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, ...

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Greener cities are safer cities, say researchers
Montreal Gazette
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, ...

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Greener cities are safer cities, say researchers
Victoria Times Colonist
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, ...

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Greener cities are safer cities, say researchers
Calgary Herald
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, said in ...

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Greener cities are safer cities, say researchers
Canada.com
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, ...

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Greener cities are safer cities, say researchers
Vancouver Sun
"For those who question whether the economic costs of planting trees is worth it, here's another reason why, in the long-term, it's a positive investment," lead author Austin Troy, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Vermont, said in ...

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It is not often that a person can be in more than one place at the same time. James Vincent, Research
Assistant Professor of Biology and Director of the Bioinformatics Core for the Vermont Genetics Network
(VGN), managed to accomplish just that.

Dr. Vincent offered for the first time a class titled, Data Intensive Computing for Applied Bioinformatics,
at Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont. Dr. Elizabeth Dolci, Professor and Chair of Environmental
& Health Sciences at Johnson State College, co‐instructed the class. Through the use of a video
conferencing system and an upgraded fiber connection between Johnson State College and the I2 UVM
backbone, the seemingly impossible, became possible.

Students at Johnson State College in Johnson, the University of Vermont, in Burlington, and Norwich
University in Northfield, Vermont attended the class simultaneously. Dr. Vincent was able to teach the
students cutting edge bioinformatics course work to the diverse group.
Workforce Development

Dr. Vincent aims to train the next generation of bioinformaticians in Vermont and to help sustain this
emerging and increasingly critical field of study. Bioinformatics applies computer technology to the
management of large datasets comprised of biological information. Dr. Vincent is also one of the lead
researchers studying the Little Skate genome through funding provided by NSF EPSCoR Track‐2 and the
Northeast Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC).
- This course uses technology and trains people to use that technology – all at the same time - said Dr.
Vincent.

Vermont's mountainous landscape and sparse population distribution presents great challenges for high
speed Internet access and thus, transmission of large data sets. Funding provided by NSF EPSCoR has
resulted in increased access to expertise and course offerings such as Dr. Vincent's for all Vermont
students at geographically diverse campuses.

UVM One of Only 18 Research Universities in Country to Receive Coveted IGERT ...
UVM News
Other UVM faculty who are co-investigators on the IGERT grant with Marshall include Margaret Eppstein in Computer Science, Stephen Higgins in Psychiatry, Paul Hines in Engineering, and Chris Koliba in Community Development and Applied Economics.

The University of Vermont has been named one of only 18 colleges and universities in the country to receive a highly coveted Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training, or IGERT, grant from the National Science Foundation, the first awarded in the state of Vermont. The UVM proposal was chosen from among 154 IGERT proposals submitted to the NSF in 2012.

UVM will receive approximately $3 million over five years to create an innovative, multi-disciplinary graduate program supporting 22 doctoral students who will be trained to analyze and develop smart grid systems. UVM will also hire two faculty members as part of the grant.

Can Planting More Trees Reduce Urban Crime Rates?
Care2.com (blog)
“It's really pretty striking how strong this relationship is,” Austin Troy, director of the University of Vermont's Transportation Research Center and lead author, told Grist. “When we broke down tree cover by public and private ownership for the ...