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Robinson School students from Puerto Rico Andrea Salellas and Gabriela Handall, along with their teacher mentor Marcel Torres, were selected to travel from June 12-18 to the state of Vermont to take an intensive training in management and water quality at Saint Michael's College in Vermont.

As part of the training, the students attended a conference about lake and stream ecology, environmental policy and management, climate change indicator, water quality indicators and land use management. At the end of the training week, the students designed their research project in which they will be working during from July through February, in order to present the findings on March at the Vermont research symposium.

1. The Afterlife of Logs  Adirondack Almanack (press release) (blog)
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1. The Outside Story: The Afterlife of Logs  Bennington Banner
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Want Fewer Crowds on the Brooklyn Bridge? You're Not Alone ...  The New York Times

Theatre Raleigh Presents OH WHAT A HOLY NIGHT  Broadway World

We are happy to share with you the following funding opportunities and positions offered through Vermont EPSCoR in this Funding Updates issue of our e-newsletter. Please distribute broadly.

1. UVM initiates study of algae blooms and human health  Williston Observer
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BWW Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center  Broadway World

Meet the Media Mogul of Maine  The New York Times

How long will Uber customers be willing to forgive and forget scandals?  The Denver Post

Uber has managed to hold the title of world's largest ride-hailing *service* despite its seemingly endless string of scandals. Its latest misbehavior involving a data ...

Top 10 Layoffs of 2009  FiercePharma

RCN Business' Roeder on Ethernet, dark fiber and wireless ...  FierceTelecom

Don't feast on edible marijuana until you read this  The San Diego Union-Tribune

Vermont EPSCoR Graduate Research Associates Caitlin Crossett and Maike Holthuijzen together with Livia Donicova and Janel Roberge from the Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD), traveled to Shelburne Farms in Shelburne Vermont to demonstrate scientific methods to elementary students from area schools during Watershed Day on October 5, 2017.

ST. ALBANS — Vermont PBS screened the second episode of its series Saving Our Waters at the 14th Star Brewing Co. Wednesday evening, followed by a panel discussion and audience questions.

Vermont EPSCoR held a Grant Writing Workshop at Trader Duke's Hotel (formerly the Doubletree) in South Burlington, Vermont on Saturday, November 11, 2017. This day-long workshop provided helpful information and hands-on proposal writing instruction to over 35 graduate research assistants, post-doctoral associates and faculty.

There was no golden dome on the top of the Davis Center, but the fourth floor of the UVM student center bore more than a passing resemblance to the Vermont State House on Monday morning.


Nearly 50 state legislators took up residence there from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on hand for UVM fifth annual Legislative Summit.

1. Water is focus of UVM's fifth legislative summit  vtdigger.org
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1. Water is focus of UVM's fifth legislative summit  vtdigger.org
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Recent Federal Issues TSCA/FIFRA EPA  The National Law Review