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Dr. Jason Stockwell, Direcor, Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Lab, has received tenure at the University of Vermont. Dr. Stockwell joined UVM and the VT EPSCoR Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) program in 2011. Dr. Stockwell was also recently awarded from the National Science Foundation (NSF) a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant.

Antonio Cepeda-Benito, the Dean of UVM's College of Arts and Sciences has announced the names of the faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences who have just been tenured and/or promoted. The work of these faculty members is testimony to the very high standards set in this College. Their records of scholarly and creative accomplishments, their success as teachers, and their contributions to their professions, the University, the College and the community are impressive indeed.

The 2013 RACC Water Quality Survey seeks to understand
Vermonters’ attitudes toward, and awareness of, water quality, climate change, and individual
and social responsibility for both.

School News in Brief
Bennington Banner
Long Trail students present at Vt. EPSCoR Science Symposium. DORSET -- Long Trail students Mark Edmunds, Garrett Hastings and Hannah Phelps shared their research about the Mettowee River with university scientists, graduate and undergraduate students ...

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What to Do: Gardening in a changing climate
WCAX
But before you start planning, there is a workshop Saturday about the impact on climate change on gardening. We sat down with State Climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux to learn more about this issue. So if you'd like to go to that workshop -- it's ...

TimeLine Theatre Stages Chicago Premiere of JUNO, Now thru 7/27  Broadway World

TimeLine Theatre Company concludes its 2013-14 season with the Chicago premiere of the musical JUNO, book by Joseph Stein, music and lyrics by Marc ...

Claudia Lee is more than just Surviving Jack  Gulf Times

Historic church not forgotten by descendants | Community ...  Maryville Daily Times

Woman Records Large Dust Devil In Broken Arrow  News On 6

Soldier Returning From Afghanistan Surprises Kids At Medieval Times
CBS Local
Staff Sgt. Devin Lee, who has been serving in Afghanistan since November, surprised his children at Medieval Times restaurant in Lyndhurst, N.J. CBS 2's Hazel Sanchez reports. Official Site: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/ YouTube: ...

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Entrepreneurs pitch investors on the slopes
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Shelburne's FreshTracks Capital manages $25 million in venture capital that is invested with a core focus on Vermont, combined with the strategic resources needed by entrepreneurs to build thriving companies throughout Vermont and beyond. Fund managers ...

Questions About Financial Aid?  The New York Times

Raising the bar: Local pols debate minimum wage
Brattleboro Reformer
BRATTLEBORO -- There is undeniable momentum -- even among some conservative-leaning lawmakers -- for a proposal to significantly raise Vermont's minimum wage. But votes over the past week in the state House of Representatives showed differences ...

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Raising the bar: Local pols debate minimum wage
Brattleboro Reformer
"After serving their food, they were treated to lunch in the cafeteria by Abbey Food Group's Chef Ray Wood. During lunch, they were joined by Karen Taylor Mitchell from the Governor's Institute, who spoke with the team about the institute's Farm, Food ...

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Short TED-style presentations by students, faculty, and local researchers on Adirondack climate-related topics including mink frogs, Lyme disease, lake ice, and ways to enlist the arts in science communication.

A wide range of displays and activities by painters, basket-makers, and other folk and visual artists from the North Country, focusing on the land, people, and climate of the Adirondacks, Organized by TAUNY and Saranac Lake artists.

North Country musicians Peggy Lynn, Dan Berggren, Celia Evans, Jamie Savage, Larry Montague, and others perform between TED-axe talks, focusing on the land, people, and climate of the Adirondacks. Liz Stookey Sunde will show how "Music2Life" uses music to get your message across.

Drs. Judith Van Houten,VT State EPSCoR Director, William Breck Bowden, Donna Rizzo and Taylor Ricketts were honored at the first-ever Investiture of UVM Endowed Professors on April 16, 2014 at the Ira Allen Chapel at the University of Vermont (UVM), representing three different colleges at UVM - - Arts & Sciences, the Rubinstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. President Tom Sullivan has committed to doubling the number of endowed faculty positions by 2019. There are currently 84 endowed positions at UVM.

Dr. Van Houten holds the Perkins Professorship; Dr. Bowden holds the Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Chair; Dr. Rizzo holds the Dorothean Chair of Engineering and Science and Dr. Ricketts holds the Gund Professorship of Ecological Economics.

Boulder's University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, which manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research under sponsorship by the National Science Foundation, has launched what is calls ClimateVoices.org, a database of experts on climate change from around the country. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, associate professor of geography and Vermont state climatologist, has been chosen as one of three experts from Vermont.

Corine Farewell, Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization was the speaker at the 8th RACC Seminar held at 23 Mansfield on 4-10-2014. Her presentation was entitled "Intellectual Property - why it is important to you".

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Icy research drills down on summer algae blooms
Phys.Org
Involving nearly thirty faculty members from UVM and other Vermont colleges, the project has funding from the National Science Foundation's EPSCoR program to explore two difficult questions: how will Lake Champlain react to the double whammy of climate ...