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Little visits Wild Center for Museum Week
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
... in which Paul Smith's College professor Curt Stager and the Wild Center's Rob Carr will present the interactive globe on a live stream over the Internet.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has awarded a contract totaling $1.2 million to MicroGen Systems, Inc. to commercialize its proprietary technology. The company, a spin-out from UVM’s Office of Technology Commercialization, specializes in the use of vibrational, microenergy harvester technology to power autonomous and wireless sensors, helping to monitor and reduce energy consumption, among other applications.

BURLINGTON, Vt. -
It might look like all fun and games as employees play foosball, but workers at Draker Laboratories in Burlington are getting down to business. Draker makes technology to monitor and fix problems at renewable energy projects, from smaller developments like a Ferrisburgh solar farm to bigger projects in Japan.

University Communications science writer Joshua Brown traveled with geology professor Paul Bierman and graduate student Alice Nelson as they conducted climate change research in Greenland in early June. Read on for a week's worth of updates from the field

JOHNSON, VT – Thanks to a $552,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Johnson State College (JSC) is launching a new scholarship program called "START" this fall for promising students majoring in biology and environmental science.

Students chosen for a START scholarship may be able to receive up to $40,000 over four years to support their undergraduate studies at JSC. Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average and demonstrated financial need in order to apply.

START stands for “Student Transition, Achievement, Retention and Teaching” and is one of several steps JSC is taking to support academically talented students of modest financial means who are committed to earning a college degree.

“We are thrilled to be able to offer this opportunity to our students,” said Dr. Leslie Kanat, a professor in the Department of Environmental and Health Sciences, in announcing the May 29 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). “The grant speaks both to the quality of our science programs at Johnson State and to our commitment to helping talented students with financial need, many of whom are the first in their families to attend college.”



START scholars will have numerous opportunities to conduct faculty-mentored research in the field and in the laboratories of JSC’s newly renovated science facility, Bentley Hall; to attend and present at national and regional conferences; and to participate in specialized academic advising, learning communities and career counseling at JSC.

Ongoing research initiatives at JSC in which START scholars may be involved include chemical, biological and geological investigations in the Lamoille River Watershed; analysis of bacteria from the closed Vermont Asbestos Group mine in Lowell and Eden; assessments of landslide potential in Jeffersonville; and the characterization of hazardous algal blooms in association with the “Research on Adaptation to Climate Change” project. Funds from the Vermont Genetics Network and the National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) support most of these studies.

The NSF grant was awarded through the foundation’s "Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics" program. For more information or application materials, visit www.jsc.edu/START or contact Dr. Leslie Kanat at les.kanat@jsc.edu or 802-635-1327.

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Vermont Public Radio
Gauging Wind's Place In Vermont
Vermont Public Radio
And we talk to Alan Betts, a climate scientist whose research is funded by the National Science Foundation, and Luke Snelling, the executive director of Energize ...

Vermont Public Radio
Wind Farm Proposal In Rutland County Draws Opposition
Vermont Public Radio
But Dr. Alan Betts, a Pittsford resident who studies climate change, takes a different view. Because of global warming, he believes Vermont should do all it can to promote renewable energy development, including wind power projects like this one.

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[E312] Vuelve a la Tierra Media con un nuevo MOBA
FantasyMundo
El perfume de nuestra tierra, de Kenizé Mourad: palestinos e israelíes al desnudo · Un análisis sugiere que Marte pudo haber sido bastante parecido a la Tierra primigenia · El futuro profundo, de Curt Stager: los próximos 100.000 años en la Tierra ...

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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
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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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