The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

A box of KN95 masks sits behind the front desk of the Davis Center on the first floor Jan. 21.

BREAKING: UVM to drop mask mandate March 19

Ella Ruehsen, News Editor March 16, 2022

UVM announced plans to drop its indoor mask mandate beginning March 19, according to a March 16 email from Provost Patricia Prelock and Gary Derr, vice president for operations and public safety.  Masks...

UVM to keep indirect investments in fossil fuels until contracts lapse

UVM to keep indirect investments in fossil fuels until contracts lapse

Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter March 16, 2022

Editor's note: This story was updated March 18 at 12:49 p.m. to correct information about the trustee appointment process.  UVM will continue to invest in multiple private equity investments linked to...

UVM Black student enrollment drops 16.2%

UVM Black student enrollment drops 16.2%

Halsey McLaen, Assistant News Editor February 24, 2022

Enrollment of Black students at UVM dropped by 16.2% from fall 2020 to fall 2021, according to the Office of Institutional Research’s Catamount Data. One hundred eighty-six Black students enrolled in...

The UVM Medical Center Emergency Department Entrance lights the night of Feb. 17.

Roofies reported, investigation underway

Ella Ruehsen, News Editor February 22, 2022

UVM Police Services received an anonymous report of multiple Rohypnol druggings by an unknown perpetrator at an off-campus party over the weekend, according to a Feb. 14 CatAlert. No known reports exist...

Faculty union pushes for faculty and staff representation on board of trustees

Faculty union pushes for faculty and staff representation on board of trustees

Skyeler Devlin, Cynic News Reporter February 22, 2022

UVM’s faculty union, United Academics, aims to get faculty and staff representation on the board of trustees, according to a Feb. 14 email from UA communications. UA introduced a revised version of...

Members of UVM Staff United speak at a town hall meeting Feb. 17. The meeting took place in the Jost Foundation Room in the Davis Center.

UVM Staff United fights for livable wages

Isabelle Tanner, Cynic News Reporter February 22, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 24 at 9:30 p.m. to remove the name of the Asian Student Union from those who attended the town hall meeting.  UVM’s staff union, UVM Staff United, held...

An admitted student and parent walk past the protest, Feb. 18.

Hundreds protest sexual violence at UVM on Admitted Students Visit Day

Ella Ruehsen and Halsey McLaen February 21, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 22 at 9:00 p.m. to correct the spelling of a source's last name and to correct the year used in one of the timeline points.  Hundreds gathered on Feb. 18,...

‘Mr. Cynic:’ The first Black editor-in-chief of the Vermont Cynic

‘Mr. Cynic:’ The first Black editor-in-chief of the Vermont Cynic

Reitz Wishtischin, Cynic News Reporter February 17, 2022

Editor's note: This story was updated Feb. 19 at 5:13 p.m. to correct attribution errors on information pulled from McCollum’s son’s obituary instead of McCollum’s own.  Nicodemus McCollum III...

UVM sees highest number of applicants to date as in-state applicants continue to drop

RJ Morrison, Cynic News Reporter February 15, 2022

Despite a record number of students who applied to UVM this year, the number of in-state applicants fell, said Jay Jacobs, vice provost for enrollment management. The University received more than 30,000...

Edna Hall Brown, UVM’s first Black female grad

Edna Hall Brown, UVM’s first Black female grad

Audrie Caruso, Cynic News Reporter February 15, 2022

Edna Hall Brown is the first recorded Black woman to graduate from UVM, according to an April 2021 article by Ben Yousey-Hindes, assistant vice president for communications and stewardship at the UVM Foundation. Brown...

Director of Athletics Jeffrey Schulman and Cathleen Rahill, associate director of athletics presented at the weekly SGA meeting on Feb. 8.

Athletics works to end sexual violence

Isabelle Tanner, Cynic News Reporter February 14, 2022

In an effort to communicate with the UVM community, Director of Athletics Jeffrey Schulman and Cathleen Rahill, associate director of athletics, addressed sexual violence prevention and training within...

Sexual violence prevention position filled

Sexual violence prevention position filled

Reitz Wishtischin, Cynic News Reporter February 9, 2022

The University hired its first Sexual Violence and Education Coordinator, Dr. Elliot Ruggles, Jan. 13, eight months after students demanded change in UVM’s handling of sexual violence. Ruggles begins...

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