Ella Ruehsen, News and Sports Editor
• August 31, 2021
Unvaccinated students could be removed from UVM’s campus if a COVID-19 outbreak called for such measures, said Gary Derr, VP of operations and public safety.
The COVID-19 Immunization Exemption form...
Ella Ruehsen, News and Sports Editor
• August 30, 2021
Residential Advisors are no longer tasked with enforcing masking despite UVM’s indoor mask policy, said Gary Derr, VP of operations and public safety.
Last year, RAs enforced the Green and Gold...
UVM announced a career education program in partnership with the Community College of Vermont at the governor’s weekly press conference July 13.
The program, Upskill Vermont, provides Vermont residents...
The University of Vermont announced its reopening plan, which eliminates required testing and mask mandates for fully vaccinated individuals effective August 2.
The Fall 2021 plan, UVM Forward, was...
In the final week of the school year, COVID-19 cases among UVM students have dropped to an all-time low for the semester, this week reporting only 14 positive cases compared to last week's total of 40...
Ella Ruehsen, News and Sports Editor
• May 14, 2021
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 8:08 p.m. May 14.
The mask mandate will remain in place on UVM’s campus until further notice, despite newly relaxed guidelines from the CDC and from the...
The Cynic put out a poll asking UVM class Facebook groups what students are looking forward to after the pandemic. Here were your responses:
"Beach trips...
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 7:30 p.m. May 11.
UVM has no current plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for its student body for the fall 2021 return to campus, despite several nearby...
For the third consecutive week, COVID-19 cases among UVM students have remained at a plateau, this week reporting 40 positive cases.
This week’s report showed a total of 22 off-campus cases and 18...
Emma Pinezich, News and Sports Editor
• April 29, 2021
UVM announced it will open a vaccination clinic in the Patrick Gymnasium administering the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to students in addition to relaxing its guest policy for on-campus and off-campus...
For the second week in a row, cases of COVID-19 among students remained lower than they have since mid-March, with 44 positive cases detected.
Last week, only 33 students tested positive for the virus,...
Ella Ruehsen, Assistant News Editor
• April 26, 2021
To cope with the added stressors caused by COVID-19, many UVM students have been smoking more marijuana since the pandemic began according to a Cynic survey.
About 65.6% of 154 respondents to a Cynic...