Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter
• April 21, 2021
For the second consecutive week, UVM reported a decline in COVID-19 case-count on campus, with 33 new student COVID-19 cases last week out of 17,163 student tests received.
One faculty member tested...
Paige Fisher, Cynic News Reporter
• April 13, 2021
Despite strict COVID-19 policies for the student body, UVM is welcoming out-of-state visitors back on campus, with plans to allow them to access UVM buildings.
As UVM’s May 1 decision deadline looms,...
In a marked decrease from the last round of COVID-19 testing numbers, UVM’s latest numbers show that 59 students and one staff member tested positive for the virus.
According to UVM’s COVID-19 dashboard,...
Eight months after UVM created a COVID-19 dashboard to share data on testing and positive cases in the UVM community, administrators have not budged in their decision to only update information once a...
Ella Ruehsen, Assistant News Editor
• April 6, 2021
Despite nearly 100 students testing positive for COVID-19 this past week, UVM announced it has restarted in-person admissions tours again for prospective students and their families.
UVM reported 54...
Editor’s note: Some RAs interviewed for this piece have had their names changed to first name pseudonyms due to fears that UVM would take action against them for speaking out.
Jamie, an RA living...
Some — but not all — of UVM’s nearly 8,000 out-of-state students could get a vaccine in Vermont, but only if they intend to stay for the entire summer, according to Governor Phil Scott.
Despite...
Sabine Foerg, Cynic News Reporter
• March 30, 2021
COVID-19 cases remain high with 80 positive cases identified in the last week, despite continued twice-weekly testing.
UVM’s COVID-19 dashboard was updated Monday, showing of the nearly 20,000 tests...
Ella Ruehsen, Assistant News Editor
• March 23, 2021
UVM reported nearly 100 new COVID-19 cases in the last week, nearly 70 of which were off-campus, marking an all-time high in UVM’s weekly case-count since the start of the pandemic.
Additionally,...
UVM is extending twice-weekly-testing for all students an additional two weeks, following an uptick in off-campus COVID-19 cases.
According to a March 19 email from Garry Derr, Vice President for Operations...
Max Clifford, Cynic Sports Reporter
• March 18, 2021
Tickets for UVM students to attend outdoor athletic events in-person will be available to students beginning this Friday, March 19, according to an email from the UVM Athletic Department.
For the...
Emma Pinezich, News and Sports Editor
• March 17, 2021
Seventeen students tested positive for COVID-19 this Monday alone, just after the school announced tentative plans to hold in-person graduation.
Erica Caloiero, interim VP for student affairs, announced...