Feb. 16, 2021
Nearly 50 students tested positive for COVID-19 last week marking the highest number of student positives to date at UVM.
Thirty-six on-campus residential students and 10 off-campus students tested positive for COVID-19 out of 11,036 total student swabs taken between Feb. 8 and Feb. 14.
Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter
• February 12, 2021
Over 1,000 UVM students did not get their pre-arrival test results back in time for the first day of school, according to a representative from the company that ran the tests.
The company, Color,...
Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter
• February 1, 2021
Despite rising cases of COVID-19 in Vermont and an uptick in cases at the end of last semester, UVM will maintain the same strategy for containing the coronavirus during the spring semester.
Although...
Emma Pinezich, News and Sports Editor
• November 21, 2020
COVID test results have been delayed due to an issue at the lab that processes UVM’s tests following a week of record-high case numbers at UVM.
The delay comes just as students are returning home...
Emma Pinezich, News and Sports Editor
• November 17, 2020
35 UVM community members tested positive for COVID-19 in just the last week, more than tripling last week’s record high of seven positive cases.
20 off-campus and seven on-campus students tested...
Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
• November 16, 2020
UVM students will be allowed to return home early for break and remote classes in the wake of a spike of COVID-19 cases at UVM and Vermont as a whole.
Though the last day of classes before break is...
Driving down Colchester Avenue, as it turns into Pearl Street, it’s not hard to skip over UVM’s last residence hall—Jeanne Mance—before the landscape changes to the commercial center of downtown...
Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
• November 6, 2020
UVM students who were tested earlier this week must be retested this weekend due to an increase in positive COVID-19 cases that may be associated with Halloween gatherings.
The Vermont Department...
Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter
• November 4, 2020
A day after UVM confirmed 31 students were in isolation, the University says six students have tested positive for COVID-19.
Late Tuesday, UVM spokesperson Enrique Corredera confirmed one student received...
Thirty UVM students were moved into quarantine Tuesday after at least one student tested positive for COVID-19 after a Halloween weekend that drew increased warnings for students to stay safe.
UVM spokesperson...
Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter
• October 30, 2020
UVM and Burlington Police expressed little concern about students potentially violating COVID-19 safety precautions over Halloween weekend, despite rising cases in the state.
UVM Police Chief Tim Bilodeau...
As students passed through the Davis Center between classes Tuesday afternoon, UVM’s president stood at a makeshift stage, handing a first-year a giant Q-tip and goodie bag to celebrate the 100,000 COVID-19...
