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...
The UVM Medical Center and the Larner College of Medicine will be a trial site for a COVID-19 vaccine, according to an all-staff email from UVMMC President and CEO John Brumsted.
The medical center...
Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter
• October 21, 2020
UVMStrong’s recently announced plans for the spring semester have caused concerns about what a greater influx of students returning to Burlington next semester will mean for COVID-19 safety.
UVM...
Paige Fisher, Cynic News Reporter
• October 14, 2020
It’s almost a normal weekday for Sophomore Sam Joyner, except today he’s sitting alone in a hallway of empty dorm rooms accompanied only by people in hazmat suits, making TikToks to offer a glimpse...
In a visit to the University of Vermont’s campus Saturday, Dr. Deborah Birx, the Response Coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force praised the University and the states’ handling of the...
