Around the age of 14 Alex Escaja-Heiss boarded a plane, when he got off, he had been changed by a single moment during the flight.
On the flight, he had watched a film called “My Prairie Home”,...
Around halfway through writing her book “Old Canaan in a New World: Native Americans and the Lost Tribes of Israel,” Professor Fenton said she struggled to answer the perennial question for people...
Weeks have passed since students skied down the Green Mountains, skateboarded on Athletic campus, walked to class and dominated Burlington's terrain.
Wherever students find themselves now, we hope they...
Between the potted plants to the vibrant art covering the walls, it’s hard not to feel at home at Onyx Ink Tattoo Studio.
Onyx Ink’s owner, Alisha Dykema, opened the studio in 2018. Locate on the...
At around 5:00 a.m. March 4, a white van pulled into the parking lot of Gutterson Fieldhouse.
Junior Finn Brokaw, a group leader of Power through Powder, got out of the van and opened the back, revealing...
Vermont State Rep. Rebecca White ‘15 stood behind the podium at the UVM debate house, reminiscing over the hours she spent practicing public speaking, used now in committee.
White grew up in Wilder,...
In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Cynic searched its archives for stories that reported on how the movement took shape at UVM.
We found...
A class of nearly 240 students leaned intently towards the muffled rhythmic beating of a radio telescope recording, a radio used to
detect frequencies from extraterrestrial life.
Geochemistry...
In 1896, 43 years after the last fire in Old Mill, UVM decided it was time to build the first fireproof building on a college campus in the U.S.
The result: Williams Science Hall.
The building...
Since October 2019, food truck Cheese Louise, characterized by its hand-painted menus and easy-going employees, has been an on-campus hit – and it’s not supposed to be here.
Cheese Louise first opened...
Felisha Leffler wore a pin that said “Young People Make a Better Vermont,” a sentiment she carries with her every day as a 24-year-old Vermont House Representative.
Leffler grew up in Enosburg,...
During the UVM SGA meeting Jan. 21, Dean of Libraries Bryn Geffert stood before the room and explained his dilemma.
UVM libraries’ contract with Elsevier, a scientific literature publishing company,...
