University saves millions by knocking down old buildings
Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
19 hours ago
Mo Quigg The University saved millions of dollars in work on old buildings by spending more to build new ones. Over $38 million in deferred maintenance costs to bring buildings up to code was instead used to build new buildings to replace them. The Cook Physical Science building, which occupied...
Nurses and Medical Center reach tentative agreement
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
1 day ago
Filed under Headliners, News, Vermont
Updated 9/20/18 at 12:04 AM to include a statement from UVM Medical Center. After months of bargaining, UVM Medical Center nurses and administration have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, according to a Sept. 20 press release. The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professio...
VT Governor Candidate campaigns with celebrity
1 day ago
Filed under Election, Headliners, News, Vermont
Alek Fleury Democratic candidate for Vermont governor Christine Hallquist and actor Misha Collins discussed campaign issues in front of a crowd of students Wednesday in the Davis Center at a UVM College Democrats’ event. Hallquist made history as the first openly transgender candidate to win a major pa...
Counseling interns pulled from Burlington High School
Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
2 days ago
Filed under Headliners, News
Alek Fleury This story updated at 3:59 p.m. Sept. 19 to correct a statement that a practicum student at Burlington High School worked with Macias despite requesting not to. The student was working on a practicum and was invited back for an internship the next year at the high school, which she decli...
Student starts national petition
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
3 days ago
Filed under Headliners, News, Vermont
Alek Fleury Update: 11:34 9/18/18 Corrected the date and location of the meeting for Explain the Asterisk. After a UVM sophomore reported her rape to University officials, she found a hole in UVM Policy allowing dismissed students to avoid disclosing past misconduct. Sophomore Syd Ovitt...
Expelled fraternity returns
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
September 13, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
This story updated at 12:19 p.m. September 17 to reflect the outcome of the University investigation into the fraternity and to include that one individual added the question to the survey. The fraternity does not have a pledging process or pledges, but rather new members and a scholarship for these me...
Presidential search committee takes shape
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
September 10, 2018
The search committee for the next president of UVM has been officially announced by the UVM board of trustees. The newly selected committee was announced in a Sept. 10 email to the University community. The committee is comprised of 24 members and is co-chaired by David Daigle, the current chair of ...
New sexual misconduct rules leak
Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
September 5, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News
9/12/18 3:18 P.M. This story was updated to clarify a reference to the Explain the Asterisk petition. On Wednesday, Aug. 29 the New York Times released a leaked, preliminary version of new sexual assault rules for college campuses by Betsy DeVos’s Department of Education. The rules come at ...
Dean of Libraries to step down
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
August 30, 2018
The dean of UVM libraries will step down this summer after a new dean is selected. President Tom Sullivan announced the leadership change in an email to the UVM community Aug. 30. Mara Saule, the dean of UVM libraries has worked for the University since 1985, according to the email. She has bee...
UVM Medical Center Nurses spend summer working for new contract
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
August 28, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
Sawyer Loftus For the past four months, nurses at the University of Vermont Medical Center have been in a constant back-and-forth with hospital administrators over new contracts. The nurses’ union, the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, represents around 1,800 nurses an...
Welcome Class of 2022
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
August 28, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
The class of 2022 gathered to ring in a new academic year and begin their journey as Catamounts at convocation. First years gathered Aug. 26 in the Patrick Gym and heard speeches from UVM officials. The class of 2022 is made up of approximately 2,500 students hailing from 43 states and 22 ...
Multiple collisions reported on Carrigan Drive
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
August 27, 2018
Update: This story was updated at 9:30 am 8/29/18 to include additional comment and details from UVM Police. A pedestrian was injured in an accident involving a UVM CATS bus, according to UVM Police. A CatAlert was sent out to the UVM community Aug, 27 at 11:45 am, advising pedestrians and...
