Erika B. Lewy, Assistant News Editor
• February 15, 2017
Gov. Phil Scott sat back in a wood chair in his large, fifth floor Montpelier office. He spoke quietly and slowly, pausing between thoughts, and leaned forward each time he told a story.
He looked...
Senior Brett Cohen of Needham, Mass. died at the University of Vermont Medical Center Feb. 14.
Annie Stevens, the vice provost for student affairs, announced Cohen’s death in a campus-wide...
The following topics were discussed in the Educational Policy and Institutional Resources committee at the February 2017 board of trustees meeting.
The committee discussed concerns regarding...
UVM will be spending millions of dollars for an athletic event center five times the size of the current one.
The UVM board of trustees proposed the construction of two on-campus facilities to be built...
Vermont’s Queen City has provided many opportunities for students to engage with local art, students said.
But, students are now seeking more accessible and student-driven art on campus, they...
Off-Campus Housing Help
There has been progress made on various off-campus housing programs, Gail Shampnois and Emily Howe of the Office of Student and Community Relations said while updating SGA members....
Professors convened to reaffirm UVM’s values after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.
A faculty senate resolution, presented by sociology professor John Streeter and Faculty Senate Vice...
While an environmental science major, Taylor Smith ‘16 spent the majority of his final semester at UVM planting 500 trees to revive the former grounds of Burlington College.
Smith now works as...
Erika B. Lewy, Assistant News Editor
• January 25, 2017
A contingent of 48 UVM students joined the estimated 470,000 pink-hatted, sign-waving protesters who attended the Women's March on Washington Saturday.
Some students were hours late to the march,...
Hundreds of UVM students joined over 15,000 Vermonters rallying in Montpelier in support of human rights and equality.
In what became the largest protest in Vermont’s history, thousands gathered...
When UVM flew the Black Lives Matter flag on campus, the rest of the country noticed, and other colleges began to follow suit.
Northwestern University raised a Black Lives Matter flag on Jan. 3...
Down Main Street drums sounded as students gathered for the UVM Stands Pro-Environment Rally.
On Inauguration Day, a new non-partisan environmental club called UVM Stand hosted speakers at the Davis...
