Of all the institutions affected by COVID-19, few were more radically impacted than museums, with nearly 90% closing their doors, according to a May 2020 UNESCO article. Among the tangible shifts caused...

Stay up to date with the Cynic Roundup, giving you coverage on the stories you might have missed in news last week. In this edition, we take a deeper dive into Burlington-based artist Liza-Marie Phillip's...

Anyone who happened to be at Burlington Pride last month likely noticed the gaggle of friendly-looking monsters on the official pride festival t-shirts. The creator of these characters is Liza-Marie...

At least 150 students gathered for a candle-lit vigil on Central campus at midnight April 24 to mourn the removal of a signature campus art piece: New York City artist Lars Fisk’s “Bus Ball.” Bus...

As the chandeliers in Ira Allen Chapel dimmed, colorful lights lit the stage for an evening of performances by the University Players. The University Players, a student-run theater club, began preparing...

Those who venture up to the fourth floor of the Davis Center face a piece of art by the late David Bethuel Jamieson ‘91. The piece, titled “Self Portrait at the University of BLACK Vermont,” encapsulates...

An artistic representation can sometimes help us visualize and connect with history in ways that would not be possible from just reading text.   After research in the UVM Special Collections...

Whether you’ve felt sexual tension with the person adjusting your seatbelt on a rollercoaster or the annonymous squirrel on Google Docs late at night, we all know that feeling. Some of our Cynic illustrators...

In an effort to mimic the illustrative cover styles of the New Yorker, the Cynic asked its staff illustrators to capture their version of UVM in one piece.   These cover pieces reimagine the...

In triptych format, our Cynic illustrators each described how autumn can enhance our environment and lift our hearts.   Each artist chose varying styles and colors to create a representation...