Editor's note: This story was updated April 17 at 6:34 p.m. to correct a stylistic error. Transporting thousands of UVM students across campus each day, the faces of the UVM CATS Bus drivers are familiar...

Seven months ago, Catamount Area Transportation Busses rumbled down campus roads, packed to the brim and alive with conversation. Now, its ridership caps at 14. COVID-19 changed many aspects of UVM’s...