Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
• February 22, 2021
UVM has surpassed previous testing highs for the second week in a row, but officials say the University’s COVID-19 policies and mitigation strategy will remain the same.
With 64 new positive cases...
The University of Vermont is adding an additional on-campus location to quarantine students after nearly 80 tested positive for COVID-19 in the first two weeks of the semester.
In an email sent Sunday...
Feb. 16, 2021
Nearly 50 students tested positive for COVID-19 last week marking the highest number of student positives to date at UVM.
Thirty-six on-campus residential students and 10 off-campus students tested positive for COVID-19 out of 11,036 total student swabs taken between Feb. 8 and Feb. 14.
Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter
• February 1, 2021
Despite rising cases of COVID-19 in Vermont and an uptick in cases at the end of last semester, UVM will maintain the same strategy for containing the coronavirus during the spring semester.
Although...
Emma Pinezich, News and Sports Editor
• November 21, 2020
COVID test results have been delayed due to an issue at the lab that processes UVM’s tests following a week of record-high case numbers at UVM.
The delay comes just as students are returning home...
Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter
• October 27, 2020
Less than three miles from UVM’s campus, Saint Michael's College in Colchester is confronting a COVID-19 outbreak, prompting school officials to move to entirely remote learning for the time being.
29...
In a visit to the University of Vermont’s campus Saturday, Dr. Deborah Birx, the Response Coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force praised the University and the states’ handling of the...
Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
• October 1, 2020
UVM is struggling to keep track of weekly student COVID-19 tests, according to one administrator, despite reassurance from the University that testing and contact tracing have been a success.
Gary Derr,...
Irene Choi, Assistant News Editor
• September 9, 2020
The University of Vermont will not release comprehensive data each day about the deadly virus’ spread throughout the UVM community, despite claims that they are committed to a 24-hour test result turn...
Thursday night, after a whole day of waiting for UVM to post the new testing numbers to their coronavirus dashboard, our News Editor texted our Managing Editor when the numbers finally went up.
They...
Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter
• September 2, 2020
At least one UVM student has been removed from campus for violating state and city COVID-19 policies, the city of Burlington announced in a press briefing today.
At 2 p.m. Sept. 2 Burlington Mayor...
COVID-19 tests will be available on campus to UVM students returning to Vermont in June so that they do not have to travel to get tested.
UVM is collaborating with the Vermont Department of Health...
