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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

New advising program to assist first-year students

New advising program to assist first-year students

Alexandra Shannon April 27, 2016

UVM will have a new tutoring program next semester for first-year students.   The Academic Success Center will consist of a centrally located advising center, first-year orientation, the first-year...

Police, race topic of new UVM study

Police, race topic of new UVM study

April 26, 2016

A UVM economics professor presented a study to the Burlington City Council April 11 showing differences in how races are treated by Burlington police officers. Stephanie Seguino, a professor at UVM...

(Left to right) Architect Sherida Paulsen and property owner Don Sinex present their plans for the downtown mall renovation to the city council April 25.

Burlington mall to be redeveloped

April 26, 2016

Students and Burlington residents may soon be able to live above the Burlington Mall on Church Street.   The Burlington Business Association gathered local businesses, nonprofits and organizations...

UVM study on autism tracks eyes

UVM study on autism tracks eyes

Craig Pelsor April 21, 2016

A recent study on autism by UVM is the first of its kind.   Tiffany Hutchins, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders has published a study on the behavior of children with...

Physicists find new way of seeing atoms

Physicists find new way of seeing atoms

Alexandra Shannon April 21, 2016

A UVM physicist has found a new way to see atoms in industrial materials using X-rays.   The findings of the experiment were first released online March 28 by the Nature Physics journal. Physics...

UVM Medical center to open offices downtown

UVM Medical center to open offices downtown

Bryan O'Keefe April 21, 2016

The University of Vermont Medical Center will be leasing office space in the heart of downtown Burlington.   As a part of the current redevelopment project of the Burlington Town Center, the...

Vermonters favor GMO labeling

Vermonters favor GMO labeling

April 21, 2016

Products containing Genetically Modified Organisms will be labeled in Vermont starting this July, according to a Vermont bill passed in 2014. Companies were given two years to begin the labeling process...

SpringFest receives a change in venue

Bryan O'Keefe April 20, 2016

Construction has forced SpringFest to relocate to a more concrete area of campus.   This year’s artist of choice, The Head and the Heart, will perform in the Jeffords Hall parking lot April...

Food Systems Initiative gets renewed

Food Systems Initiative gets renewed

April 20, 2016

The UVM Food Systems Initiative is getting revamped after six years. The initiative began in 2010 as a five-year transdisciplinary research initiative and UVM was one of the first universities in...

Tuition protest held

April 20, 2016

Students protesting college debt marched from the Davis Center to Waterman, chanting in front of the administrative building. UVM students organized a “Million student march” April 13 to demand...

Crime log

Crime log

Bryan O'Keefe April 19, 2016

April 6 10:39 A.M.   Horses got out of a fenced-in area of UVM’s Morgan Horse Farm. The area was secure before police arrived.   April 6 10:10 P.M.   Police received...

Hillel sign recovered

Hillel sign recovered

Kelsey Neubauer, Assistant News Editor April 19, 2016

For three days the sign in front of UVM Hillel was missing. The sign went missing early morning April 15 and was found April 18, said Matt Vogel, executive director of UVM Hillel. “I called the...

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