Local News: Dublin, GA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

University of Vermont

Forum & Polls

News

11 hrs ago | Pushing String

A real horrorshow

It's frustrating to see "news" stories about diet and metabolism that get something right, sort of, but for really harmful reasons.

Comment?

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Burlington Free Press

Vermont celebrating centennial of first forest

The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation is getting ready to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first state forest.

Comment?

Related Topix: Plainfield, VT

Burlington Free Press

UVM kicks in for farmers

A new campaign to aid struggling dairy farmers is getting a boost from students at the University of Vermont.

Comment?

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Burlington Free Press

A 'Noir November'

Veronica Lake's death, allegedly in Vermont, is a mystery worthy of her femme fatale roles in the tough-minded movies that were so popular during and after World War II.

Comment?

Related Topix: Film Noir, Crime Movies, Thriller, This Gun for Hire, Montpelier, VT, Stowe, VT, Colchester, VT

Wed Nov 18, 2009

FOX 4 Now - WFTX Home

7 family-friendly U.S. cities

America is full of family-friendly cities, but in choosing a place to raise kids, parents tend to seek out places with low unemployment , low crime rate and good educational opportunities.

Comment?

Related Topix: Family, Kids, Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT, Education Etc.

Tue Nov 17, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

Students keep track of CATS buses

The way Mike Fogg and Nick Godin tell it, the whole thing got started at a typical bull session one night last winter in a University of Vermont dorm lounge.

Comment?

Related Topix: Web Design, Arts, Laptops/Notebooks, iPhone, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Vermont sugarmakers to gather Thursday

Vermont sugarmakers say their industry's enjoying good times in general, but there are still some worries: Insects.

Comment?

Related Topix: Vermont, Vermont Government, Entomology, Science, Windham County, VT, Brattleboro, VT

Sun Nov 15, 2009

This Week Community News

ARB to look at solar panels on Evening St. School

The Architectural Review Board will consider an application to place solar panels on Evening Street Elementary School at its Thursday meeting.

Comment?

Related Topix: Worthington, OH

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Houston Chronicle

New Dome adds to Stephen King's vast kingdom

A shy teenager with telekinetic powers goes to her high school prom, only to have a bucket of pig's blood dumped over her head.

Comment?

Related Topix: Horror Movies, Pet Sematary, Stephen King, Vocal, Thriller, Carrie, Drama Movies, Sissy Spacek, Alternative

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Library Journal

Time and Tools Are Ripe for On-Demand Acquisitions, Say Charleston Speakers

Models removes guesswork and can save money over ILL, especially when the process is simplified for the end user Josh Hadro -- Library Journal, 11/12/2009 Collection development librarians: predicting use is ineffective Supply chain improvements and e-access make on-demand viable Software tool collapses distinction between ILL and purchase requests ...

Comment?

Related Topix: Libraries, Geneseo, NY, Pitcher, NY

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Seven Days

Touring Exhibit Documents the Lives of Incarcerated Mothers

Want to see for yourself? " Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States ," Fireside Lounge, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington.

Comment?

Related Topix: Prison, Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT, Chittenden, VT

Tue Nov 10, 2009

On Top Magazine

AMA Urges Repeal Of Military Gay Ban

Members of the nation's largest doctor's advocacy group voted Tuesday to oppose the military's ban on open gay service, the AP reported.

Comment?

Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Mon Nov 09, 2009

EurekAlert!

Darwin meets Facebook

Natural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used.

Comment?

Related Topix: Social Software, Landslide, Bioinformatics, Science

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Rutland Herald

Sewer plant work reveals artifacts

A sewer plant expansion project has turned up some unlikely things in Hartford - including artifacts that could be thousands of years old.

Comment?

Related Topix: Hartford, VT, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Burlington, VT, Burlington Metro

Sat Nov 07, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

Best Bets, Nov. 5

5 at the Flynn Center in Burlington. His dance company, MOMIX , will present a program titled " REMIX ," a retrospective showing highlights of the past 25 years of the dance company's athletic, adventurous work.

Comment?

Related Topix: Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT, Lyndonville, VT, Remix, House, The Quartet, Jazz

Fri Nov 06, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

Vermont panel rejects college merger

MONTPELIER -- A panel considering the governor's proposal to consolidate the University of Vermont with the five state colleges has recommended against merging the institutions.

Comment?

Related Topix: Vermont, Montpelier, VT, Johnson State College, Lyndon State College, Vermont Technical College

WCAX-TV Burlington

Panel rejects college merger

A panel considering the governor's recommendation to consolidate the University of Vermont and Vermont State Colleges is recommending against merging the two institutions.

Comment?

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WCAX-TV Burlington

Guard Begins Deployment to Afghanistan

Hundreds of Vermont guardsmen are on the move today. They are off to Fort Polk in Louisiana for training in advance of their mission to Afghanistan.

Comment?

Related Topix: Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Bennington Banner

Recovery funding helping statewide

The number of jobs created or saved in Vermont by a federal stimulus plan is a bit lower than previously thought, but state and federal officials said Monday the conglomeration of programs has worked.

4 comments

Related Topix: Vermont, Vermont Government

Mon Nov 02, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

Goodbye Avi & Celia; hello Hey Mama

The music was going well for the roots duo Avi & Celia, but once guitarist Avi Salloway and vocalist Celia Woodsmith added a couple of musicians to their group, they started having problems with the math.

Comment?

Related Topix: Norwich, VT, Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT

Also on Topix