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How the Vermont Craft Beer Industry is Finding Success in a Crowded Market
By Emma Marc-Aurele The craft beer industry has contributed over $271 million to the Vermont economy while the industry has added a total $55 billion to the United States’ economy. The craft beer bus…
Back to School, But Not the Same Old Grind
By Lee Maxey Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. -Aldous Huxley Growing up, most of us operated according to the standard paradigm of the school y…
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Learning the Business of Local Food in the UVM Food Hub Program
Benjamin Bartley’s career has touched many facets of the food industry, from baker, cook, and butcher to educator, advocate, and program director. The University of Florida alumnus, who graduated wit…
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Alumni Advice: Danielle Fleury Finds Farm to School Success in the Northeast
Burlington’s progressive values are what first attracted Danielle Fleury to UVM. It wasn’t long after she arrived on campus that she became personally interested in local food systems. While taking a…
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Dr. Paul Farmer to Speak at UVM Aiken Lecture Series Nov. 3
Dr. Paul Farmer, chief strategist and co-founder of Partners in Health, will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 George D. Aiken Lecture Series on Nov. 3 at the UVM Ira Allen Chapel. Nearly 30 years a…
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Legal Issues: Tackling Sexual Assault on Campus
A panel discussion at last year’s UVM Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference. Stanford University student Brock Turner’s short jail sentence has triggered outrage against the judge and controver…
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An Olympic Skier Sets Her Sights on Public Health
Like most students, Ida Sargent finds going back to school a bit of a juggling act. But Ida is not your typical student. The U.S. Ski Team member is training for the 2018 Winter Olympics while pursui…
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Alumni Advice: How Scott Switzer Found His Niche in the Tech Start-Up Scene
Scott Switzer ’92, co-founder and chief technology officer of Authenticated Digital, has made a name for himself in the competitive world of start-ups. We talked to the UVM College of Engineering and…
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Elliot Kennedy on Breaking Down the Barriers in LGBT Healthcare
Photo: Elliot Kennedy, left, with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell Elliot Kennedy JD, realized as an undergraduate that advocating for the LGBT community provided a sense of…
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Farmer Training Student Chris Waters Starts a New Chapter in Sustainable Agriculture
By S’ra DeSantis We talked to Chris Waters, a student in the UVM Farmer Training Program , about his lifelong dream to be a farmer and his plans to apply all he’s learned about sustainable agricultu…
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A Shift in Public Opinion on the Legalization of Marijuana
More Americans favor legalizing the use of marijuana today compared to a decade ago, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center . Today, 57 percent of U.S. adults say the use of marijua…
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A California Chef Joins UVM Online Program to Learn the Science of Cannabis
California chef Fred Nesbitt joined the UVM Cannabis Science and Medicine Program to take his passion for cooking with cannabis to the next level. Two decades ago, he began his education and career…
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