What is a Catamount? And why it is the University of Vermont’s mascot

UVM touts an obscure name for its mascot, which is also known as a puma, cougar, panther and mountain lion. How the VT college came to adopt it.
University of Vermont

UVM’s Leahy Institute Awards $2.5M to Vermont Organizations Targeting Childhood Asthma, Clean Water Microbots, Biotech Innovators

The Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships at UVM has awarded $2.5 million in funding to launch or expand 16 ...

University of Vermont develops new vaccine to prevent dengue, a highly contagious disease

The disease is mainly found in warm areas like Brazil, Kenya and Florida, and researchers said the vaccine will greatly ...

Hofstra upsets Vermont in NCAA men's soccer tournament second round

Hofstra took home the win at Virtue field 3-2 against the Catamounts in overtime, after Laurie Goddard stunned the top seed with a game winning goal.Vermont and Hofstra went into overtime tied at 2-2 ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Ex-President of U. of Vermont Is Tapped to Run NSF’s Education Arm

The National Science Foundation on Thursday named Judith A. Ramaley, a longtime university administrator with a strong interest in elementary and secondary schools, as the new head of its education ...
The New York Times

University of Vermont

University of Vermont, unable to diversify through traditional recruiting, enlist Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx as 'farm team' to provide dependable supply of blacks and Hispanics, ...
WAMC

University of Vermont President appointed to lead University of Arizona

The University of Vermont will soon be without a leader after its president was tapped by the University of Arizona. The Arizona Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to appoint Dr. Suresh ...
Seven Days

The University of Vermont to Unveil a New Logo

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WKOW

University of Vermont study finds new way to detect dementia before symptoms start

Using a new form of blood test, researchers can detect biological markers of cognitive decline more than 10 years before a ...
VTDigger

Vermont desperately needs nurses. Its nursing schools need instructors.

Jessica Wood, the director of Norwich University’s nursing program, with a nursing program mannequin. Photo by Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Last month, Jessica Wood, the director of the School of Nursing at ...
The New York Times

University of Vermont

El avistamiento en fotografía llegó por casualidad a los ojos de una botánica estatal de Vermont, quien no daba crédito. By Jenna Russell “Are you sitting down?” Vermont’s state botanist asked a ...