¶¶Òõ̽̽

News and Events

Doing Small Things in a Great Way

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Walt Poleman's Trip to COP16

Gund Institute Names 2024 Catalyst Award Winners

Ph.D. Student and Knauss Fellow, Rosie Chapina, Sets Sail on NOAA Expedition

Climate Change and Cyanobacteria: ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s Cutting-Edge Research on Lake and Stream Health
A group of people gathered outside on ¶¶Òõ̽̽ campus at an event with multiple white tents in the background

Events

The Rubenstein School community hosts and participates in many in-person, virtual, and hybrid events throughout the year.

More News

12/03/2024

Deforestation Reduces Malaria Bed Nets’ Effectiveness

When a forest is lost to development, some effects are obvious. Stumps and mud puddles across the...

11/30/2024

After the Floods

Water will continue to shape—and reshape—Vermont communities. Sometimes it will come in a...

11/19/2024

Got Sustainability? ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Researchers Test Ways to Green-Up Dairy Farming

Joshua Faulkner squats in a corn field, scooping out the insides of a hole. He holds a handful of...

11/18/2024

Advanced Field Ecology in the Adirondacks

In mid-October on a warm, sunny fall weekend, a group of graduate and undergraduate students at the...

11/15/2024

Data and Open Science Summit to Highlight Speakers from NASA

In partnership with the Vermont Research Open Source Program Office (VERSO), the Graduate College...

11/11/2024

Mapping Connectivity: How ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Researchers are Studying Safe Passages for Wildlife

Jed Murdoch’s class huddles in a parking lot in Stowe one bone-chilling Friday afternoon in...

11/01/2024

A Trout Turnabout

November 29, 2023In eighty feet of water, one mile off the Burlington shoreline, the research...

10/24/2024

Planetary Health from the Ground Up: Co-creating a Wellbeing Economy in Vermont and Beyond

Rigo Melgar is a Ph.D. candidate in Ecological Economics in the Rubenstein School of Environment...

10/21/2024

¶¶Òõ̽̽'s Walter Poleman to Join U.N. Biodiversity Conference

University of Vermont environmental scholar Walter Poleman will attend the 16th United Nations...

10/04/2024

What is Planetary Health?

The planet is alive. This ecstatic skin of the Earth that stretches but a few miles up and down is...

10/03/2024

Dr. Marie C. Vea Receives Award for Inclusive Excellence

Dr. Marie C. Vea was honored with the 2024 Dr. H. Lawrence McCrorey Award for Inclusive Excellence...

10/03/2024

Introducing ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s First Presidential Doctoral Fellows

What role does the microbiome of plants play in their ability to survive extreme environments? How...

09/23/2024

¶¶Òõ̽̽ Awarded $2.7M for National Climate Measurements Center of Excellence

Temperature, precipitation, wind speed—the U.S. government has plenty of ways to measure our...

09/20/2024

How to Love a Forest

Ethan Tapper '12, an alumnus of the Rubenstein School's forestry program and a current graduate...

09/19/2024

A Man for All Seasons

On Friday September 13, 2024, the Rubenstein School hosted an intimate gathering at the George D....

09/12/2024

Saving "Bills": A Summer Spent with Loons

Rubenstein School students spend their summers in countless ways: some take courses, some conduct...

09/05/2024

A Warm Welcome from Peter

We’ve just completed the second week of classes here at ¶¶Òõ̽̽! We are so glad to have students,...

08/20/2024

When the Ice is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth’s Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

In his new book, When the Ice is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth’s Tumultuous...

08/19/2024

The Captain and Crew of the R/V Marcelle Melosira

If you were to walk along the path at Waterfront Park on an August morning in Burlington, VT, you...

07/25/2024

Burlington’s Riverside Avenue Faces Ongoing Landslide Risk: ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Study

At least 20 times in the past 70 years, part of the hill by Burlington’s Riverside Avenue has...

06/06/2024

Taking Flight

Two weeks ago, we concluded the Spring semester by celebrating the nearly 200 seniors who graduated...

06/05/2024

Setting the Table: Alumna Dr. Rebecca Stanfield McCown Encourages Graduates to Build Diverse Support Networks

Alumna Dr. Rebecca Stanfield McCown MS ’06 and PhD ’11, returned to ¶¶Òõ̽̽...

06/05/2024

Gone Fishin’: Ellen Marsden Retires after 26 Years with the Rubenstein School

Dr. J. Ellen Marsden, Professor of Fisheries Biology, retired from the Rubenstein School of...

06/03/2024

Clare Ginger Retires After 30 Years of Leadership and Teaching in the Rubenstein School

Dr. Clare Ginger, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning in the Rubenstein School...

05/31/2024

Adrian Ivakhiv Retires, Leaving a Legacy of Interdisciplinary Scholarship

Dr. Adrian Ivakhiv, Professor of Environmental Thought and Culture in the Rubenstein School of...