¶¶Òõ̽̽ Leases Nordic Farm for Agricultural Research and Teaching

Partnership with USDA will enable studies of forage production and ruminants on roughly 400 acres of conserved farmland in Charlotte
Nordic Farm property co-owner Benjamin Dobson and officials from ¶¶Òõ̽̽ and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service sign a long-term lease agreement on the antique desk that belonged to Vermont Senator Justin Morrill—author of the Land-Grant College Act of 1862—with Anson Tebbetts, Vermont’s Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. Photo credit: Joshua Defibaugh, ¶¶Òõ̽̽.

On an antique desk that belonged to Vermont Senator Justin Morrill, the father of the land-grant university system, representatives from ¶¶Òõ̽̽ on Thursday signed a 30-year lease of approximately 400 acres of farmland for long-term agricultural research use in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS).

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¶¶Òõ̽̽ Receives $1 Million Gift for Theatre Renewal Project

With the first production of the 2024-25 theatre/dance season— Spirits to Enforce—set to open this week, University of Vermont (¶¶Òõ̽̽)’s School of the Arts, located within the College of Arts and Sciences, is announcing a $1 million gift to launch much-needed upgrades to the Royall Tyler Theatre.

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¶¶Òõ̽̽ Research Sets $266M Record

For the fifth consecutive year, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ (¶¶Òõ̽̽) has achieved a new record for research funding: attracting $266 million in extramural support for the 2024 fiscal year.

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