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<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/interioraiken_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />If ever a building needed, deserved, and, to take some license, <em>wanted</em> to be green, it is the George D. Aiken Center. Now, Aiken's time has come.

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/headrickzhou_430x300.jpg" height="300" width="430" />When you tear open a bag of potato chips or pop in a DVD, you're probably putting your hand on sputter deposition. No, don't run for the soap.

Firoozeh Dumas, the author of <em>Funny in Farsi</em>, will be the featured speaker at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ convocation, Sunday, Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Patrick Gymnasium. The ceremony marks the beginning of the new academic year. Classes start on August 30.

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/barlow_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />In much of Africa, a herd of cattle is more than just cows. It's a savings account, protein store, dowry, funeral fund, symbol of wealth, and hedge against drought. For many smallholder farmers, the loss of even a single cow to disease can spell ruin.