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<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/tarrant_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />The 80 seventh- and eighth-grade students on the Navigator team at Edmunds Middle School in Burlington solve problems on one of four touchscreen SMART Boards in math class, measure and record temperature fluctuations with high tech probeware in science, participate in international Skype sessions in social studies via a large computer screen, and use their laptops to do Web-based writing assignment in language arts.

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/gift_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />Have more holiday shopping to do? Keep reading for a few ways to cross names off your list during a lunch break, right here at ¶¶Òõ̽̽.

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/debate_430x300.jpg" height="300" width="430" />Sam Natale didn't have a typical Thanksgiving break. While many college students encountered turkey leftovers and rarely seen relatives, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ junior was six time zones away, facing off against people from 29 countries in heated debates over topics like whether a military should overthrow a corrupt government.

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/anopheles_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers. New research now suggests it may also put you at greater risk for catching some nasty disease.