<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/aprilhillman_430x300.jpg" height="300" width="430" />Sophomore April Hillman has a number of weighty reasons for flying to Copenhagen for the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference. They come in different shades, but essentially boil down to the idea that the future of the planet depends on the outcome of the Dec. 7-18 conference, where a worldwide climate change policy could be ratified to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
<p><span id="caption">Flash Player is required to view this video. <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Download Flash 10 here.</a></span>Dust covers everything in ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s clay studio — the floors, the stools, even the electrical wires that snake down from the ceiling to power the potter's wheels. But the layer of dust doesn't appear to bother the students who've pulled the low stools into a circle to listen to Stephen Carter as he lectures them about one of his favorite forms: the flanged plate.</p>
Daniel M. Fogel, president of ¶¶Òõ̽̽, assumed the board chairmanship of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities during the public research university association's 122nd Annual Meeting on Nov. 23. Fogel assumes the leadership role from Lee T. Todd, Jr., president of the University of Kentucky.
<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/savanna_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />For a tree, wildfire spells doom. Or does it? A new study led by ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s Brian Beckage suggests that, in some savannas, trees have evolved to actually promote fires by, for example, shedding lots of easy-to-burn needles and bark.
