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Why is the University of Vermont abbreviated UVM?
Those of us uneducated in Vermont lore might raise an eyebrow at the common nickname for the state’s flagship university. Shouldn’t the University of Vermont be UVT, not UVM? Leave it to the ...
Jewish Journal2y
Education Dept. to Investigate Univ. of Vermont Over Alleged Exclusion of Pro-Israel Students
AlexiusHoratius/Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will be investigating the ...
The Burlington Free Press2mon
University of Vermont has a finalist for president: When and who can meet the candidate
The University of Vermont Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Marlene Tromp as the sole finalist for university president. Tromp, who most recently served as the Boise State University president ...
VTDigger1y
At Vermont’s flagship public university, growing out-of-state enrollment prompts questions about its mission
Vermont was given about 150,000 acres in western and midwestern states, according to High Country News. It was then sold for roughly $130,000, “nearly doubling the assets of the university ...
CNN5mon
University of Vermont wins first-ever NCAA Division I national championship
The University of Vermont earned its first-ever NCAA Division I national championship in a team sport in dramatic fashion on Monday. The unseeded Catamounts upset No. 13 Marshall University 2-1 ...
WAMC2mon
University of Vermont Health Network reaches settlement with Vermont health care regulators
The University of Vermont Medical Center is the largest hospital in the UVM Health Network Last Friday, the Green Mountain Care Board, Vermont’s statewide medical regulator, approved a ...
The Burlington Free Press2mon
UVM interim president Patty Prelock secures provost job at University of Arizona
The University of Vermont's interim president Patricia Prelock will serve as the next provost for the University of Arizona starting next month, the UVM Board of Trustees confirmed Tuesday in a ...
KTVB2mon
Tromp selected for Vermont role, leaving Boise State this summer
BOISE, Idaho — Dr. Marlene Tromp is leaving Boise State University this summer to take a role at the University of Vermont. Tromp made the announcement via email on Thursday, saying that the ...
Yahoo! Sports2mon
What is a Catamount? And why it is the University of Vermont’s mascot
Q: How did the UVM come to embrace it as its mascot? A: In 1926 the Vermont Cynic asked students to vote for a mascot. According to UVM's Vermont Quarterly, the four candidates were: the tomcat ...
MassLive1mon
Vermont federal judge orders release of detained Columbia University student
U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford in Burlington, Vermont, issued his ruling following a hearing on Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident for 10 years, who was arrested by Immigration and ...
PBS1mon
Federal judge in Vermont considers whether he has jurisdiction of detained Tufts University student’s case
A federal judge in Vermont who is considering whether he has jurisdiction over the case of a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration officials in Louisiana raised the possibility ...