BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 18 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: A course developed by students in the Larner College of Medicine (LCOM) to teach fellow students about nutritional interventions for chronic disease was the sole project selected to receive 2024 Frymoyer Scholars funding. The project, titled "A Multimodal Approach to Bridging Gaps in Nutrition Education: A Culinary Medicine Experience," aims to develop medical students' aptitude in nutrition and meal preparatio  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 18 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Downtown Development Board announced today $1,787,989 in Downtown Transportation Fund Grants to support projects to improve safety, access, and transportation in 11 Vermont downtowns and villages across seven counties. "Revitalizing our downtowns is important to strengthening communities across Vermont," said Governor Phil Scott. "These grants will  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 20 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 19, 2024: At his weekly press conference Wednesday, Governor Phil Scott discussed the impact the Legislature's veto overrides will have on Vermont taxpayers, workers and families and their ability to afford to live in the state. TRANSCRIPT: Good afternoon. Yesterday, the Legislature voted to override six of my vetoes. As you might remember, after the last week of a chaotic end of the session,  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, June 21 -- The Vermont Law and Graduate School issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: The Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund filed a legal petition (https://biologicaldiversity.org/programs/environmental_health/pdfs/2024-6-19_FSIS-NEPA-PFR.pdf) today asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve public transparency and oversight over the inspection and regulation of slaught  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * The second annual summit returns with an innovative theme, new speakers, and more opportunities to engage with the university and the region. * * * This year, the Research, Innovation, Sustainability, and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Summit returns with new and returning speakers and an innovative, cohesive theme, 'Partners in Place,' exploring and connecting new ideas to drive place-based advances  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 19 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: By Adam White The University of Vermont is pleased to announce the hiring of Blake Reilly as Executive Director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHWB) following the successful conclusion of a national search. Reilly comes to UVM from Bates College in Maine, where he served as Associate Dean of Students and Director of Operations and Administration. His experience includes roles in Residence Life, Publ  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, June 18 -- The Vermont Law and Graduate School issued the following news release: Vermont Law and Graduate School's Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (FAAC) has filed a complaint on behalf of the Humane Society of the United States and the Center for Biological Diversity with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against JBS S.A. and its affiliates, including Pilgrim's Pride, among the largest meat and poultry producers in the world, for misleading and deceptive sust  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 18 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Today, the Vermont Legislature voted to override the Governor on several bills, despite reasonable compromises being offered that would have made sure more parts of the state benefitted. Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement in response: "Today is a sad day for Vermonters who simply cannot afford further tax burdens and cost increases. Many will talk about these vo  more