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PBIO PhD Student Heaphy Receives National Science Foundation Fellowship

A small. low growing plant with white flowers called Lomelosia prolifera
Lomelosia prolifera, one of many species in the Lomelosia genus.

Nora Heaphy is smiling while holding a flower from a vine in a greenhouse.Nora Heaphy, Department of Plant Biology PhD student, was awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship from the UVM Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in 2023, for her proposal on dispersal, migration, and climate change risk in the Mediterranean plant Lomelosia. She is interested in why plants live where they live, if and how they will adapt to climate change, and how genetic factors interact with environmental factors to shape evolutionary trajectories. Continue reading “PBIO PhD Student Heaphy Receives National Science Foundation Fellowship”

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Will the “Levee Effect” Give a False Sense of Security for Livestock Diseases?

Several adult sheep with lambs standing in a field.

Animal and Veterinary Sciences Research Professor Julie Smith published an article in Progressive Dairy entitled, “Animal agriculture awaits normal accidents when it comes to biosecurity.” She examines the effects of a move by the United Kingdom and the European Union for animal agriculture to become disease-free without vaccination. Continue reading “Will the “Levee Effect” Give a False Sense of Security for Livestock Diseases?”