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Renowned Namesake of Pringle Herbarium Led a Storied Life

A page from an old journal with the name Cyrus Pringle written on it and the date of 1900.

The University of Vermont’s Pringle Herbarium is an on-campus natural history museum that is the second largest herbarium in New England. Established in 1902, it houses over 360,000 plant and fungi specimens, with a geographic focus on Vermont and tropical regions of Mexico, Central America, and South America. The herbarium serves as a regional and international hub for research on the classification, evolution, and distribution of plant species. Continue reading “Renowned Namesake of Pringle Herbarium Led a Storied Life”

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Mikell Retires after 22 Years with Across the Fence

Will Mikell sitting in the Across the Fence studio.
Will Mikell

UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Associate Dean and Director of Extension Roy Beckford wrote a poignant farewell about the retirement of Will Mikell, Across the Fence (ATF) producer. Mikell worked at UVM for 23 years and as the ATF producer for 22 of those years. Prior to UVM, he was a reporter, news anchor and producer at WCAX for 17 years. Continue reading “Mikell Retires after 22 Years with Across the Fence”

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Keller Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Alpine Plant Research

Looking south along the Green Mountains from the Forehead of Mt Mansfield, VT
Looking south along the Green Mountains from the Forehead of Mount Mansfield, VT. Photo credit: Steve Keller.

UVM Department of Plant Biology Associate Professor Steve Keller was awarded a $497,476 grant, as part of a larger $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), for research into the effects of climate change on alpine plants in the northeastern United States. Continue reading “Keller Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Alpine Plant Research”

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National 4-H Week Declared for October 1 to 7, 2023

Four 4-H teenage boys wearing white shirts and pants stand next to four dairy cows at a country fair.
Copyright © 2019 Bear Cieri Photography

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has proclaimed October 1-7, 2023, as National 4-H Week! 4-H is the largest youth development organization in the United States; a network of 500,000 volunteers and 3,500 4-H professionals that provides caring and supportive mentoring to 6 million 4-H’ers. Continue reading “National 4-H Week Declared for October 1 to 7, 2023”