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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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Catamount Life Skills Program for Students Launched

An illustration of several colorful apartment buildings with the title of Catamount Life Skills.

The UVM Department of Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE) and the Vermont Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) are pleased to announce the launch of the Catamount Life Skills series. This engaging educational series will help UVM students learn about important life skills to successfully thrive in Burlington and beyond. Continue reading “Catamount Life Skills Program for Students Launched”