The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The Miner Institute has announced that Taylor Turney, an Animal and Veterinary Sciences graduate student, has been awarded the 2022-2023 Stephen S. Flanagan, Frances B. Flanagan, and Stephen F. Flanagan Scholarship. Continue reading “Scholarship Awarded to Animal & Veterinary Sciences Grad Student”
Allie Film, a senior majoring in ecological agriculture in the UVM Plant and Soil Science (PSS) Department, recently completed a summer horticulture internship in the historic King’s Garden at Fort Ticonderoga, New York, while also earning credits for her work. Film was perfectly suited for the internship with her background in agroecology, 4-H and the UVM Beekeeping club. Additionally, she had practical experience through a PSS ecological design course by designing, planting and maintaining a pollinator garden at her home. Film had visited Fort Ticonderoga as a child, and appreciated the historic accuracy of the gardens and the ecological management approach by Fort Ticonderoga. Continue reading “Fort Ticonderoga Internship a Growth Experience for Plant & Soil Science Major”
During UVM’s Fall 2022 semester, Plant and Soil Science Professor Deb Neher taught PSS 154, Compost Ecology and Management. On September 12 and 14, Nehr’s students performed a waste audit at the Davis Center, an event organized by Corey Berman in the Office of Sustainability. Continue reading “Students Quantify Recyclables and Food That Ends Up in the Trash”
The Plant Biology Department inaugurated a new summer internship. This internship program engages students in local community projects that address issues in sustainability and the environment, specifically related to climate change mitigation and adaptation using plants. Continue reading “Plant Biology Department Inaugurates New Summer Internship”
Animal and Veterinary Sciences students in ASCI 297: Bootcamp in Alpaca Husbandry spent two weeks in Ecuador during the summer of 2022, with Adjunct Assistant Professor Stuart White. They learned alpaca management skills including restraint, SC, IM and IV injections, castration, oral administration of liquids, gastric tubing, toenail and incisor trimming, blood drawing, shearing, fiber classification and body scoring. Continue reading “ASCI Students Attend Alpaca Bootcamp in Ecuador”