Essex Junction woman wins Ralph Nading Hill writing contest
Jane C. Graiko of Essex Junction, Vermont, is the winner of the 2010 Ralph Nading Hill, Jr Literary Prize awarded annually by Green Mountain Power and Vermont Life magazine.
Lyndon State College Students Travel Reunion Tour with James Taylor and Carole King
They traveled and lived in eight tour buses, followed by 12 18-wheelers, stopping in 41 different cities in 30 different states. They rubbed elbows with the stars and found out what it takes to produce a nationwide tour.
Engineering students improve air quality for cheese
Four engineering students have designed and built a prototype ammonia filter to improve the air quality for cheese at the Jasper Hill Farm, in Greensboro, VT.
High school students honored by Governor's Institutes of Vermont
Vermont high school students are being honored for completing studies at the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont this summer. The attached list of students completed Institutes in ArtsAsian CulturesEngineeringInformation TechnologyMathScience and Technology or Current Issues and Youth Activism.
Voight receives Selfridge prize
John Voight, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at UVM received the Selfridge Prize for the best paper presented during the Ninth Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS IX) held July 19-23, 2010 at INRIA in Nancy, France.
Students to attend 2010 IESO Indonesia
Eight students who participated in the UVM/GIV Engineering Institute held June 26-July 3, 2010 at UVM have been selected to represent the United States at the 2010 Fourth International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) to be held September 19 to 28, 2010 at the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. They are:
Chapin Bryce, Cambridge, VT busybryces2@yahoo.com
Chuang Deng receives 2010 Acta Student Award
Chuang Deng, a postdoctoral fellow at MIT, who received a PhD in Materials Science in 2009 from the University of Vermont’s College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS), has received the 2010 Acta Student Award for his contributions to the manuscript entitled, “Fundamental Differences in the Plasticity of Periodically Twinned Nanowires in Au, Ag, Al, Cu, Pb and Ni “ published in the Dec
Vermont students honored at national SkillsUSA Championships for Skilled Work Force
Students from Vermont high school and college technical education programs won the nation’s highest awards at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference.
UVM Mini-Baja - Results from Rochester, New York
"We learned a lot from the East Race: held April 8-11, 2010 in Greenville, South Carolina, where our cars rear wheels locked and the gearbox cracked leaving us unable to finish in that competition,” says Rob Dzieciol, president and junior mechanical engineering student. “Our Rochester results are encouraging and a great reward for our hard work on the car!”
Vermont high school students find fun and enrichment at summer academic institutes
The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont started June 19 and run through July 11 with 7 locations statewide.
