Since 1791, the University of Vermont has worked to move humankind forward. UVM’s strengths align with the most pressing needs of our time: the health of our societies and the health of our environment. Our size—large enough to offer a breadth of ideas, resources, and opportunities, yet intimate enough to enable close faculty-student mentorship across all levels of study—allows us to pursue these interconnected issues through cross-disciplinary research and collaboration. Providing an unparalleled educational experience for our students, and ensuring their success, are at the core of what we do. As one of the nation’s first land grant universities, UVM advances Vermont and the broader society through the discovery and application of new knowledge.
UVM is derived from the Latin Universitas Viridis Montis (in English, University of the Green Mountains).
(see more)Since 1791, the University of Vermont has worked to move humankind forward. UVM’s strengths align with the most pressing needs of our time: the health of our societies and the health of our environment. Our size—large enough to offer a breadth of ideas, resources, and opportunities, yet intimate enough to enable close faculty-student mentorship across all levels of study—allows us to pursue these interconnected issues through cross-disciplinary research and collaboration. Providing an unparalleled educational experience for our students, and ensuring their success, are at the core of what we do. As one of the nation’s first land grant universities, UVM advances Vermont and the broader society through the discovery and application of new knowledge.
UVM is derived from the Latin Universitas Viridis Montis (in English, University of the Green Mountains).
Abra Clawson Receives Outstanding Senior in Religion Award
Abra Clawson won the Outstanding Senior in Religion Award at UVM's College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17. The award recipient is chosen by the department faculty based on the student's scholarly excellence in the department and university, as well as their active engagement in department activities.
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2019 Jun 27
Maeve McDermott Receives Marie Geno Prize
Maeve McDermott won the Marie Geno Prize for Outstanding Senior in French at UVM's College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17. The award is given annually to the senior who has demonstrated outstanding performance in French.
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2019 Jun 27
Aleah Gatto Receives Mariafranca Morselli Prize
Aleah Gatto won the Mariafranca Morselli Prize for Outstanding Senior in Italian at UVM's College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17. The award is given annually to the senior who has demonstrated outstanding performance in Italian.
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2019 Jun 27
Emma Lightizer Receives Federico Garcia Lorca Prize
Emma Lightizer won the Federico Garcia Lorca Prize for Outstanding Senior in Spanish at UVM's College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17. The award is given annually to the senior who has demonstrated outstanding performance in Spanish.
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2019 Jun 27
Annie Wernhoff Receives Virginia Clark Prize
Annie Wernhoff won the Virginia Clark Prize for Outstanding Senior in Linguistics at UVM's College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17. The award is given annually to the outstanding linguistics graduate. This award exemplifies academic success, research ability, and overall excellence in and enthusiasm for the study of language.
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2019 Jun 27
James Sanchez Receives Outstanding Senior in Sociology Award
James Sanchez received the Outstanding Senior in Sociology Award at UVM's College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17. This award is given to the graduating senior whose outstanding academic work has both reflected and perpetuated the sociological enterprise inside the classroom and beyond.
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2019 Jun 27
Amanda Engeman Receives Frank Sampson Award
Amanda Engeman won the Frank Sampson Excellence In Social Theory Award at UVM's College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17. The award is given in the spring to a graduating senior who has excelled in social theory and intends to go to graduate school. Samuel "Frank" Sampson was a professor and chair in the sociology department, whose interests were many, but whose passion was social theory.
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2019 Jun 27
Christian DeKett Receives The Miriam Zadek Award
Christian DeKett won The Miriam Zadek Award for Excellence in Costume Design and Costume Construction presented by the University of Vermont's theatre department during the College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17. The Zadek award was created to honor both the senior student who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of costume research, design and construction, and the woman for whom the award is named. Born the only hearing child in a family of three sisters, and familiar with overcoming obstacles to positive communication, Miriam Zadek defied the limitations of the social roles of the times and went on to receive her Master of Arts in Social Work in 1952.
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2019 Jun 27
Rachel Slimovitch Wins Hannah Howard Prize
Rachel Slimovitch received the The Hannah Howard Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont during the CAS Awards Ceremony held May 17 at UVM's Ira Allen Chapel. The Hannah Howard Prize is awarded to an undergraduate senior who has achieved the highest grade point average in the college while enrolled on a full-time basis. The Prize was willed to the University of Vermont by Hannah V. Howard for scholarship attainments, good standing, and deportment.
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2019 Jun 27
Eliot Heinrich Wins Outstanding Senior In Computer Science Honor
Eliot Heinrich received the Outstanding Senior In Computer Science at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony May 17, 2019. This award is given to the top senior computer ccience major based on their academic performance as well as their commitment to the field.
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2019 Jun 27
Peyton Ashley Wins John H. Kent Memorial Award in Classics
Peyton Ashley received the John H. Kent Memorial Award in Classics at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony May 17, 2019. The John H. Kent Memorial Award honors a UVM Professor and Chair of Classics and former Dean of the Graduate College in the '50s and '60s, who had a very distinguished career as an epigraphist. It is awarded to the best overall senior or seniors in Classics.
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2019 Jun 27
Ryan Dupuis Wins The Frederick Arnold Vinton Prize
Ryan Dupuis received The Frederick Arnold Vinton Prize at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony May 17, 2019. The Frederick Arnold Vinton Prize was established in 1951 by Hope Vinton in honor of her father, a medical doctor. It is awarded to "the student or students, male or female, who shall exhibit, in the opinion of the majority of the professors and instructors in Latin and Greek, exceptional proficiency in the study of said languages."
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2019 Jun 27
Clarissa Gold Wins the Christopher W. Allen Award
Clarissa Gold received the Christopher W. Allen Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony May 17, 2019. This award is presented to a senior chemistry major for outstanding achievements in chemistry. Professor Allen was active in the chemistry department for many years and made critical contributions to student education and research, and to faculty development.
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2019 Jun 27
Bethany DeMuynck Receives Clinton D. Cook Award
Bethany DeMuynck received the Clinton D. Cook Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2019. This award is presented to a senior chemistry major for outstanding achievements in chemistry. As chair of the department, Professor Cook originated the Ph.D. program in chemistry in the mid-twentieth century. He later became Dean of the Graduate College and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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2019 Jun 27
Nicholas Minadeo Wins American Chemical Society Green Mountain Section Award
Nicholas Minadeo received The American Chemical Society Green Mountain Section Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2019. This award is presented to a senior chemistry major for overall excellence in the discipline. Founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress, ACS is the world's largest scientific society. The local chapter supports outreach activities that connect Vermont's colleges and schools with the community.
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2019 Jun 27
Aubrey Pelletier Receives George Perkins Marsh Award
Aubrey Pelletier received the George Perkins Marsh Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2019. This award is presented to a student with the highest academic performance in biology. Marsh was one of the great figures in Vermont and U.S. history. He is regarded as the founder of the environmental movement with his 1864 publication of "Man and Nature, which influenced many important scientific and political figures, including Theodore Roosevelt.
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2019 Jun 20
Haya Alshaabi Wins Joan M. Herbers Award
Haya Alshaabi received the Joan M. Herbers Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2019. This award is presented to a student with outstanding academic performance and excellence in research in biology. Herbers arrived at UVM in 1979 as the first tenure-track female professor in the history of the biology department, and quickly rose to the rank of full professor. For many years Dr. Herbers has been one of the world's most important researchers in animal behavior, especially the social behavior of ants.
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2019 Jun 20
Keira Goodell Wins Bernd Heinrich Award
Keira Goodell recieved the Bernd Heinrich Award in Biology at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2019. This award is presented to a student with outstanding academic performance and excellence in research in biology. Dr. Heinrich, Emeritus Professor of Biology, has been a member of the biology department since 1980. He has had a long career in science in ecological physiology, animal behavior, and evolutionary ecology.
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2019 Jun 11
Marty McDonald Receives Peter Seybolt Academic Award
Marty McDonald received the Peter Seybolt Academic Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony, May 17, 2019. This award was named for the founder of UVM's Department of Asian Languages and Literatures Professor Peter Seybolt. It is given to the top graduating seniors who major in an Asian language based on their academic performances.
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2019 Jun 11
Neil Wood Receives Kurt Milton Pickett Award
Neil Wood received the Kurt Milton Pickett Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2019. This award is presented to the student with outstanding academic performance and excellence in research in biology. The award is named for Dr. Kurt M. Pickett, one of the world's foremost experts in the systematics of wasps and the evolution of social behavior in insects.
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2019 Jun 11
Daron Forohar Wins George M. Happ Award
Daron Forohar received the George M. Happ Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2019. This award is presented to a student with outstanding academic performance and excellence in research in biology. Dr. Happ arrived at the University of Vermont as a professor and chair of the department of zoology in 1978 and was instrumental in transforming the faculty to a teacher-scholar model and prioritized obtaining funding to stimulate research.
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2019 Jun 11
Amanda Cornetta Wins Robert Woodworth Award
Amanda Cornetta received the Robert Woodworth Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2019. The Robert Woodworth Award, given annually to the senior with the highest academic achievement in biochemistry, is named for a native Vermonter who spent his career teaching and mentoring in the biochemistry department at UVM. He laid the groundwork for the current undergraduate degree in biochemistry.
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2019 Jun 11
John Sawyer Shaw Receives Peter Seybolt Academic Award
John Sawyer Shaw received the Peter Seybolt Academic Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony May 17, 2019. This award was named for the founder of UVM's Department of Asian Languages and Literatures Professor Peter Seybolt. It is given to the top graduating seniors who major in an Asian language based on their academic performances.
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2019 Jun 11
Andrew Lambert Wins Peter Seybolt Academic Award at UVM
Andrew Lambert received the Peter Seybolt Academic Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony, May 17, 2019. This award was named for the founder of UVM's Department of Asian Languages and Literatures Professor Peter Seybolt. It is given to the top graduating seniors who major in an Asian language based on their academic performances.
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2019 Jun 11
Eric Hendel Wins Peter Seybolt Academic Award
Eric Hendel received the Peter Seybolt Academic Award at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony, May 17, 2019. This award was named for the founder of the UVM Department of Asian Languages and Literatures. It is given to the top graduating seniors who major in an Asian language based on their academic performances.
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2019 Jun 11
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Departmental Award
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Departmental Awards recognize exceptional achievement and service.
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2019 Jun 4
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Dean's Award
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Dean's Awards are presented annually for exceptional achievement and contributions to the College and University communities.
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2019 Jun 3
Stephen Indrisano Wins University of Vermont Theatre Award
Stephen Indrisano received the Outstanding Senior in Theatre Award at the at the College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony at the University of Vermont on May 18.
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2018 Aug 1
Abby Boulton Wins University of Vermont Sociology Award
Abby Boulton received the Valerie Moore Memorial T.A. Award at the College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony at the University of Vermont on May 18.
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2018 Aug 1
Haley Brazier Wins University of Vermont Geno Prize
Haley Brazier received the Marie Geno Prize for Outstanding Senior in French Award at the College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony at the University of Vermont on May 18.
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2018 Aug 1