RSS Channels IndexNew Book Reveals Political Impact of 'Harry Potter' Series on Millennials
A new book by a political science professor at the University of Vermont, based on a national survey of college students, reveals that readers of the Harry Potter series and viewers of the movie franchise -- primarily members of the Millennial...
6/13/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Boston Bombings Unhappiest Day in Five Years, New Sensor Shows
The day of the Boston Marathon was the saddest day in nearly 5 years of observations by a team of scientists from the University of Vermont and The MITRE Corporation. For the first time, results from their "hedonometer" are being made available to...
4/26/2013 11:55 AM EDT
Sea Mammals Find U.S. Safe Harbor
New research shows that many US marine mammal populations -- especially some seals and sea lions--have rebounded since 1972, because of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
4/11/2013 3:30 PM EDT
Baffling Blood Problem Explained
Some 200,000 people in Europe and a similar number in North America are "Vel-negative," a rare blood type, difficult for hospitals to identify, that can make blood transfusions turn deadly. For sixty years, researchers hunted -- unsuccessfully --...
3/20/2013 2:50 PM EDT
Chameleon Star Baffles Astronomers
New observations of a pulsar challenge all proposed pulsar emissions theories, a study in Science reports. This re-opens a decades-old debate about the nature of these bizarre stars.
1/24/2013 5:00 PM EST
Pilot Program Collects Office Compost by Bike
A new program at the University of Vermont allows the university to collect compostable material from the university's many smaller academic and administrative buildings by using a low cost bicycle composting service.
6/26/2012 9:45 AM EDT
‘Precipice or Crossroads?’ 150 Years After the Morrill Act
Even as land-grant universities celebrate the sesquicentennial of the act that democratized higher education in the U.S., concern about their future mounts. A new book of essays, Precipice or Crossroads?, illuminates how the Morrill Act created the...
6/22/2012 1:35 PM EDT
New Vermont Law: Researchers to Measure "Genuine Progress"
The Vermont legislature passed a bill that directs researchers at the University of Vermont to develop a new way of measuring the health of the state economy. Policymakers will use the Vermont Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) to account for factors...
5/4/2012 11:00 AM EDT
Expert: Talking to Children About the Connecticut School Shooting
12/14/2012 4:00 PM EST
Child Psychiatrist Provides Tips for Talking to Children About Hurricanes, Floods
University of Vermont child psychiatrist David Fassler, M.D., provides suggestions for talking to children about the recent devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.
10/31/2012 5:10 PM EDT
UVM Disaster Sociologist, Who Studied the Effects of Katrina on Kids in Louisiana, Available to Discuss Impact of Isaac
8/28/2012 4:00 PM EDT
Expert Available to Discuss Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
University of Vermont political scientist and expert on Kyrgyzstan is available for interview about the ethnic violence there and new reports that the Kyrgyz army may be involved.
6/17/2010 5:00 PM EDT
Saudi Expert Available on Extreme Reaction Over MTV Reality Show
Middle East expert and political science professor available to discuss Saudi religious police probe of youths participating in MTV reality show.
6/3/2010 9:00 AM EDT
New Book Explores Islamic Education in Pakistan
A new book, Islam and Education, is the first empirical study of religious schools in Pakistan.
4/20/2009 8:00 AM EDT
Patchwork at the Polls: Should We Decide Democracy on the Fly?
Voting"”we think"”is a national, constitution-based right. But that's not how it's exercised. According to political scientist Alec Ewald, author of the forthcoming The Way We Vote: The Local Dimension of American Suffrage, the...
10/15/2008 12:20 PM EDT
Cycling Scandals: Riders Fall but Moral Failure Lies with Sponsors
Just back from a research trip in Europe with a grant from the World Anti-Doping Agency, anthropologist and cycling culture expert says the media and public unfairly focus on doping as an individual failure of morality. But riders are the product of...
7/18/2008 10:00 AM EDT