University of Vermont

The University of Vermont is strongly rejecting allegations that surfaced earlier this week of a slow response by administrators to claims of antisemitism on campus. NECN and NBC10 Boston reported on Tuesday that a federal investigation is underway from the civil rights wing of the U.S. Department of Education. The complaint was filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Center...

The University of Vermont is responding to allegations of a slow response to claims of antisemitism on campus.

The University of Vermont is under federal investigation, following allegations of antisemitism on campus.  The probe, confirmed to NECN & NBC10 Boston by a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education, is from the department’s civil rights wing. It is responsible for ensuring, under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that everyone is being protected from...

A college student in Vermont is putting an uncommon twist on a fairly common summer job: painting houses. Zach Dunn, a rising senior at the University of Vermont, is actually giving away a big part of his paycheck. “I think it’s just a more fulfilling way of running business,” Dunn said Wednesday while working at a job site in...

The family of a woman strangled by her husband nearly three decades ago in Vermont is handling the news that her killer could soon go free. Gregory Fitzgerald had been sentenced to life in prison without parole. But he contended his defense attorney neglected to tell him about a plea deal that would have reduced his sentence back in 1993….

New research highlights tangible causes for concern for people’s physical and mental health during the pandemic in both Vermont and Maine. Several of the struggles researchers identified stemmed from food insecurity. “Food insecurity is a marker for poor health outcomes,” warned Jennifer Laurent of the University of Vermont College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Approximately 29% of people in the…

You might not be surprised at some findings, like increased anxiety and depression, but many of the problems that the report highlights stem from one common struggle.