The New York Times published a story on research conducted by faculty in UVM’s Larner College of Medicine showing the eating chili peppers can prolong life. Read the story. Stories also appeared in many other media, including CBSNews.com and the New York Daily News.
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In a front page story, the Boston Globe gave feature treatment to the creative, groundbreaking teaching approach UVM is implementing in its medical school, the Robert M. Larner College of Medicine. The medical school is at the forefront of a national trend to eliminate lectures from the curriculum, replacing them with active learning classes that help students learn material more deeply and retain it. Read this story.
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A study by Yang Bai, assistant professor in rehabilitation and movement sciences, in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine found that NFL PLAY 60 programming significantly improved both aerobic capacity and body mass index among a large percentage of the approximately 100,000 students who participated in the program between 2011 and 2015. The study, funded by the NFL and conducted in conjunction with the Cooper Institute, has received national media attention as the Super Bowl approaches, including this article in the Huffington Post.
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A new, first-of-its kind study—in the journal Nature and led by a team of UVM scientists—shows how mountain ecosystems around the globe may be threatened by climate change. Stories covering the research were published in Pacific Standard, EEN.com, the radio syndicate Public News Service, and other outlets.
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National Public Radio published a story on its NPREd site on UVM’s Wellness Environment, or WE, a substance-free community unique in higher education with amenities that promote mindfulness, exercise and nutrition that also includes a neuroscience course all WE students are required to take called Healthy Brains Healthy Bodies. A WE story was also broadcast on WGBH, Boston’s flagship public radio station.
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On Point, a radio program broadcast every weekday to National Public Radio stations around the country, interviewed senior neuroscience major Caleb Winn for a program about senior theses. Winn’s work seeks to understand more about when actions become habitual. It’s research that could shed light on addiction treatment. Winn’s interview kicks off the segment, which features the research of six undergraduates from institutions around the country. Listen to the story.
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The University of Vermont men’s basketball team garnered national media coverage during its run to the NCAA Tournament and first-round matchup against No. 4 Purdue. The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, The Boston Globe, ESPN, Sports Illustrated and other media pursued intriguing storylines focused on the teams’ chances in the NCAA Tournament, first-year student Josh Speidel’s inspiring journey, and head coach John Becker.
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A bizarre discovery by University of Vermont physicist Adrian Del Maestro has been attracting international attention from science reporters and magazines—including Wired, IFLScience!, Science News, Science Daily and others. Del Maestro and his colleagues revealed that cold helium atoms in lab conditions on Earth abide by the same “entanglement area law” that governs the behaviour of black holes.”It points to a deeper understanding of reality,” Del Maestro said in Wired.
The story also got picked-up by ABC Radio National, a news outlet of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ABC’s daily news program, RN Drive, covered the UVM research on their science spot, “Research Filter.” Listen here (at 3:05 minutes).
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Scientists at the University of Vermont are engineering trees to look and act like old-growth forests–and their new research has promising implications for storing carbon in the fight against climate change. National Public Radio’s program Here & Now sent a reporter to visit UVM’s research forest with professor Bill Keeton. Listen to the story here, (at 5:10 in the broadcast). The research was also covered by WBUR in Boston, Vermont Public Radio,the NRDC website, and other outlets.
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