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WRI Announces Awards to Support Collaborative Research & Career Development

Science with a side of skiing

UVM Begins Development of a Statewide Weather Monitoring Network

Senator Welch Visits UVM to Advance Water Research and Climate Resilience

Twenty feet of peat: Who lies beneath UVM’s newest Natural Area?
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Senator Welch Visits UVM to Advance Water Research and Climate Resilience

On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) visited the University of Vermont's...

UVM Scientist Helps Develop New Framework to Transform National Flood Prediction

Whensevere weather strikes, theNational Weather Service’s (NWS)Office of Water Prediction...

University of Vermont to Begin Developing a Statewide Weather Monitoring Network

With key collaborations, UVM is launching an initiative to establish a statewide weather monitoring...

First-Of-Its-Kind AI Tool Can Predict Water Quality Across the U.S.

Every day, the United States’ extensive water supply system faces pressure to deliver safe water....

Research For Vermont: Understanding and Mitigating Flood Risk 

The flood of 1927. Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Historic flooding in 2023 and 2024. Vermonters are...

Modeling Mountains: How AI Boosts Flood Forecasting

Predicting floods, specifically in mountainous terrain, has long been a major challenge. Now,...

Classifying Floodplains: An Innovative Approach to Flood Mitigation

As extreme weather and flooding events become more intense and frequent due to climate change,...

Connecting Peaks to Streams: Exploring Snowpack and Streamflow at Mount Mansfield

Backpacks unzipped, vests and fleeces and parkas were strewn about, and a group of researchers...

UVM Water Resource Institute Takes Aim at Global Crises

The University of Vermont’s Board of Trustees approved during its annual May meeting Friday and...

UVM to Contribute in National Effort to Improve Water Management

The University of Vermont (UVM)—in collaboration with 28 universities and institutions—is...

How Will Climate Change Impact Snow Sports?

With ski resorts set to open across the U.S., skiers and snowboarders—and the entire winter...

UVM Launches Six Innovative Flood Research Projects

In a time of unprecedented rainfall and flooding throughout Vermont in July 2023, the University of...

Some Blooms Like it Hot, Others Like it Cold

In recent years it has become increasingly common that on some of the hottest days of the summer,...

Gund Institute Names 2023 Catalyst Award Winners

The Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont today announced $250,000 in...

Breck Bowden Leaves Leadership Legacy in Watershed Science and Planning

Professor William “Breck” Bowden served as the inaugural Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick...