Taking Off: the “Covid Class” of 2024 Reflects on Challenges and Changes

Ryan Pham standing in front of the Davis Center with Rally Cat

Four years ago this month they were effectively grounded. Stuck at home, they prepared for a graduation ceremony like no other–or, for some of them, no ceremony at all. It was the start of the first “Covid Summer,” and for the high school classes of 2020, that meant graduating via Zoom, or while sitting in the family car at a drive-in theatre.

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Laurent Hebert-Dufresne lecturing at a whiteboard

Honeybees to Hate Speech

About four years ago, editors from Nature Portfolio, the team that publishes the journal Nature, reached out to UVM professor of computer science Laurent Hébert-Dufresne. They knew of his leading work using networks, contagion theory, and co-evolution to explore many kinds of problems—from wildfires to Covid, honeybees to hate speech.

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Sharon Glezen, MD, a white woman with short gray hair, smiles for the camera while wearing a light green jacket and multicolored scarf.

Creating a Culture of Care: Gender-Affirming Healthcare at UVM

Gender-affirming care is an essential function of primary care services and, simply put, it supports students in being healthy, engaged, and social.  The intricacies of supporting students in actualizing their gender identity are woven into physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.

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