The Class That Changed My Life

Individual pictures of 13 featured alums gathered in a collage

There are moments in everyone’s life that have the potential to change everything. For the UVM College of Arts and Sciences alums (and one soon-to-be alum) below, one of those shining moments came while they were at UVM. They signed up for a course because it was suggested, required, or simply sounded interesting, and bam! That single, brilliant class (often taught by an extraordinary...

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Dr. Joaquin Nunez joins Biology Faculty

The UVM biology department warmly welcomes Dr. Joaquin Nunez as the newest faculty member to hop on board. Born in Havana, Cuba, Dr. Nunez grew up in Bogota, Colombia, for most of his childhood before moving to the United States in his later teenage years. Dr.

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Students looking through microscopes at fruit flies and working closely in the lab.

CURE classes provide undergraduate research opportunities in the Biology Department

Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences, known as CURE classes, are a unique feature of our Biology department curriculum. These classes give students a real research experience in a classroom setting, and each course is based around the professor’s personal research interests.

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