Gund Institute Announces 2023 Fellowship Recipients

Composite of 2023 Gund Institute Felllowship Recipients

The Gund Institute for Environment at UVM today announced fellowships and research awards for eight new community members, including five PhD students, one postdoctoral researcher, and two undergraduate researchers.

This outstanding cohort of new Gund Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients comes from 3 countries: Iran, Nigeria, and the U.S. Their research at UVM will target...

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Student researchers walking towards a greenhouse.

Vermont to Pay Farmers for Tackling Phosphorus

University of Vermont researchers are partnering with Vermont officials on a new $7-million program that takes a unique approach to protecting watersheds: paying farmers to reduce phosphorus pollution.

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Greenland landscape

UVM scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice

A new UVM-led study shows that within the last million years the giant ice sheet atop Greenland melted off and became covered with green tundra. The research provides strong evidence that Greenland is more sensitive to climate change than previously understood—and at risk of irreversibly melting.

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