Students who start small businesses and break new ground; professors who inspire in the classroom and in their fields of research; alums who change the world at work. At UVM, inspiring stories are everywhere. Take a closer look...

  • Theodore Cacioppi ’91 standing with arms crossed
    FBI agent, arrested Bernie Madoff
  • Jacques Bailly
    Classics professor and official pronouncer of Scripps National Spelling Bee shares his love of words
  • Professor Ellen Marsden
    Professor of fisheries describes a surprising discovery about a Lake Champlain fish
  • Major Jackson
    Poet and English professor reads his work and discusses poetry’s role in history
  • Lizzy Pope holding a dollar bill
    Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, studies incentives and healthy choices
  • Ellen Wixted in her Michigan lab
    Wins National Science Foundation funding to continue her research in neurological disorders
  • Allan Strong calls birds
    Associate professor of wildlife biology shows off his bird call skills
  • Professor Kono playing tuba
    Associate professor of music and orchestra director plays the tuba like you’ve never heard before
  • Karina Marshall-Goebel ’10 with astronaut in space suit
    Helps unlock possibilities of space colonization
  • Lowell Bailey skiing
    Became first American skier to win a biathlon world championship