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What Every Dean and Director Needs to Know About Labor Relations in the New UVM Environment
Deans, Directors, and supervisors are navigating a new environment as more UVM employees have joined collective bargaining units. This video led by Peter Blackmer, Associate Chief HR Officer, offers valuable insights into how to better understand...
Blue-green algal blooms are common in the Baltic Sea as well as in many lakes, and they are often seen as a nuisance and an indication of environmental degradation. But because something is ugly does not necessarily mean that it's also bad. Can cy...
GRS001#25 Consumption, Climate Change and the Environment
First of two lectures on consumerism, globalization and climate change
Pedagogical Workshop: Increase Learning While Reducing Cheating
Research shows that cheating behavior is linked, not to individual students, but to the environment in which those students are learning. This is good news, because it means you can actually reduce cheating in your classes. The additional good new...
All green plants, which includes trees, need sunlight to produce energy for survival. Some trees can satisfy their basic needs with less light than others. Sugar and red maples are two examples of such trees. They are both considered shade-toleran...
As trees form, the size and shape of its stem and crown, will be impacted by living in a low light environment such as the forest's understory. So-called suppressed trees are able to capture just enough sun to survive. Sugar maples growing in the ...
Maple trees managed for sap production remain part of a forest ecosystem. Forest ecosystems are complex communities of plants, animals and microbes all interacting with their physical environment and climate. Forests are especially competitive env...