University of Vermont

Vermont regulators deny 10% rate hike for 2 hospitals

April 11, 2022 GMT

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont regulators have rejected a 10% mid-year rate increase for two hospitals, including the state’s largest, that administrators sought to cover what they called historic inflationary pressures.

Ex-emergency room doctor gets 100 months in child porn case

March 22, 2022 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A former emergency room doctor at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight years in prison after his guilty plea to a federal child pornography charge.

U of Vermont Medical Center seeks to build staff housing

March 14, 2022 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington plans to build housing for its employees in South Burlington as a way to help ease its workforce shortage.

The hospital is working with a developer to build 61 apartment units for full-time medical staff.

Nurses, techs and U of Vermont Medical Center reach pay deal

February 14, 2022 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The nurses and technical employees and the University of Vermont Medical Center have reached an agreement to increase wages, the hospital announced Monday.

The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals voted to accept a wage proposal in advance of the nurses’ contract expiring this summer, the hospital said.

Jeffersonville man dies in crash in Cambridge

February 10, 2022 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — A Jeffersonville man has died in a single vehicle crash in Cambridge.

Mark Archambault, 66, was driving on Vermont Route 108 Wednesday night when his vehicle veered off the road and hit a tree stump, Vermont State Police said.

Study finds litany of mental health issues at Vermont prison

January 30, 2022 GMT

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Staff and inmates at the Vermont state prison in Springfield have high rates of suicidal thoughts, anxiety, depression and other mental health issues, according to a survey conducted by University of Vermont researchers.

President of University of Vermont Health Network to retire

January 30, 2022 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of the University of Vermont Network, which includes hospitals in Vermont and New York, will retire from the position in September, officials said.

Orchestra fighting stigma of mental illness marks 10 years

The Associated PressJanuary 23, 2022 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A classical music organization started in Vermont for musicians with mental illnesses and the people who support them is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a free performance in Boston on Sunday.

UVM Medical Center reopens inpatient rehab at Fanny Allen

January 15, 2022 GMT

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont Medical Center has reopened its inpatient rehabilitation facility at its Fanny Allen campus in Colchester after working more than a year to solve an air quality issue, the hospital said.

422 staff at Vermont hospital out for COVID-related reasons

January 13, 2022 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's largest hospital, the University of Vermont Medical Center, is operating under an emergency staffing plan because 422 staff members are out of work for COVID-19 related reasons.

2021 climate assessment says Vermont getting warmer, wetter

By WILSON RINGNovember 9, 2021 GMT

A new climate assessment released Tuesday by a group of scientists from the University of Vermont says the state is getting warmer and wetter and the changes pose long-term challenges for the state.

U of Vermont has biggest incoming class in its history

October 17, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The incoming class of 2025 at the University of Vermont is the largest and academically best-prepared undergraduate group in the school’s 230-year history, the school says.

UVM says more first-year students also hail from other regions of the U.S.

U of Vermont Health Network has plan to reduce delays

October 13, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Patients seeking medical services in northern Vermont and northeastern New York can hope to experience reduced delays under a plan released Tuesday by the University of Vermont Health Network.

Old Vermont graveyard to be moved because of erosion

By LISA RATHKEOctober 11, 2021 GMT

After erosion washed away some graves at an old Vermont cemetery near a river bank, the remains of two Revolutionary War soldiers and others buried there will be moved to a new resting place.

Revolutionary War soldier Josiah Clark, who fought at the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts, was buried in the Stow cemetery in Weybridge in 1835.

Centennial of Morgan horse statue being celebrated

October 2, 2021 GMT

WEYBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont’s Morgan Horse Farm is celebrating the centennial of its statue of the country's first Morgan horse.

The founding sire of the breed was born and raised in Vermont.

U of Vermont Medical Center: 93% comply with vaccine mandate

By WILSON RINGOctober 1, 2021 GMT

The University of Vermont Medical Center says 93% of its nearly 15,000 workers at its facilities in Vermont and upstate New York have complied with the requirement they be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Driver dies after head-on collision in Sheldon, Vermont

September 17, 2021 GMT

SHELDON, Vt. (AP) — A 71-year-old man died of injuries suffered in a head-on collision in the town of Sheldon, state police said.

Troopers were called Vermont Route 105 in Sheldon just before 2 p.m.

UVM planning to continue tuition freeze for 4th year

September 15, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont is planning to freeze tuition for the fourth straight year, University President Suresh Garimella said Wednesday.

In a statement, Garimella said he would ask the university’s trustees to approve his proposal to not increase tuition next year for all students, regardless of their degree level or residency status.

Health department employees urge more in virus surge fight

By WILSON RINGAugust 26, 2021 GMT

More than 90 employees of the Vermont Health Department urged the state Thursday to do more to fight the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the highly transmissible delta variant of the virus.

In an emailed letter sent to Health Commissioner Dr.

Heat advisory issued for Vermont on Thursday

August 12, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for the state of Vermont on Thursday and the University of Vermont Health Network warned about dangerously high temperatures that could lead to heat stroke.

Indoor masks back at U of Vermont; hospital to require jabs

August 6, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont reinstated an indoor mask requirement for all faculty, staff, students, and visitors on the Burlington campus, officials said Friday.

Also on Friday the UVM Health Network announced that beginning Oct.

US dismisses suit against Vermont hospital over abortions

August 2, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center alleging it forced a nurse to participate in an abortion procedure she objected to on religious grounds.

Hospital network reveals cause of 2020 cyberattack

By LISA RATHKEJuly 27, 2021 GMT

MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — A cyberattack that crippled the computer systems of a hospital network affecting six hospitals in Vermont and New York last fall happened after an employee opened a personal email on a company laptop while on vacation, a University of Vermont Health Network official said Tuesday.

U of Vermont Medical Center wants outpatient surgery center

July 20, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont Medical is asking state health care regulators for permission to begin planning a modern outpatient surgery center.

The hospital announced Monday that it was asking the Green Mountain Care Board for an expedited review of its request to build the center after it lost a number of operating rooms due to air quality issues at its Fanny Allen campus in Colchester.

Former ER doctor pleads guilty to voyeurism, lewd conduct

July 14, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A former emergency room doctor at the University of Vermont Medical Center has pleaded guilty in state court to lewd and lascivious conduct and voyeurism after prosecutors say police found hidden cameras in a hospital bathroom with hundreds of images of hospital employees.

UVM Food Systems Research Center gets $11M in federal funds

June 21, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont Food Systems Research Center is getting $11 million in federal funding to support its work researching the regional food system, from production agriculture to food security, UVM and U.S.

As US reopens, campuses tighten restrictions for virus

By LISA RATHKE and CAROLYN THOMPSONMay 8, 2021 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — About a year into mask mandates, nasal swabs and remote classes, the atmosphere turned tense at the University of Vermont as the school cracked down on rules for social distancing and face coverings amid a spike in student COVID-19 cases...

UVM students walk out in support of transgender people

October 30, 2018 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of students at the University of Vermont walked out of class to show solidarity and support for transgender people.

UVM's Queer Student Union says it organized the Monday walkout in response to reports that the Trump administration is seeking to narrowly define gender in a way that would deny civil rights protections to transgender Americans.

‘OK to be White’ signs appear at 2 schools

October 29, 2018 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Signs saying "It's OK to be White" have appeared at The University of Vermont and at Champlain College over the weekend.

UVM says the signs were removed and the school "condemns the activity in the strongest possible terms" to the extent they were intended to promote white nationalist ideology.

‘Homer can help you’: War veterans use ancient epics to cope

By WILSON RINGMarch 14, 2018 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The trials of Odysseus are really not that different from the struggles of those learning to readjust after wars of today, modern veterans are finding.

College enshrines healthy living in bricks and mortar

By LISA RATHKEOctober 10, 2017 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Pledges by college students to eschew drugs and alcohol are old hat. Now they're meditating, working out, practicing yoga, eating healthfully, and at least one school, the University of Vermont, it has become a bona fide lifestyle...

University marks completion of 1st phase of STEM project

October 6, 2017 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont is marking the completion of the first phase of a new complex dedicated to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The $104 million complex is the largest construction project in school history.

UVM athletes safe after Fla. airport shooting

costa@wcax.comJanuary 7, 2017 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -

Chaos erupted after shots were fired at Florida's Fort Lauderdale International Airport Friday. Police scrambled to the scene. Airplanes were evacuated.