BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 1 (TNSGra) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: The microchip manufacture AMD has made a $1 million gift to the University of Vermont to boost its high performance computing capacity and enhance the university's COVID-19 research efforts. UVM is among the first 21 schools the company has supported through its AMD HPC Fund for COVID-19 Research program, designed to accelerate COVID research at universities around the country. UVM will use the funds  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 29 -- Champlain College issued the following news: The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Champlain College's Stiller School of Business has been selected as a partner in Vermont's Small Business Recovery Technical Assistance Program. CIE and Champlain's other Centers of Experience are collaborative hubs where students from all majors work in teams with experts in their chosen field. In them, students can put their classroom knowledge to use by working  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 1 (TNSRes) -- Champlain College issued the following news: Banned Books Week, supported by the American Library Association, is a week that celebrates the freedom to read and raises awareness about the countless books being removed from libraries, schools, and online communities through censorship. Champlain's library, the Miller Information Commons, put together a display of the many popular and beloved books that have made it onto the banned books list. Books are ba more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 28 -- Democracy for America issued the following statement by CEO Yvette Simpson: * * * All reports indicate that Donald Trump is poised to nominate far-right Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court this evening - just 38 days from the November election. Democracy for America (DFA) CEO Yvette Simpson on Trump's nomination of Coney Barrett to the Court and expectations on the fight ahead: "Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a more PR

COLCHESTER, Vermont, Sept. 30 -- Green Mountain Power issued the following news release on Sept. 29: Green Mountain Power (GMP) announced today that its growing network of stored energy reduced about $3 million in costs for all GMP customers so far in 2020 by cutting power demand during energy peaks, especially during the hot, dry summer. This network includes home batteries, utility-scale Tesla Power Pack batteries at solar sites, and carbon-reducing devices like electric vehicle smart charger more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 2 -- Champlain College issued the following news on Oct. 1: InSpace announced the launch of a groundbreaking virtual learning platform that transforms education through smart design. Imagine having one-on-one conversations AND group discussions, breakout rooms AND presentations all in one beautiful virtual space? Better yet, picture an online environment where students and teachers can interact and collaborate seamlessly just as they do in real classrooms and labs? Th more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 30: Governor Mills today extended the State of Civil Emergency for thirty days through October 29, 2020. The Governor's decision to extend the emergency is in line with nearly every other state in the nation which have ongoing emergency declarations, according to the National Governors Association. For example, the states of Vermont and New Hampshire (https://www.governor.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbem more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 30 (TNSGra) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: A new $5.47 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine will fund the creation of the UVM Center for Biomedical Shared Resources. Larner Senior Associate Dean for Research Gordon L. Jensen, M.D., Ph.D., is principal investigator on the grant. The new Center will integrate five of the leading UVM laboratory-based, shared resource c more PR

COLCHESTER, Vermont, Oct. 1 -- Saint Michael's College issued the following news: Saint Michael's College has signed a memo of understanding with Chicago Scholars, a seven-year college access and leadership development program. The organization works with students in Chicago who are rising seniors, supporting them through college graduation and in career placement, said Michael Stefanowicz, director of admission at Saint Michael's. "Saint Michael's College could not be more excited to roll out more PR

PLATTSBURGH, New York, Oct. 2 (TNSGra) -- The State University of New York's Plattsburgh Campus issued the following news: The Lake Champlain Sea Grant Institute has secured additional federal funding, money that will allow SUNY Plattsburgh students and faculty to continue their important research on such environmental issues as climate change, invasive species and microplastics in Lake Champlain. The funds, from a grant through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are shared b more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 1 (TNSGra) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: The University of Vermont has received a $19.4 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health to foster biomedical research expertise among faculty at Vermont's four-year colleges and attract students at those schools and at UVM to careers in the biomedical sciences. The new grant is the fourth consecutive multi-year award UVM has received from NIH to fund the initiative, formerly cal more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 1 (TNSGra) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: The Lake Champlain Sea Grant (LCSG) Institute attracted additional federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for research, outreach, and education to benefit the Lake Champlain basin. A blue-ribbon review panel convened by the National Sea Grant program in NOAA lauded the LCSG for addressing the concerns of communities on both sides of Lake Champlain and supporting more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 30 (TNSGra) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: University of Vermont researchers will play a leadership role in a project designed to predict where populations of plants and animals in New England will move as their current locations become less hospitable in a warming world. Data generated by the project will help New England farmers and rural communities plan and adapt to the range shifts. The National Science Foundation awarded $4 million over more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 1 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on Oct. 1: Attorney General T.J. Donovan today announced that a judge has dismissed a Rutland gym's countersuit against the State of Vermont over the Governor's pandemic-related Executive Order. The gym, Club Fitness of Vermont, had tried to argue that the State of Vermont should pay damages to the gym, which closed from late March through June under the Governor's closure orders. In May, more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 28: On Friday, Governor Phil Scott delivered the traditional adjournment address to both chambers of the Vermont Legislature, commemorating the close of 2019-2020 legislative biennium. A transcript of Governor Scott's remarks, as delivered to the House, is included below. Click here to view the video address. Transcript: Governor Phil Scott: Madam Speaker, Representative Krowinski, Repres more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 30: Governor Phil Scott today announced the reappointment of Jessica Holmes, Ph.D., to serve as a member of the Green Mountain Care Board. Holmes has served on the Board since 2014. "Jessica has been a great asset to the Board, and I'm pleased to see her continue her service," said Governor Scott. "Her extensive background in health policy and economics is so valuable as we work to make health more PR