BRUNSWICK, Maine, Nov. 18 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: As a former resident of Burlington, Vermont, Associate Professor of Mathematics Thomas Pietraho clearly recalls the controversy surrounding the mayoral election of 2009. "It was an example," he said, "of how ranked choice voting can cause the most popular candidate to lose an election." Not that any particular voting system is better than another, though, he added. They all have their imperfections. "Whatever system you us more PR

CASTLETON, Vermont, Nov. 21 (TNSRes) -- Castleton University issued the following news: Castleton University is one of nine colleges and universities across Vermont that will benefit from a $19.4 million grant to develop biomedical research expertise among faculty and encourage students to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences. This five-year award was granted to The University of Vermont from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help fund the Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBR more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement: * * * The following is a joint statement from the offices of the governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont: "In response to recent coronavirus outbreaks associated with the conduct of interstate youth hockey activities, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Go more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 18 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release on Nov. 17: Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Maya Wiley for Mayor of New York City. This is the first time Democracy for America has endorsed in a New York City mayoral primary in the grassroots progressive group's 16-year history. Statement from DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on DFA's endorsement of Maya Wiley for New York City Mayor: "In 2021, New Yorkers have an opportunity to el more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 18 -- The Indiana University's Robert H. McKinney School of Law issued the following news: E. Thomas Sullivan, '73, has been elected by the faculty of Cambridge University Clare Hall College (UK) as a Life Fellow and Member with lifetime faculty privileges for teaching, research, and lectures at Cambridge. Sullivan is president emeritus and professor of political science at the University of Vermont, where he served as the 26th president from 2012 to 2019. Sullivan  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 13 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following joint statement: In response to recent coronavirus outbreaks associated with the conduct of interstate youth hockey activities, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will support a regional approach to interstate competition more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 20 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 19: Governor Phil Scott today announced the Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) has relaunched the State's Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Incentive Program with a new round of $950,000 in incentive funding available to income-qualified applicants to purchase or lease new PEVs. The program was first proposed by Governor Phil Scott in his FY2020 budget, and the first round of the program launc more PR

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 19 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension and University of Vermont Extension, has been awarded $328,191 in support of developing and delivering remote STEM and agricultural sciences programming to rural K-12 students across the three-state region. The project, "Northeast 4-H Collaborative: Closing the Gap," submitted to the competitive  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 19 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: Two University of Vermont faculty have been named to a list of the world's most influential researchers, based on the number of times their published studies have been cited by other researchers over the past decade. UVM faculty named to the list are Andrea Villanti, associate professor of Psychiatry, and William Copeland, professor of Psychiatry. Researchers on the list are in the top 1% of all scholars whose more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 13 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following joint statement: * * * In response to recent coronavirus outbreaks associated with the conduct of interstate youth hockey activities, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Maine Governor Janet Mills, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, Vermont Governor Phil Scott and New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu will support a regional approach to interstate more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 17 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on Nov. 16: Today, the Attorney General's Elder Protection Initiative (EPI) and the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) announced the release of a help guide for older Vermonters experiencing abuse or exploitation. The guide, "Finding Help: Abuse, Exploitation and Neglect in Later Life," explains the different kinds of elder abuse and exploitation that can occ more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 19 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on Nov. 18: Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced today that Apple, Inc. will pay $1.16M to the State of Vermont as part of a $113M settlement with a coalition of over 30 attorneys general. The settlement announced today stems from Apple's 2016 decision to throttle consumers' iPhone speeds--artificially slowing them down--to address unexpected shutdowns in iPhones 6 and 7. The coalitio more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 20 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 19: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren and Governor Phil Scott today announced that the Springfield area, Greater Barre, Lamoille County and Winooski are the recipients of $300,000 grants as part of the Boston Fed's Working Communities Challenge. The program includes more than $700,000 in additional planning and action grants for Vermont communities, and aims to strengthen  more PR