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State Tipoffs Involving Vermont Newsletter for 2024-12-08 ( 5 items )  
GlobalFoundries GaN Chip Manufacturing Advances With $9.5 Million U.S. Federal Funding (10)
SANTA CLARA, California, Dec. 5 -- GlobalFoundries, a manufacturer of semiconductors, issued the following news release: * * * Funding moves GF closer to large-scale production of next-generation gallium nitride chips for a range of RF and high-power applications * * * ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt., December 4, 2024 -- GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) has received an additional $9.5 million in federal funding from the U.S. government to advance the manufacturing of GF's essential gallium nitride (G more PR

University of Vermont: Deforestation Reduces Malaria Bed Nets' Effectiveness (10)
BURLINGTON, Vermont, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * Trees and disease: Public health measures to fight malaria--including insecticide-treated bed nets--lose effectiveness as deforestation rises * * * BY LAUREN MILIDEO When a forest is lost to development, some effects are obvious. Stumps and mud puddles across the landscape, a plowed field or houses a year after that. But deforestation isn't just a loss of trees; it's a loss of the countless be more PR

University of Vermont: Spider Brain Research Leads VT Neuroscientists to Groundbreaking Alzheimer's Discovery (10)
BURLINGTON, Vermont, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: By STEPHANIE KNIFIC Researchers from Saint Michael's College and the University of Vermont have made a groundbreaking new discovery that provides a better understanding of how Alzheimer's disease develops in the human brain. Guided by previous research of spider brains, the scientists uncovered evidence of a "waste canal system" in the human brain that internalizes waste from healthy neurons. They di more PR

UVM's Leahy Institute Receives $250K From Ford Foundation to Boost Partnerships Across Vermont (10)
BURLINGTON, Vermont, Dec. 6 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * Investment will expand Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships' student internships and data services that benefit communities across the Green Mountain State * * * BY JAMES REA The Ford Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to the University of Vermont's (UVM) Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships to expand its statewide summer internship program and amplify the Institute's efforts to provide clear, more PR

Vt. Gov. Scott Issues Statement on Additional Projected Property Tax Increases (10)
MONTPELIER, Vermont, Dec. 3 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following statement on Dec. 2, 2024, on forecasted average increases of nearly 6% in property tax bills: * * * "One of the greatest issues facing Vermonters is affordability. With an already high tax burden, the last thing Vermonters need is yet another property tax increase. "I know many will claim victory, and celebrate this increase being limited to single digits. But the fact is, with this projected increase, Vermonters more PR