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Volunteers needed for fall move-in

Residential Life has been busy planning a bigger-than-ever fall move-in this year and will be looking for campus partners who are interested in volunteering to assist with the event.

First-year move-in is Wednesday, Aug. 29 and Thursday, Aug. 30.

Multi-year move-in is Sunday, Sept. 2 and Monday, Sept. 3.

If you would like to assist with fall move-in, go to the "Sign Up Genius"  scheduler to hold a spot beginning Monday, Aug. 6.

"We appreciate your time and consideration for assisting in this campus-wide event," says Dawn M. Bond, director of Student Services for Residential Life.

 

 

Felton named to journal's editorial advisory board

Debbie Felton, associate professor of Classics, has been appointed to the editorial advisory board of the journal Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural.

Dining Services takes NACUFS grand prize for sustainability for permaculture project

It was a “green sweep,” so to speak, as Dining Services and the campus permaculture project won the grand prize for sustainability and the top award for Outreach and Education at the national conference of the National Association of College & University Food Services last week in Boston.
 
Matthew Biette, director of dining services at Middlebury College and chair of the NACUFS Sustainability Awards committee, said that the Dining Services sustainability program is “well known, involved just about everyone and best off, had the numbers to prove it.

In neutrino-less double-beta decay search, physicists excel

Physicists Andrea Pocar and Krishna Kumar, part of an international research team, recently reported results of an experiment conducted at the Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO), located in a salt mine one-half mile under Carlsbad, New Mexico, part of a decades-long search for evidence of the elusive neutrino-less double-beta decay of Xenon-136.
 
Pocar, Kumar and the team of 60 scientists using an instrument called the EXO-200 detector, succeeded in setting a new lower limit for the half-life of this ephemeral nuclear decay. Though no one has yet seen it, important progress was made.
 
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Piermarini headed for rowing competition at London Olympics

Alumnus and rower Wes Piermarini of West Brookfield will represent the United States in the men’s quadruple scull competition beginning July 28 at the Olympic Games in London.
 
Piermarini earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in 2005 and a master’s in architecture degree in 2011 as part of the Architecture + Design Program. He spent the past year preparing at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. and working at M.W. Steele Group, an architecture firm in San Diego.
 
Piermarini competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he rowed doubles in a scull that finished 13th.  While

Computer scientists say better systems needed for medical device cybersecurity

Medical devices save countless lives, and increasingly functions such as data storage and wireless communication allow for individualized patient care and other advances. But after their recent study, an interdisciplinary team of medical researchers and computer scientists warn that federal regulators need to improve how they track security and privacy problems in medical devices. 
 
Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School and the Computer Science Department analyzed reports from decades of U.S.

Doctoral oral exams for July 30 to Aug. 3

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Allison Branch, Ph.D., Psychology. Monday, July 30, 9 a.m., 129 Tobin Hall. Dissertation: “The Importance of Relationship Quality in Informal HIV Caregiving: A Dyadic Process.” David Scherer, chr.

Timo Friedrich, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology. Monday, July 30, 2 p.m., 222 Morrill II South. Dissertation: “Identification and Functional Characterization of the Zebrafish Gene Quetschkommode (que).” Gerald Downes, chr.

Tanushree Tokle, Ph.D., Food Science.,

Gelaye, Rockland-Miller present at legal conference

Dean of students Enku Gelaye and Harry Rockland-Miller, director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health, were co-presenters on July 16 at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s Student Legal Services Section Conference in Burlington, Vt.

Their presentation, "Assessing and Responding to Disturbed and Disturbing Student Clients: Understanding Student of Concern Teams," focused on recognizing and assisting university students in distress. 

UVM's Micheletto named hockey coach

John Micheletto of the University of Vermont was named head coach of the men’s hockey team on July 16 by athletic director John McCutcheon.

Micheletto is a 21-year coaching veteran who has spent the last nine years at Hockey East rival UVM, including the past six seasons as associate head coach. He replaces Don “Toot” Cahoon who stepped down in mid-June.

“After our meetings with John and our consultations with those in the college hockey community, we are thrilled to announce him as our new head coach,” said McCutcheon.

Telephone system upgrade scheduled for July 21

The Office of Information Technologies (OIT)/Telecom will be performing an upgrade of the campus administrative telephone system on Saturday, July 21 beginning at 8 a.m. Administrative telephone service will be interrupted for approximately 5 hours while the upgrade is being performed. Telephone service in the residence halls will NOT be affected.

Efforts will be taken to ensure that essential services such as public safety/911, Health Services, campus operators, help phones, and other critical lines will remain in service during the upgrade.
 
The upgrade will impact the following

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