Guess what???? We have more summer courses for you, PBIO 3750: Global Change Ecology and PBIO 1060: Plants, Food and Culture. For more details, contact Brian Beckage (PBIO 3750) brianbeckage.github.io/teaching/PBIO_… and Laura Hill (PBIO 1060) Laura Hill. University of Vermont @UVMCALS

Great news!!! The review of applications for the Scientific Director of the Proctor Maple Research Center has been EXTENDED to March 26, 2024. For details on the position & how to submit application, uvmjobs.com/postings/71225 contact: [email protected] @UVMCALS University of Vermont

Congrats to Regina Visconti & Hannah Shafer for receiving the Food Systems Research Centre (FSRC) Ph.D. Fellowship. The FSRC offered only 4 Ph.D. fellowships & the Plant Biology dept. received TWO!!! This is a great accomplishment. Bravo Regina & Hannah!!! @UVMCALS University of Vermont

We are very excited to be holding our second Spring 2024 BilDS Research Discussion this Friday 4/12 on "Microbiome and Health!" BilDS Research Discussions consist of informal presentations (chalk talk-style) on new projects, new results, and new ideas.

Get ready for great science, new findings, ideas & networking at the 26th Annual NASNFC June 3rd-6th 2024 University of Vermont. Early registration closes May 1st. To register & submit an abstract, scan the QR code/visit nasnfc2024.wixsite.com/nasnfc/registr… Questions? contact Jeanne Harris @UVMCALS

Congrats to Morgan Southgate for winning the First-Ever 3️⃣Minute Thesis Competition organized by UVM Graduate College University of Vermont. She gave an excellent talk on "Branching in as well as out: An ecological story of Fern hybridization.” Good job Morgan! We are so proud of you @UVMCALS

Congrats to Sarah Goodrich for receiving the Ida Russin Support Person of the Year Award from University of Vermont Graduate Student Senate. This award acknowledges the outstanding work Sarah does in support of Graduate students, from when they start at UVM until their defense. Great Job, Sarah! UVM CALS University of Vermont

Guess who got the California Native Grassland Association (CNGA) -Grassland Research Awards for Student Scholarship (GRASS)... our grad student, Mark Mullinger. Mark’s project focuses on evolutionary relationships among Melica species. Congratulations, Mark!! @UVMCALS University of Vermont

Congratulations to Laura Hill for the Outstanding new Service-Learning Faculty award!! UVM Plant Biology benefits so much from the partnerships you build with the local community around on Nature-Based Climate Solutions and the opportunities you give our students.🏆🌎🍃

We are so excited that Dr. Laura Hill received the Outstanding New Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Award. Laura offers a service-learning summer course that involves priority projects with community partners focused on nature-based climate solutions. Congrats Laura! @UVMCALS

From the top of Mount Mansfield to the depths of Lake Champlain explore the wild side of @UVMresearch in a series of seminars & field walks with our scientists and naturalists. June-November: View the full schedule at go.uvm.edu/wildside #UVMresearch

Grace Flynn, a graduate of UVM’s Field Naturalist Program and now Vermont’s state botanist, details the exciting rediscovery of false mermaid-weed, a plant once thought extinct in the state. Read more ⬇️ UVM Plant Biology nytimes.com/2024/06/11/us/…

Congrats to Baxter Worthing, for winning best oral talk at the North America Forest Genetics Society meeting, Mexico. He talked about Unraveling the genetic architecture of bud flush timing in two hybridizing Populus species to predict phenological responses to future climates.

From #AppsPlantSci's #ConservationBiology issue! Bringing genomics to the field: An integrative approach to seed sourcing for forest restoration (by Anoob Prakash Deborah Landau @KellerLabUVM et al) bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Wiley Plant Science UVM Plant Biology The Nature Conservancy in MD/DC #botany #Botany2024

Isaac Buabeng Isaac Buabeng Bucknell MS ‘24 has arrived in the Green Mountain State to begin his UVM Plant Biology PhD. Go get ‘em, Isaac!

Great way to start the 2024 Fall semester with the PBIO annual welcome event. New, returning, & interested students had the opportunity to meet other Plant Biology students, make new friends, & catch up with faculty, staff & grad students. @UVMCALS University of Vermont