University of Vermont College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & LIFE SCIENCES

THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

JOIN We believe the roots of civilization are the keys to changing it.

From cells to society, the College of

Agriculture and Life Sciences explores and deepens our understanding of

and impact upon food, land use and community—three powerful forces

that have shaped our world since the beginning of humanity.

US.

Coursework, research, and plenty

of hands-on experience prepare our students to nourish people and

communities, restore ecosystems,

and improve the health of the planet.

Let’s dig in.

HUMANS FO R HUMANKIND

STUDENT EXPERIENCES

Worlds to explore.

On campus, around the state, and abroad, our students reap the rewards of hands-on experiences.

You’ll find them working with potato farmers in Peru, with policy-makers in Montpelier, with community non-profits, and innovative entrepreneurs around Vermont. From high-tech microscopy to social media platforms, the tools they learn prepare them to address some of

the most pressing issues of our time, becoming innovators, critical thinkers, and problems solvers of the future.

These purposeful experiences are baked into the coursework and also made available through a range of extracurricular options, including internships, field studies, community service, study abroad and research work with faculty.

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PRE-VET CLUB

With funding from UVM, Simon McIntosh, an environmental studies major, traveled to Mongolia and spent a summer mapping roads and trails around Lake Hovsgol. On horseback, McIntosh gathered data with geo-mapping equipment to improve access and conservation in the country’s stunning new national parks.

A food systems major, Olivia Peña has worked on local and global food projects at UVM. Here on campus, she’s working with UVM Dining to increase the amount of food sourced locally, sustainably, and fairly. Looking at food systems issues farther from home, Peña is part of a team researching harvest losses in developing countries.

GET AN INTERNSHIP Julius Jeppe, nutrition and food science major, worked with cheesemakers at Vermont Creamery on product development and process improvement, experience he hopes to draw on when someday opening his own artisanal food business.

C O L L EG E O F A G R I C U LT U R E & L I F E S C I E N C E S

HORTICULTURE CLUB

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98%

FOR ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJORS IN CREAM

VET SCHOOL ADMIT RATE

M I L L E R R E S E A RC H BA R N

Hands on, head start.

Known simply as CREAM around campus, UVM’s Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural Management, is a student-run dairy herd that provides undergraduates with a remarkable learning experience in everything from financial management to the character-building of pre-dawn chores. CREAM is at home in the state-of-the-art teaching barn at the Paul R. Miller Agricultural Research Farm.

63%

MED SCHOOL ADMIT RATE

(VS. 42% NATIONAL RATE)

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WHERE PLACE SPARKS POTENTIAL. Throughout the campus, and at nearby locations, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty and students pursue their research, teaching, and studies with the benefit of outstanding facilities, such as: The laboratories, greenhouses, and classrooms of the recently built Jeffords Hall.

UVM MEDICAL CENTER

The orchards and gardens of the Horticulture Research Center.

At the university’s on-campus hospital, students work side by side with doctors and researchers. There, UVM’s Pre-Medical Enhancement Program pairs students with mentor physicians. PEP student Lauren Donnelly ’16, a microbiology and molecular genetics major, published research as an undergraduate on new methods for treating difficult infections. Today, she’s continuing her studies as a medical student at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine.

The historic UVM Morgan Horse Farm.

The industry-leading Proctor Maple Research Center.

In addition, cross-disciplinary opportunities abound—from the lake and forest labs of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources to the University of Vermont Medical Center, which shares our hilltop campus.

SEEDING THE Sustainable agriculture research by Professor Ernesto Mendez is helping farmers from Central America to Vermont.

FUTURE. An expanding network of rooftop organic farms in Metro Washington, D.C., trace their roots to an urban agriculture class Kristof Grina ’12 took as an undergraduate.

“I was able to connect the dots between my experience as a city kid and all of the knowledge around plant and soil science that I was accumulating at UVM. I started to look at everything I learned with an eye towards adapting it to the built environment” he says.

Community development faculty are informing public policy through research and communication on health care, food systems, and climate change.

That shift in perspective would inspire Up Top Acres, founded by Grina and two friends. The impact of their innovation earned them a place on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs of 2017.

At UVM, Grina not only found inspiration in the classroom, but also studying food systems abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico, and getting his hands in the dirt with the Common Ground StudentRun Educational Farm.

Heather Darby, Extension associate professor, leads efforts to restore wheat as a viable crop in the state and help Vermont farmers diversify.

UVM animal sciences faculty lead a national study, funded by a $7.4 million USDA grant, to reduce the impact of catastrophic disease outbreaks among U.S. livestock.

Professor Linda Berlin is part of a multi-state project trying to better understand and alleviate “food deserts”— foodscarce-neighborhoods that exist everywhere from inner-cities to rural America.

With their app “Camp Conquer,” nutrition and food science professor Lizzy Pope and faculty colleague Bernice Garnett are harnessing gaming technology to motivate youth to exercise more.

C O L L EG E O F A G R I C U LT U R E & L I F E S C I E N C E S

UVM’s Proctor Maple Research Center is a national leader in the study of maple sugaring, working to keep the iconic product a healthy part of the state’s economy.

THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & LIFE SCIENCES

is home to the departments of

Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Community Development and Applied Economics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Plant Biology, and Plant and Soil Science, and interdisciplinary programs in Biochemistry,

UNDERGRADUATE MINORS

UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS

Biological Science, Environmental Science, and Environmental Studies.

Animal and Veterinary Sciences (B.S.)

Dietetics, Nutrition and Food Sciences (B.S.)

Biochemistry (B.S.)

Ecological Agriculture (B.S.)

Biological Sciences (B.S.)

Environmental Sciences (B.S.)

Community Entrepreneurship (B.S.) Community and International Development (B.S.)

Animal and Veterinary Sciences Applied Design Biochemistry Community and International Development Community Entrepreneurship

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

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Animal Science (M.S.) Animal, Nutrition & Food Sciences (Ph.D.) Community Development & Applied Economics (M.S.) Dietetics (M.S.D.) Field Naturalist (M.S.)

Environmental Studies (B.S.) Food Systems (B.S.) Microbiology (B.S.)

Consumer and Advertising Ecological Agriculture Environmental Studies Food Systems Green Building and Community Design Microbiology

Molecular Genetics (B.S.) Nutrition and Food Sciences (B.S.) Plant Biology (B.S.) Public Communication (B.S.) Self-Designed (B.S.) Sustainable Landscape Horticulture (B.S.)

Nutrition and Food Sciences Plant Biology Public Communication Soil Science Sustainable Landscape Horticulture

Molecular Genetics

Nutrition and Food Sciences (M.S.)

ACCELERATED MASTER’S

Plant Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)

Animal Science

Plant and Soil Science (M.S., Ph.D.)

Food Systems

Public Administration (M.P.A.)

Public Administration

A COMMUNIT Y DEVELOPMENT AND APPLIED ECONOMICS CL ASS GIVES STUDENTS A FRONT-ROW SEAT AT THE STATEHOUSE.

THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES’ impact is global, but many of the lessons learned, discoveries made, and big ideas tested happen right here in our home state of Vermont.

Our citizen legislature, family farms, and pioneering start-ups are the fabric of life here that happens on a human scale. Forward-thinking yet rooted in tradition, our state provides a living laboratory where faculty and students dig in on the most pressing issues of our time.

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