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UVM halts plans for new student housing, citing financial costs

The University of Vermont is halting plans for a $100 million housing project that would have housed about 540 undergraduate students. UVM said the project was no longer cost effective due to construction costs, a lack of available labor and high interest rates. The Catamount Woods project came as a collaboration between former Mayor Miro […]

UVM cancels commencement speaker, one of the demands by pro-Palestinian protesters

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield will not be speaking at this year’s commencement, the University of Vermont announced on Friday evening, six days after pro-Palestinian student protesters pitched tents on the campus green outside Andrew Harris Commons. Thomas-Greenfield infuriated pro-Palestinian activists when she vetoed resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on […]

UnitedHealthcare, UVM Health Network reach new contract

Feb. 24—PLATTSBURGH — UnitedHealthcare insurance has agreed to a new contract with the University of Vermont Health Network that will keep insurers covered through March of 2026. UVM-affiliated facilities and physicians were originally due to become out of network with UnitedHealthcare on March 1. This deadline was a two-month extension to the previous contract, which […]