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  • New Cambridge institute to tackle policy challenges in our age of disruption

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    The Bennett Institute for Public Policy will address emerging global patterns of inequality and social unrest by offering a unique combination of deep research, high-level training and effective policy engagement. […]

  • Professor’s pioneering lung work honoured with top international honour

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    Professor Merryn Tawhai, Deputy Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), has been honoured with one of the highest international accolades in her field. Today Professor Tawhai was inducted into […]

  • University Biologists Find Answer to 100-Year-Old Question

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    The UA team, headed by Michael S. Barker, assistant professor and director of bioinformatics in the UA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has found that polyploidy, the duplication of whole genomes, has occurred many times during the evolution of insects, the most diverse group of animals.

  • New Bikeshare Program Gets Rolling at UVM

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    Undaunted by grey skies and cold temperatures, about a dozen hardy UVM students, faculty and staff helped launch Phase I of Greenride Bikeshare, the first public bikeshare program in Chittenden […]