October 19, 2026
Vermont EPSCoR and the Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN) joined efforts to reach out to faculty across the Vermont research ecosystem and conduct an in-person research, grant writing workshop (GWW) held at Saint Michael’s College on September 26, 2026. Part of the half-day workshop included presentations by VT EPSCoR Director, Dr. Bernard “Chip” Cole and VBRN ...

October 8, 2026
"One of the things we're doing with SOCKS is understanding the stories that we tell about what we do, and how that actually contributes to explaining human behavior in the social world around us." Randall Harp, Associate Professor of Philosophy at UVM, SOCKS Co-PI and Social Team

October 6, 2026
Vermont EPSCoR is now accepting applications for SOCKS Summer Research Internships! Click here to apply!

October 5, 2026
Vermont is considered to have had one of the most successful responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. when the virus brought the world to a standstill in 2020. A research group at St. Mike’s is asking why.

September 21, 2026
"Language and writing allows us to time travel. I think it's sort of magical. You can read a book from somebody from hundreds of years ago...and that's pretty incredible. And there's sort of this deep mystery of, how do you get things from [my brain] to things in your brain. I want to know how it works." -Julia Zimmerman, Postdoctoral Researcher at UVM, SOCKS Capacity Team

September 18, 2026
It's been an exciting 2026 so far at VT EPSCoR! Check out our latest news, information on upcoming events, and more in our latest newsletter!

September 11, 2026
"Language was always an interesting thing for me, because it very easily set people up as being friendly or not, or in a group or out of a group. It can hide or make it difficult to realize people's deeper humanity. So it's an interesting tool that both brings us together and divides us." -Bradford Demarest, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at St. Michael's College, ...

August 31, 2026
University of Vermont (UVM) campus in Burlington, Vermont served as the venue for the 12th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) from July 28-31, 2026.

August 25, 2026
"I think it's a really exciting time to be working on studies of language and narratives. One thing I like about research is that if anyone has ever done it before, it's probably not worth doing." -David Jangraw, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Director, Glass Brain Lab, UVM, SOCKS Health Team

August 10, 2026
The 2026 SOCKS undergraduate summer intern cohort concluded their program with an exciting symposium sharing their research projects on July 23 and 24, 2026 on the University of Vermont (UVM) campus. Each of the eleven undergraduate interns presented their summer research to peers, faculty advisors, and staff over the two-day event.