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.

July 21, 2026
"Social behavior, human behavior, is the most complicated, most interesting, most fascinating thing that we have." Randall Harp, Associate Professor of Philosophy at UVM, SOCKS Co-PI and Social Team

July 17, 2026
Vermont EPSCoR teamed up with the Governor's Institutes of Vermont (GIV) to provide a great summer camp experience for high school students. GIV hosted two institutes in June 2026 that gave 10th, 11th, and 12th graders from across Vermont a chance to strengthen their STEM skills.

July 10, 2026
Vermont EPSCoR's summer intern program enjoyed a lesson from guest speaker Danbee "Tauntaun" Kim, PhD, a teacher at the Appalachian Institute for Creative Learning and soon-to-be visiting teaching assistant professor in the biology department at University of Denver. Dr. Kim presented a Neuroscience Primer Workshop to SOCKS undergraduate interns.

June 29, 2026
We're happy to share with you the first of our 2026 videos highlighting aspects of, and people working on, the VT EPSCoR SOCKS project, funded by the National Science Foundation's RII Track-I award. This installment highlights the work of Dr. Matthew Price, Professor of Psychological science at UVM and member of the SOCKS Health Team.