AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoVermont Tech & Education: UVM and Middlebury announced new tuition discounts aimed at easing affordability and recruiting students amid a “demographic cliff,” with UVM offering major discounts for certain out-of-state majors and free tuition for lower-income in-state households, while Middlebury expands free tuition for families up to $175,000. AI & Policy: A new wave of debate keeps heating up nationally over AI safety and regulation, with lawmakers and attorneys general pushing for federal guardrails as public concern about catastrophic risk grows. Energy & Climate Tech: A Vermont-relevant push continues on PFAS cleanup and safer packaging—U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan reintroduced a bill to ban PFAS in food wrappers and packaging. Infrastructure & Sustainability: Sewage heat recovery is getting fresh attention as a practical way to cut heating and cooling energy by using warm wastewater—already operating in multiple cities. Local STEM/Community: Vermont State University–Randolph engineering students competed in the Vermont Society of Engineers golf tournament, a scholarship fundraiser. Agriculture Innovation: The Working Lands Enterprise Initiative grant application window is open for Vermont service providers and producer associations, with a webinar set for Oct. 1. Public Safety/Health: A major nor’easter knocked out power across parts of the Northeast, including smaller outages reported in Vermont.
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