Lexi Krupp
Reporter, Science & HealthLexi covers science and health stories for Vermont Public.
Lexi joined Vermont Public in 2021 as a Report for America corps member. Previously, she reported on science at a public radio station in northern Michigan and at Gimlet Media in New York City. Her work has appeared on NPR, and in Audubon, Popular Science, VICE, and Medscape. Krupp also worked as a science teacher, and once spent a summer tracking mountain goats for the U.S. Forest Service.
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Student protesters have said they will stay at the encampment until all of their demands are met.
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On the second day of a student encampment on the University of Vermont campus, more than a hundred students and community members gathered to protest against the school’s upcoming commencement speaker, who vetoed U.N. resolutions calling for a Gaza ceasefire. The cancellation is one of five demands made by the group Students for Justice in Palestine.
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The first tents went up at the University of Vermont Sunday afternoon. An outdoor Passover seder was held that evening. Students at Middlebury College also erected tents Sunday.
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Forest supervisors use fire almost every year to manage for wildlife habitat — including grassy, open areas and oak forests — as well as supporting plant diversity and making forests more resilient to fires during droughts.
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Sean MacBride set up his telescope behind the sports fields of Burlington High School to contribute to a NASA project that aims to help scientists better understand the interactions between the sun's surface and atmosphere.
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When a relatively small 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit New Jersey, people as far away as Michigan, Quebec and Maine felt a rumble.
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'Don't go for a hike on Monday.' Emergency resources will be strained as an expected tens of thousands of people travel to Vermont for the eclipse.
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Next week, many Vermont schools will close or let students out early to prepare for a total solar eclipse. Some teachers have been preparing for the event for years.
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The total solar eclipse passing over the northern half of Vermont could bring over 100,000 visitors and millions of dollars to the state. Lots of places are trying to get in on the action.
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The bird-friendly maple program that started at Vermont Audubon a decade ago is about to expand after getting $2 million from the Inflation Reduction Act.