Student Research Takes Aim At Brighter, Greener Future Hands-on opportunities across campus lead to research and innovations helping to solve our world's most critical challenges Could the contents of these murky wastewater samples provide a clear and early warning sign when disease strikes a community? Senior Ben Page will analyze these samples from two different wastewater treatment plants in the greater Burlington area for indications of COVID-19. (Photo by Josh Brown) It's true: there’s no shortage of problems in our world that need solving. And in our little corner of the world at the University of Vermont, there’s no shortage of talented minds that understand this truth: the time to start solving those problems is now. It's an "all-hands-on-deck" mindset shared by students and faculty that make it possible for hands-on learning opportunities to lead to new discoveries, innovations and research across every discipline. Here are just a few ways our students and faculty are working together to bring a brighter, greener, better future into focus.