At UVM, groundbreaking research is integral to the way our scholars and scientists educate students, engage with the broader community, and shape the future. Philanthropic investment creates opportunities for brilliant minds to explore and accelerates cutting-edge innovation, with applications and implications around the globe. With that in mind, last January UVM launched SOLVE, an unprecedented fundraising campaign to support a wave of research projects aimed at creating a future of healthy societies and a healthy environment.

The SOLVE Campaign represents a broad spectrum of research across all academic disciplines, from the sciences to the arts and humanities. Your support makes all manner of inquiry and investigation possible for our faculty and students. And as you’ll read here, whether it’s preserving pollinators, quantifying happiness, or translating fairy tales, UVM is bringing its discoveries to the world, thanks to you.

You need look no further than the opposing page to find yourself at the leading edge of what is possible in the field of robotics: novel, self-replicating life forms called Xenobots. Professor Josh Bongard and his research team have garnered worldwide media attention with their discovery, which could have wide-ranging applications from fighting cancer to cleaning up the environment. At UVM, the future is now!

Whatever your connection to UVM, you can be proud of the work being done here, work that will touch your life in some way. And you can be proud of the role you play in helping to create a better world for us all—thank you. With gratitude,