With the smallest state allocation per capita in the country, UVM is a flagship state research university that operates very much like a private research-intensive university. Therefore, it is somewhat surprising that the institution has always had a small chemistry faculty (currently 11 tenure/tenure track), especially given the undergraduate teaching load of ~3500 students per year. Though stated effort distribution of 40:40:20 teaching to research to service might be skewed under these numbers, the department works to maintain relatively low teaching loads within contract-mandated stipulations. Despite (or perhaps because of) these factors, UVM chemistry ranked higher than �peer� institutions in many research productivity indicators (publications per year, etc.) in the most recent NRC rankings. Within those numbers a supportive, a collegial atmosphere has led to success for many junior faculty at UVM.

Sunshine and maple syrup: Early years for chemistry faculty at the University of Vermont

245th National Meeting (2013)

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