BURLINGTON, Vt. —  As the 2017-18 academic year drew to a close, the University of Vermont College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences recognized more than 70 students for going above and beyond in their studies.

Local residents and the awards they won include:

• Sienna Roberge of Kennebunkport, received the Environmental Engineering Junior Award, which recognizes students for outstanding scholarship and commitment to environmental engineering during junior year.

• Lindsey Roberts of Eliot, received the June Veinott Award, which is presented to the female student who, at the end of her first year of study, shows the greatest promise of being successful in the engineering profession.

• Jesse Ware IV of South Berwick, received the Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Research Award, which recognizes students for excellence in performance and greatest promise of success.

Since 1791, the University of Vermont has worked to move humankind forward. Committed to both research and teaching, UVM professors — world-class researchers, scholars, and artists — bring their discoveries into the classroom and their students into the field.

Located in Burlington, Vermont, one of the nation’s most vibrant small cities and top college towns, UVM is a Public Ivy and top 100 national research university educating 10,513 undergraduate students, 1,542 graduate students, 826 certificate and non-degree students, and 459 M.D. students in the Larner College of Medicine.

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