University president apologizes for eugenics research

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The outgoing president of the University of Vermont is apologizing for the school’s involvement in eugenics research in the 1920s and 1930s that helped lead to sterilizations.
President Thomas Sullivan released a statement on Friday, calling it “unethical and regrettable.”
Last year the university decided to remove a former school president’s name from the library because of his support of the Eugenics Survey of Vermont and its leader, a UVM p