Two students with ties to Vermont have been awarded 2022 Graeme Clark Scholarships by Cochlear Limited, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions. The scholarships, established in 2002 to recognize exemplary academics in young leaders throughout the hearing loss community, provide recipients with $2,000 per year, for up to four years, to attend an accredited college or university.

Ben Battles, former solicitor general for the state of Vermont, has joined the law firm Pollock Cohen as senior counsel. An experienced litigator, Battles will focus on appeals and public impact litigation, dividing his time between New York City and the firm's new Burlington, VT, office.

Vermont Public Radio has hired journalist Grace Benninghoff as local host of "All Things Considered," the afternoon news magazine program from NPR. She will start on the air in March.

Benninghoff joins VPR from VTDigger, where she was a reporter and contributor to the "Deeper Dig" podcast. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado and holds a master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School, where she concentrated in audio journalism.