Searches are underway to fill three positions at UNH: dean of the Paul College of Business and Economics, associate provost for the international programs, and the founding director of the proposed Carsey School of Public Policy.

Qualified members of the university community are encouraged to apply or send qualified nominations to the search committees.  Applications will be considered until the position is filled in the summer of 2014.  

 Melinda Negron-Gonzalez is an assistant professor of politics and society at UNH Manchester. She won an Excellence in Teaching Award in 2013.

Three UNH alums were inducted into the ROTC Hall of Fame during Veteran's Day services held on campus Friday, Nov. 14.

Veterans, along with their family and friends, gathered in the Granite State Room for the ceremony where inductions for those receiving a spot in the ROTC Hall of Fame were given by Brig. Gen. John Dailey.

Inductees included:

Coös County young adults report more problems with depression and substance abuse than rural young adults nationwide, potentially as a result of the stress of the ongoing economic uncertainty in region, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at UNH. 

Gov. Maggie Hassan and state Sen. Martha Fuller Clark will join 3,500 middle and high school students and teachers from across New Hampshire to take a stand against all forms of bullying at the STAND UP New Hampshire event Friday, Nov. 15 at the Whittemore Center.

Hassan has proclaimed the week of Nov. 18 Anti-Bullying Week.

The Macfarlane Greenhouses, the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Thompson School horticultural facility at UNH host the popular Poinsettia Trials Open House Thursday, Dec. 5 through Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Visitors to the free event, now in its eighth year, will enjoy more than 100 poinsettia varieties and assist in ongoing research.

UNH is proud to recognize the achievements of Jack Resch, Marisa Forti, Paul Tsang, and Beth Rascoe Kılinç. These talented faculty and staff members are a few of the many who have contributed to the internationalization of UNH.

John Resch

A marine nematode. Credit: James Baldwin and Manuel Mundo, UCR

A grant to UNH and the University of California, Davis, will help biologists identify an abundant yet largely unknown category of organisms, leading to better understanding of the vital environmental functions they play.