UNH is committed to improving the health of its faculty, staff, and student population through the work of Healthy UNH, and to making UNH the healthiest campus community in the country by 2020.  

In honor Employee Health and Fitness Month, Healthy UNH offers the following tip:  

1. Take your meeting on-the-go. Rather than sitting in a conference room or meeting for coffee, go for a walk or run. Keep a spare pair of sneakers at your work station and you will always be prepared. Campus Rec provides several options for walking and running routes on their website.
2. Stop to smell the flowers. Take a break from your computer screen and de-stress with a short break outside. The UNH Tree Walk Podcast can help you learn to appreciate the great outdoors.
3. Eat locally. The...

UNH Cooperative Extension continues its “Issues and Ice Cream” series May 22 at the Chase Ocean Engineering building.

 Faculty, staff and students are invited to learn more about “UNH and the STEM Workforce: What is Our Role?”

The presentation and discussion, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., will focus on efforts at UNH and throughout New Hampshire to address science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) literacy and how to build a STEM-literate workforce.  

Join your colleagues from UNH Cooperative Extension, New Hampshire Sea Grant, the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, and other campus departments to:

• share what you and your program do,
• learn about the SeaPerch program,
• find out about STEM-NH, a statewide effort to facilitate collaboration among STEM programs to increase their impact,
• hear about the ways that animal science excites kids about STEM in 4-H—the youth development program of Cooperative...

A new study from the UNH Crimes against Children Research Center shows that there has not been a recession-related increase in violence exposure among children and youth. The research tracking more than 50 forms of violence, crime, bullying, and child maltreatment from 2008 to 2011 found levels for most forms of violence either declining or near the same levels. 

“Many observers expected that increased unemployment and housing foreclosures would translate into more youth problems through family stress and pessimism about future jobs and educational opportunities,” said study author David Finkelhor, director of the UNH Crimes against Children Research Center and professor of sociology. 

However, rates of exposure were nonetheless high. More than one in 10 girls age 14 to 17 was sexually assaulted in 2011. One in 10 of all children age 0 to 17 was injured in a physical assault. One in eight of any age was maltreated by a caretaker.  

“We usually...

Kindergarteners from UNH’s Child Study and Development Center visited Hewitt Hall last week to welcome new CHHS dean Michael Ferrara to UNH.  

The young students presented Ferrara, who joined UNH from the University of Georgia this spring, with a collage they made.

Professor Jack Resch, professor of history at UNH Manchester, was admitted to the Fulbright Specialist Roster in April.

The Fulbright Specialist Roster, which was developed by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), a non-governmental organization, was designed as a tool for the Fulbright Specialist Program.

The roster is a directory of U.S. scholars and professionals who applied through an open competition, were selected by a panel of their peers, and were approved by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board as potential candidates for Fulbright Specialist awards. Fulbright Commissions, U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Sections, and selected host institutions use the Roster for the purpose of...

This Memorial Day weekend, the public will have an opportunity to celebrate the kickoff of the 2013 New Hampshire commercial fishing season while tasting local seafood and beer.  

The N.H. Fresh and Local Seafood 2013 Kickoff will take place at the Portsmouth Fishing Pier on Sunday, May 26 from noon – 3 p.m. UNH Cooperative Extension and N.H. Sea Grant (NHSG) have teamed up with N.H. commercial fishermen, lobstermen, chefs, seafood retailers, Redhook Brewery and numerous other local organizations and individuals to host the kickoff.  

The new Redhoook Black Lobstah Lager—a brew made with N.H. lobsters—will be on tap, and attendees can taste alternative seafood species like redfish and hake prepared by local chefs.  

This year will be a challenging one for local fishermen as they face drastic cuts in groundfish quotas, low prices for lobster and the continued high cost of fuel. They are seeking ways to make ends meet and continue...

On May 6, Prevention Innovations: Research and Practices for Ending Violence Against Women (http://www.unh.edu/preventioninnovations/) sponsored a half-day workshop with an  international victors group from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Latvia, Netherlands, Russia and the Ukraine. 

The workshop was sponsored by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and was hosted nationally by FHI 360 and locally by the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire. The visitors are part of a regional project for Europe, "Empowering Women Against Domestic Violence".

During the group's two day visit, they examined the impact of violence against women on families, communities, and countries and the benefits of...