Alumni
College of Professional Studies Helps Couple Balance Family, Duty, and Degrees
When Dan and Cherish Dempsey enrolled in college in 2018, they were already living a life defined by service and sacrifice. Both were serving on active duty in the U.S. Air Force — Dan as a master sergeant and Cherish as a technical sergeant — while raising their daughter, Kayla, in Colorado... Read More
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12/18/25Science Meets Shoreline
In New Hampshire, the wellness of freshwater bodies is largely managed by watershed associations. While those associations are often rich with... -
12/09/25UNH Receives Nearly $2 Million in Federal Grants to Help Granite State Students Succeed
The University of New Hampshire has received a five-year TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant totaling $1.975 million from the U.S. Department... -
12/09/25A Space to Heal: How a ‘Lifeline’ of Support at UNH Helped Student Rebuild After Crisis
Mikaela Belanger ’26 knows better than most how dramatically life can change in the blink of an eye. For years, she dreamed of saving enough to... -
12/02/25New UNH Certificate Prepares Social Workers to Support Student Mental Health
UNH is launching a new online Trauma-Informed School Social Work Graduate Certificate in spring 2026 to help address New Hampshire’s shortage of...
Recent Stories
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05/10/23 - Mary Johanna Brown Named UNH Paul J. Holloway Entrepreneur of the YearMary Johanna Brown '89, founder and president of Brown & Company Design and Big Brown Books, has been named the University of New Hampshire’s Paul J. Holloway Entrepreneur of... Read More -
05/09/23 - UNH To Welcome Highest-Achieving Undergrad Class EverWith the May 1 national deposit deadline passed, the University of New Hampshire’s Durham campus is set to welcome its highest-achieving incoming undergraduate class ever this... Read More -
05/08/23 - Six Students, Alumni Receive NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsThree UNH students and three alumni received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a record number for UNH. Read More -
05/01/23 - Sullivan's Passions for Research and Running Intersect at UNHUNH’s status as an R1 research university caught Violet Sullivan’s eye as a prospective student, and as a student researcher she realized exactly what it meant. A competitive... Read More -
05/01/23 - Discovering the Diverse Skills of John Mehrmann: Composer, Performing Musician, and EducatorJohn Mehrmann is a composer, pianist, organist, choir director, percussionist and teacher who resides in Maine with his wife, Abigail, and two sons. His musical talents encompass... Read More -
05/01/23 - Quantitative ConfidenceAlthough developments in biology over the past 20 years increasingly require researchers to use advanced quantitative skills such as mathematics, statistics and programming,... Read More -
05/01/23 - URC Showcases Research From More Than 1,500 StudentsMore than 1,500 students made presentations during this year’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), one of the largest and most diverse events of its kind in the country and a... Read More -
04/28/23 - Northeast Passage Receives $25,000 Pledge from Kennebunk SavingsNortheast Passage has received a $25,000 commitment from Kennebunk Savings to support its programming in 2023, including adaptive sports programs for people with disabilities,... Read More -
04/17/23 - UNH Sustainability Tool SIMAP Upgraded to Calculate Scope 3 EmissionsUNH's SIMAP nitrogen and carbon accounting platform recently underwent a significant functionality update that now allows it to calculate Scope 3 emissions. Read More -
04/17/23 - Dane DiLiegro's Path to Becoming the PredatorWhat do basketball, butchering, Anthony Bourdain and bad-guy movie monsters have to do with each other? Admittedly, not much. But they are all connected if you are Dane DiLiegro ’... Read More