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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04/13/23 - Psychology Grads Helping Those Who Need it MostIn a state that is woefully short on mental health workers, UNH alums are keeping the field afloat. Read More -
04/12/23 - Weinberg Becomes UNH’s Seventh Truman ScholarJonathan Weinberg ’23 has been selected as a 2023 Truman Scholar, becoming the seventh UNH student to earn the distinction and the first ever from UNH Manchester. Read More -
04/03/23 - Swapping Classrooms for Cow BarnsIn the student-led, two-semester CREAM course, students gain hands-on experience caring for dairy cows and managing and participating in everything from herd health to dairy... Read More -
04/03/23 - Pride and Pancakes: Three Decades of Celebrating InclusionUNH’s annual Pride and Pancakes breakfast commemorated two significant milestone anniversaries Tuesday morning – the 30th year of the event and the 50th year since the founding of... Read More -
03/31/23 - Research from Renowned Phycologist Now Archived at UNHIn fall 2022, Arthur Mathieson, professor emeritus of biology, phycologist and former head of the UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, passed away, leaving behind a legacy of... Read More -
03/23/23 - Dana Hamel Gives $20M to Create Honors and Scholars College at UNHThe University of New Hampshire has announced the creation of the Hamel Honors and Scholars College, set to open in fall of 2024 following a $20 million gift from Dana Hamel. Read More -
03/20/23 - UNH Sets Pettaway on Path to Professional Success, Personal GrowthAlana Pettaway’s mechanical engineering degree from the University of New Hampshire landed her a job as an industrial engineer at Pratt & Whitney — while also teaching her to... Read More -
03/13/23 - UNH Grads Fill Up '40 Under Forty' ListThe University of New Hampshire was well-represented on the Union Leader’s annual 40 Under Forty award list this year, with current and former undergraduate and graduate students... Read More -
03/06/23 - Embrace NH Tour Takes UNH Leaders into Granite State CommunitiesMembers of UNH's senior leadership team set out on a tour last November that took them all over New Hampshire to meet with Granite Staters, exploring the ways UNH’s partnerships... Read More -
03/06/23 - It Runs in the Family: Pincince Household Sends Seven Siblings to UNHBecca Pincince ’26 didn’t experience the brief period of anonymity most freshmen are granted during their first days on campus after she arrived last fall. Instead, numerous... Read More