COVID Collaboration

UNH has launched six new interdisciplinary research projects aimed at addressing the challenges of coronavirus.

Editor’s Note

Welcome to SPARK, UNH’s annual review of research and scholarship

Warming a Cold Case

UNH anthropologist helps identify century-old remains

Fossil Frenzy

Paleontologists assist in “game-changing” fossil find

Insider Wisdom

UNH president decodes academia for business people

Paths to Prosperity

Cooperative Extension connects towns with their “nature economies”

Dam Dilemma

Majority in N.H. favor removing dams unless they’re providing power

NEH Award to Michael Leese

Michael Leese, assistant professor of history, has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend award to work on his second book, which will focus on the role of institutions in...

Printing Protection

UNH's 3D printers are contributing to the COVID-19 effort by printing parts for medical face shields. Photo by Heather MacNeill.

Poised to Take Great Leaps

MARIAN MCCORD, UNH’s new senior vice provost for research, economic engagement and outreach, describes herself as a “firm supporter and fan of” the mission of land-grant universities. “Universities...

Cold Case, Hot Science

Provost of Invention

UNH provost Wayne Jones — also an inorganic chemist, materials scientist and patent-holder — has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

What’s the Buzz?

A new study looks at the "almost-social" North American carpenter bee to better understand how honeybees evolved such complex social lives.

Warming a Cold Case

UNH anthropology lecturer Amy Michael helped crack a cold case of more than a century, identifying the remains of outlaw Joseph Henry Loveless in Idaho.

Eyes on the XPRIZE

Today, less than 10 percent of the world’s oceans have been mapped to high resolution. But efforts to map the remaining 90 percent could happen more quickly than previously expected, thanks in part...

OCEAN GLIMR

In August, UNH received from NASA its largest-ever single research contract: $107.9 million to develop a space-based instrument to study coastal ecosystems near the Gulf of Mexico. Led by research...

Highly Cited

Two UNH faculty members — professor of sociology David Finkelhor and professor of natural resources Serita Frey — are among the Web of Science Group’s 2019 Highly Cited Researchers. 

Fossil Bonanza

UNH researchers contributed to a major study that shows how life on Earth rebounded after an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Communicating Scholarship

UNH’s second annual Research Communications Academy (RCA), scheduled for spring semester 2020, is now accepting applications.

Innovating Campus Sustainability

Jennifer Andrews ’02, ’08G and Allison Leach ’18G of the UNH Sustainaibility Institute (UNHSI) have been named the 2019 J. Brent Loy Innovators of the Year.

For Teens, Outdoors Is Greater

A new study from UNH has found that adventure therapy is less expensive and more effecitve than traditional therapy.

CoRE Support

Interdisciplinary research projects receive support.

Cool Honor

UNH has received an award from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

NASA Lands at UNH

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen meet with faculty members and students working on space science projects.  

Informing Arsenic Policy With Research

Research from a team of economics researchers from UNH helped New Hampshire pass lower limits for arsenic in municipal drinking water.

Dam Dilemma

New survey data shows that New Hampshire residents favor removing dams unless they're providing hydropower.

Making Climate Connections

Tamara Marcus researching methane emissions from permafrost in northern Sweden. Photo by Ruth Varner.

Pounding the Pavement

New research from UNH shows that thicker asphalt could extend the life cycle of roads — and save money — as the effects of climate change stress them.

Potter Testifies

Sharyn Potter of UNH's Prevention Innovations Research Center testified recently before a House of Representatives veteran affairs subcommittee.

A Closer Look

NUMIFORM attendees tour the John Olson Center for Advanced Manufacturing with UNH faculty.

Crabs in Peril

New research from UNH has found that horseshoe crabs, whose blue blood is harvested by the biomedical industry for its unique ability to test devices and injectable drugs for contamination, spawn...

UNH Alumni Team Wins XPRIZE

A team of UNH alumni has won the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a global competition to advance deep-sea technologies for ocean floor exploration.

Inquiring Minds

UNH's Inquiry journal highlights undergraduate research.

Microbial Mystery

Cheryl Andam, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences, has received a major NSF CAREER award.

Increasing UNH’s Impact

Faculty, grad students complete first-ever Research Communications Academy.

Research on the Edge

See why UNH is among the nation’s top research universities.

Finish-Line Fellowship

UNH doctoral student Melissa Meléndez-Oyola has received a prestigious Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship.

CAREER Success Times Two

Two UNH faculty receive prestigious NSF early career awards.

Engineering Neuroscience

Edward Song, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

Melting Arctic

An international panel of researchers, including UNH's Larry Mayer and Nancy Kinner, will discuss Arctic change and melting.

Mighty Mice

Desert rodents could help humans survive dehydration.

Head of the Class(ification)

UNH has achieved top-tier research recognition.

Fishing for Fortunes

From the icy waters of the Gulf of Maine to clean drinking water in East Africa, UNH innovations enhance economic opportunities.

A Closing Inquiry

James W. Dean Jr., who became UNH's 20th president in June 2018, speaks with senior vice provost for research Jan Nisbet about partnerships, research and his vision for UNH.

New to the Faculty

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a theoretical cosmologist whose scholarship breaks down intellectual and disciplinary barriers.

Biotech Innovators

David Hallal ’88 and Mike Paglia ’02G are united in ElevateBio, a new venture for cell and gene therapy innovation.

Sculpture Spaces

Assistant professor of sculpture Sachiko Akiyama received a major grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

Next in XPRIZE

More than 80 percent of our Earth’s seafloor is not mapped to high resolution; we have a clearer picture of the surface of Mars than of the ocean floor. A team of UNH alumni has created an ocean...

Insights on a Changing Climate

UNH research left its mark on the monumental Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in November 2018 by 13 government agencies. Jennifer Jacobs, professor of civil and environmental engineering...

Black Hole Discovery

A team of space scientists led by UNH Space Science Center research assistant professor Dacheng Lin discovered an elusive intermediate mass black hole when the researchers spied it (thanks to a trio...