UNH Announces Tuition-Free Plan for Hundreds of NH Students

The University of New Hampshire is launching a new program in the fall that guarantees all full-time, first-year New Hampshire students receiving federal Pell grants will pay no tuition to attend the...

Collaborating on Humanities

UNH and CCSNH have received a Mellon Foundation grant to support the study of humanities.

UNH and CCSNH Receive Mellon Foundation Grant to Support the Humanities

Thanks to a $824,000 grant over three years from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University of New Hampshire and the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) will establish the New...

Phi Beta Kappa Member and UNH Trustee Donates $8 Million to UNH

Judith “Jude” Blake ’77 has pledged $8 million of her estate to UNH to support students in the business college as well as to enable more students to participate in the university’s Northeast Passage...

UNH Alumna Pledges $8M To Expand Support for Students

Judith “Jude” Blake ’77 has pledged $8 million of her estate to the University of New Hampshire to support students.

Mild Memories

Illustration by Hal Mayforth

UNH Kicks Off 150th Anniversary

It was a roaring good time in the Whitt Friday night. Here are the highlights.

UNH Celebrates Its 150th with Application Fee Waiver for All N.H. Residents

Thousands of Granite State high school students will save $50 when they apply to the University of New Hampshire for fall 2017 in celebration of the flagship public research university’s 150th...

The Librarian's Gift

For nearly 50 years, Robert Morin ’63 worked as a cataloguer in Dimond Library. He was known to live simply, and few suspected he had quietly amassed a $4 million estate.

UNH Research Finds Hispanic Children Least Likely to Have Health Insurance

Citizenship status is the main reason Hispanic children are less likely to have health insurance than black or white children, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the...

UNH Research Finds Winter Warmth Recollections Depend on Climate Beliefs

New Hampshire residents who do not believe that human activities are changing the climate, and also those who identify as political independents or Tea Party supporters, were less likely to recall...

UNH Demographer Finds New Birth Data Reflect Fewer Births in U.S. in the Post-Recession Era

Review of new birth data released late last week by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) finds no evidence of any increase in births or birth rates in the U.S. after the Great Recession. 

UNH Research: Towns Working Together Makes Clean Water Cheaper

Communities addressing clean water regulatory requirements for the Great Bay Estuary would save over $100 million through greater collaboration and integrated planning.

Ken Johnson Named Carnegie Fellow

Ken Johnson, professor of sociology and senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy, is one of only 33 scholars from around the country to be named a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.

UNH Research Finds Older Adults Not Receiving the Care They Need

More than one-third of all adults in the United States aged 65 and older do not receive the care they need, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New...

Gould Receives Guggenheim

Eliga Gould, professor of history, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Haass To Address Class of 2016

Richard Haass, the U.S. envoy to the most recent Northern Ireland peace process and currently the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, will deliver the University of New Hampshire...

ISS Investigating Identity Theft

UNH Information Security Services (ISS) is currently investigating cases where university personnel—both faculty and staff—have experienced identity theft related to tax filing. Tax-related identity...

President Huddleston Highlights University’s 150-Year History

Previewing a year that will celebrate 150 years of the University of New Hampshire and the launch of the largest fundraising campaign in its history, UNH President Mark Huddleston said during his...

Review of Thompson School Calls for a Return to Its Roots

The Thompson School of Applied Science fills a unique need in the state, providing an associates level, job-ready education in the areas of land, food and animals that community colleges don’t and/or...

Prof. Tom Laue Named Innovator of the Year at UNHInnovation Event

UNHInnovation at the University of New Hampshire recently announced the establishment of a new center as well as a mentoring network and a seed fund to expand entrepreneurship throughout the...

Tom Gounley Talks About Being the Student Behind the Fake Prez Huddleston Twitter Account

 

UNH Opens Employee Health Clinic to Help Cut Costs

The University of New Hampshire is aggressively pursuing health care savings and one of the first programs in this comprehensive effort is the opening Feb. 27, of an on-campus clinic for faculty and...