Education, Textbooks and Recycling

An app designed for educators to help them use experiential and social-emotional learning activities in their classrooms took first place in the 32nd Holloway Competition held earlier this month....

The Journey From Farm to Fork

Grace Stott’s interest in nutrition started in middle school. That’s when she knew she wanted her future to be in food. She thought that meant she’d be in the culinary world, where she hoped to make...

Fulbright Scholarships Extended

Katherine Heaney ’20G just received her master’s degree in secondary education. Her plan for September had been to travel to Spain to teach English for the next academic year. She is one of five UNH...

Privilege of Breaking into Earth Honored

Meghan Howey, professor of anthropology has been named a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Fellows receive $200,000 to fund research and writing aimed at addressing some of the most important issues...

Choosing to Stay

Before the coronavirus hit, the urgent care center where Glenn Hoffman ’77 works was seeing upwards of 100 patients a day. Today he and the staff treat fewer than 50 people daily and all of them...

Light Work

One morning during the first week of April, graduate student Castine Bernardy entered a deserted parking lot in Maine beside an empty car whose back hatch was  raised. Professor Jim Malley watched...

Getting the Gold

Alyssa Greig ‘21 and Audrey Coleman ‘21 will receive assistance with their college expenses next year as recipients of Goldwater Scholarships, considered the nation’s premier undergraduate honor for...

COVID-19: Webinar Series

Coronavirus. COVID-19. Pandemic. Within a matter of months, these words have become part of our daily vocabulary. And they prompt so many questions.

There's No Stopping Research

Twenty-one years ago, the inaugural UNH Undergraduate Research Conference fielded the work of some 159 students over the course of two days. Last year, on the 20th anniversary of the event, that...

Doing It All

Dylan Wheeler ’20 has been described as a person who lives in a universe with 28-hour days. Here’s why: he’s founded two startups and he hasn’t even graduated yet. He launched the first one during...

Promoting a Right Not a Privilege

In her application to become a 2020 Truman Scholar, Abrita Kuthumi ’21 proposed an idea that would provide educational resources for the lowest caste group in Nepal. She mapped out a plan offering...

Manufactured Agility

A few years ago, Tom Moulton ‘77 had a bad experience with a paper face mask. You know, the disposable kind that you might use if you had a cold and were heading out, or like Moulton, found yourself...

A Little Batch Of Helping

During spring break, Laura Howard ’20 helped sew face masks for area healthcare workers. Her mother and sister helped, too.

How The Show Will Go On

Some historical references place the first use of the expression “the show must go on” back in the 1800s when circus performers continued their acts regardless of tigers on the loose or falls from...

If You Need a Helping Hand

The Student Emergency Assistance Fund offers short-term assistance to students enrolled and taking classes at UNH who have an immediate financial crisis

The Doctor is Still In

The training UNH students received in the telehealth lab, and the equipment UNH has been able to share with area healthcare providers, is making a difference for those who might otherwise not be able...

People and Place and Need

James Smugereski ’19 never planned on working for a nonprofit. He was a business major, with a focus in finance. He interned at one of the country’s largest insurance companies — twice — and thought...

Be Smart. Be Safe. Get Outdoors.

This is not a typical UNH Today story. These are not typical times. In just a few short months, the coronavirus has led to the creation of a new language, one with phrases like “social distancing”...

Special Collections

One of UNH’s most vital libraries isn’t stocked with books and periodicals. Instead, it’s home to wings and antennae, pincers and stingers. And now, a $4.3 million grant from the National Science...

“I didn’t even know this kind of job existed”

Becky Sideman: I grew up on a farm that was in my family for six or seven generations. My mom still runs it with my sister. Both my parents farmed; I’ve been exposed to plants and animals since I was...

Hacking to Learn

Even though she’s a computer science major, Mallorie Biron ’20 had never participated in a 24-hour hackathon. But when she signed on for this year’s (the third) Hack NH, she found out that majors don...

Good Energy

There are times in the Pakistani neighborhood where Ali Asghar ’20 grew up that the electricity still goes out for hours; sometimes, half the day. It is estimated that some 50 million people across...

The Culture of Learning

An exchange student hears a different language.

Rocketing Toward His Future

The first time Thomas Collins’ father took him up in a plane at the Hampton Airfield it was in one of those small two-seaters that have flaps for doors. 

10 Weeks with DOE

The expression “a cast of thousands” could be applied to the volume of applicants the Department of Energy (DOE) receives each year for internships at one of its 17 laboratories.

Posing the Big Questions

 A path to teaching perspective.

A Village of Support

Advocates help a Somalian refugee attend college.

Red Sox And Mariners Internships Big Hit With Paul Senior

It’s the end of February. Heading toward spring. Meaning commencement is not far from sight. Many seniors are likely wondering what they’ll be doing come May, where they’ll be working or, if they’ve...

National Guard Medic and Student

Erin Linhares '20 took a year off from UNH to become an aerospace medic with the Air National Guard. She is still graduating on time.

League of Women Voters Turns 100

The League of Women Voters was founded Feb. 14, 1920, six months before the 19th Amendment was ratified.    

Leading the Vote

First in the nation. It’s the role in presidential primaries that New Hampshire has held since 1920, one that made Granite Staters tighten their grip and pass new legislation when that position was...

Learning What She Didn’t Know

Before Lihy Buchbinder ’21 arrived at UNH, she had a cultural experience that few students have: In 2014, after finishing her last two years of high school, she returned to her homeland to serve in...

Big Move Leads to UNH

Editor's Note: This is the latest installment in a series featuring UNH faculty telling their stories in their own words. André Brito, associate professor, agriculture, nutrition and food systems

Quietly Cultivating Opportunity

George Bergeron ’63 has this philosophy about giving: plant enough seeds and something will grow. He doesn’t care if anyone knows he did the planting; he just wants the results.

Giving Up a Little to Get a Lot

When Katie St. Pierre ’21 G was just starting her college career, she knew she wanted to go into nursing, but she was looking for a different experience.

Love of Everything Outside Set Course

Editor's Note: This is the latest installment in a series featuring UNH faculty telling their stories in their own words. Mary Stampone, associate professor of geography, state climatologist "My...

A Connection to the Land

Editor's Note: This is the latest installment in a series featuring UNH faculty telling their stories in their own words. Becky Sideman, Extension sustainable horticulture specialist, professor of...

Animal Dreams

Bailey Travers ’23 decided she wanted to be a veterinarian before she knew exactly what that involved

Making Room for Science

Spaulding Hall was built in 1960. Except for a partial renovation almost 40 years later, nothing has been done to the science building since then — making the in-progress renovations and planned...

Second-Language Skills

Solimar Collado ’18G was 11 years old when she learned English. She’s self-taught. After graduating from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Collado gave ESL lessons to local adults. Now she’s...

Prompting a Central Question

Editor's Note: This is the latest installment in a series featuring UNH faculty telling their stories in their own words. Andrew Coppens, assistant professor of education in learning sciences

Creating Insect Libraries

Istvan Miko compares the 700,000 specimens in UNH’s insects and other arthropods collection to “books in the library of life.”

Anchored in Engineering

What was meant to be a quick stop at a recruiter’s office so a friend could drop something off led to an eight-year career in the Navy for Charity Reed ’21.

Space Exploration: The Audacity to Look Up

Charlie Nitschelm had his job applications related to space exploration automatically rejected since he was a freshman. Then he had one of those chance life moments with just about the biggest player...

Far From the Factory Floor

“Growing up in East Rochester, New Hampshire, my friends and I would often go exploring in an old abandoned shoe factory near my house. 

Seeing Beauty in Math

Before Pratik Aghor came to UNH to get his Ph.D. he already knew of associate professor John Gibson's work in applied mathematics. In fact, Gibson is pretty much why he came here. And while it’s not...

A Fortuitous Major

Larry Mayer, director, Center for Coastal And Ocean Mapping

Second-Language Skills

Solimar Collado '18G was 11 years old when she learned English. She’s self-taught. After graduating from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Collado used those skills to teach ESL classes to...

Thank You for Your Service

Karen Gilbert was in the Air Force. Penny Watson served in the Marine Corps and Jessica Willis was deployed to Iraq twice during her time in the Army.

Affirming Potential

Two UNH students are receiving help with their education through the Goldwater Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships of up to $7,500 a year.