Innovation

Recent Stories

  • emerald ash borer larvae
    - Extension Enlists Allies to Battle Ash Tree Pest
    Emerald ash borer larvae eat away new wood that supports tree growth. The shiny green, half-inch-long bugs on display one recent evening at Canterbury Shaker Village don’t sting... Read More
  • crossword puzzle
    - Get Puzzled!
    Brendan Emmett Quigley '96 is a professional puzzle maker whose work appears regularly in The New York Times. Among other outlets, Quigley's puzzles also run in the The Los... Read More
  • carol fisher, puppet faculty, office collage
    - The Office
    Click here for a closer look! If visitors don't know ahead of time that Carol Fisher (below) has a thing for puppets, they certainly get the memo the instant they open the door to... Read More
  • Hackers
    - Hackers Beware
    This spring, some of the world's wiliest hackers gathered at UNH in an attempt to bring down powerful corporate networks. But no one on campus was worried; in fact, the hackers... Read More
  • Robotics Competition
    - Mind Games
    They waved banners and wore face paint, but the screaming fans who filled Lundholm Gym to capacity March 6 and 7 weren't in Durham for a sports event—they were teams facing off in... Read More
  • students at research project site, collecting nitrogen through urine
    - Reduce, Reuse, Peecycle
    Visitors to downtown Durham this spring might have noticed students sporting an unusual accessory: a sticker with a yellow droplet on it proclaiming "I donated my nitrogen." No... Read More
  • pine tree closeup
    - Forest Sentinels
    Imagine a class full of students arrayed around a white pine tree in a 30-meter square, staring up through toilet paper tubes at the foliage. Now imagine a satellite 500 miles... Read More
  • students and researchers measuring rooftop snow
    - Weight Watchers
    Winter 2014's snowstorms and attendant roof collapse warnings may be a distant memory now, but a team of students and professors at UNH-Manchester has 2015 in its sights with a... Read More
  • students and teache during opera camp
    - Operatunity Awaits
    It’s “tech week” in the Hennessy Theatre for the music majors and local singers participating in the UNH Youth Opera Pilot Program at the University of New Hampshire It all... Read More
  • emma brown presenting her research
    - Wicked Cool Research
    Boston is a wicked cool town. It’s got the wicked awesome Red Sox and a wicked hard marathon and wicked fun swan boats in the Frog Pond at the Common, and, according to Urban... Read More