Sustainability

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UNH Positions Students, Businesses to Thrive in Wake of SEC Climate Disclosure Ruling

In March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the first-ever national climate disclosure rule, a decision signifying that publicly traded companies will be legally required to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other climate risk factors for the first time. It’s a... Read More

Recent Stories

  • Assistant professor Tom Haines poses in front of dump trucks/
    - A Quest to Explore Renewable Energy
    Tom Haines’ spring break was a bit out of the ordinary. During the course of 10 days in March, Haines trekked 50 miles across the Texas Panhandle and slept at local farms. He... Read More
  • UNH's Ryan Stephens finds a truffle in the Bartlett Experimental Forest.
    - Finding Five New Truffles
    UNH researchers supported by the NH Agricultural Experiment Station have identified and described five new truffle species, including two that have been found only in New... Read More
  • Underwater shot of reddish seaweed
    - Ocean Invasives
    UNH researchers looked at seaweed populations during the last 30 years in the Gulf of Maine. Read More
  • James Farrell and David Kaye at networking event
    - Sparking Solutions
    Many efforts within the College of Liberal Arts are addressing the pressing problems of our time. Read More
  • SPARK 2017
    - SPARK 2017
    Flip through the most recent issue of SPARK, UNH’s annual research review. Read More
  • UNH plant breeding
    - Breeding Success
    In 1951, the "New Hampshire Midget" watermelon, developed at UNH by Albert F. Yeager, then head of the university’s horticulture department, won a gold medal in the All-American... Read More
  • All Colleges Symposium at UNH
    - Research Daily Dispatch
    Updated daily, the dispatch highlights URC happenings and coming events. Read More
  • Project O.A.S.I.S.
    - Engineering an Oasis
    Growing up in India, Sid Nigam ’16 saw plenty of food insecurity and malnutrition. At UNH, the mechanical engineering student channeled a passion for sustainable, affordable food... Read More
  • Graduate student Allison Leach in front of a research poster
    - How's Your Nitrogen Footprint?
    Sustainability leadership efforts have contributed to a groundbreaking initiative to measure and reduce the nitrogen footprint on campus. Read More
  • UNH Marine Science
    - Research on the Edge: Marine Science
    In June, UNH added the R/V Gulf Surveyor, a 48-foot aluminum vessel with the capability to deploy sophisticated multi-beam echo sounders, to its research fleet. The vessel will... Read More