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

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    - Independence Day
    At 34, after a degenerative nerve disorder left her unable to live on her own, Michelle Schladenhauffen entered a brain-injury rehabilitation center in Kennebunk, Maine.... Read More
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    - Science Education Gets Real at Sanborn Regional
    Students study a watershed model from the Dept. of Environmental Services. "Science is dirty!" "It’s too hard!" "We don't have the tools we need!" Sound familiar? These were a few... Read More
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  • James Boniakowski  with organic farming club
    - Organic Garden Club
    The university’s Organic Garden Club is harvesting fruits and vegetables daily. Check out their market Fridays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. outside the library in the Murkland Quad or... Read More
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    - The Yin and Yang of Coastal Carbon
    UNH carbon dioxide sentinel buoy off Appledore Island after January 2013 Nor'easter. Photo by Shawn Shellito, UNH-EOS. Back in the spring of 2004, when the Center for Coastal... Read More
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    - One Potato, Two Potato, Sea Potato
    University of New Hampshire graduate student Hannah Traggis holds Colpomenia peregrina found at Fort Stark in New Castle in April 2012. Credit: Hannah Traggis There’s a new... Read More
  • women in science students
    - Upstream Impact
    Students from the Biotechnology Program at Dover High School visited the UNH campus to learn about graduate level research. The visit was organized by the UNH Women in Science... Read More
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    - Featured Video
    Marine biology major Sarah VanHorn '13, who created a blog called Fishues to promote local fishing in the state, is the most recent UNH student to be featured in the University's... Read More
  • women's lacrosse
    - Big Wins
    As the only team ever to lay claim to an NCAA title, women’s lacrosse has long been a point of pride for the UNH Athletics community. But until recently, it was also one of the... Read More
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    - He Changed How Children Are Taught to Write
    Thomas Newkirk, professor of English at the University of New Hampshire Photo by Perry Smith, UNH Photographic Services Up until Donald Graves’ pioneering work on literacy, the... Read More