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

  • Weiwei Mo, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering
    - Gaming Safe Drinking Water
    Weiwei Mo, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant. Read More
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    - Top Performers
    A team of UNH engineering students was recently selected as a finalist in the prestigious U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2021 Design Challenge.  The competition... Read More
  • According to New Hampshire Fish and Game and UNH researchers, New Hampshire has approximately 1,400 bobcats
    - People May Be Stressing Out NH’s Bobcats
    The bobcat, New Hampshire’s official state wildcat and a critical contributor to the sustainability of the state's forest ecosystem, may be being stressed out by human activity in... Read More
  • Experiment Station Presents Specialty Syrup Research Field Day
    - Experiment Station Presents Specialty Syrup Research Field Day
    Scientists with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture present the preliminary findings of the first assessment of sap... Read More
  • Q&A with Masami Dustin ‘21
    - Q&A with Masami Dustin ‘21
    When you came to UNH had you planned on weaving in a focus on social innovation or sustainability into your major and why?  I knew since my junior year of high school that I would... Read More
  • Using Business to Do Good
    - Using Business to Do Good
    When Shuili Du was a doctoral student at Boston University, the academic field of marketing still focused on the marketing mix (i.e., product, price, promotion and channel... Read More
  • UNH Endowment Investing Goes Green
    - UNH Endowment Investing Goes Green
    Did you know that as of July 30, 2020 UNH was ranked sixth among universities in the country for its sustainability practices, topped only by schools like Stanford University,... Read More
  • Introducing First-Year Students to Business Ethics
    - Introducing First-Year Students to Business Ethics
    Educated as an engineer and trained as philosopher, Betty Woodman spent many years in the corporate sector where she rose to the level of senior leadership and witnessed firsthand... Read More
  • Responsible Finance in Community Development
    - Responsible Finance in Community Development
    Michael Swack describes himself as “the son of an activist mom who grew up in Northeast Ohio.” He traces his own activist roots to his undergraduate years at the University of... Read More
  • Q&A with Geno Miller ‘17
    - Q&A with Geno Miller ‘17
    When you came to UNH had you planned on weaving in a focus on social innovation or sustainability into your major?  Yes, I did. I started my first business when I was 15 years old... Read More