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Watch UNH President Jim Dean's Address from TEDx Portsmouth

University of New Hampshire President Jim Dean was a featured speaker at the 2023 TEDx Portsmouth event held May 12 at the Music Hall, delivering a speech entitled "Why College Students Need Shakespeare Now More Than Ever." In it, Dean addresses how to prepare students for an uncertain future, making a "compelling case that integrating the humanities with STEM, business and health care is what will equip graduates with the complex, creative problem solving needed in the 21st century," according to the TEDx Portsmouth post of the video on YouTube.

Building Bridges, Opening Doors

Lisa Nash ’89, ’90G is brimming with enthusiasm as she discusses the Bridge Project, a weeklong program for teens that she and Hannah Miller ’21 developed and teach each summer at UNH Tech Camp. Focused on the many and varied engineering principles that go into designing and constructing a bridge, the program features an array of hands-on activities, demonstrations, field trips and guest speakers.

Compelled by Complexities

Dr. Carolyn Arcand doesn’t shy away from the issues and intricacies of the world; she embraces them. 

“I'm always keeping an eye on things that are unfolding around me in terms of policy relevance,” she says. “I've always been interested in the complexity of how policies come together.”