John Mehrmann is a composer, pianist, organist, choir director, percussionist and teacher who resides in Maine with his wife, Abigail, and two sons. His musical talents encompass many genres and styles, from directing the a cappella choral ensemble VoXX: Voice of Twenty to composing soundtracks for feature films.

More than 1,500 students made presentations during this year’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), one of the largest and most diverse events of its kind in the country and a signature annual showcase of student research and scholarly work at UNH.

Although developments in biology over the past 20 years increasingly require researchers to use advanced quantita­tive skills such as mathematics, statistics and programming, biology students continue to often reach graduate school without the needed training in those areas.

Vianca Wahju ’24 will be trading her standard summer vacation this year for an immersive international study experience she hopes will more closely connect her to her heritage.

Northeast Passage has received a $25,000 commitment from Kennebunk Savings to support its programming in 2023, including adaptive sports programs for people with disabilities, active aging programs for seniors in southern Maine and similarity awareness inclusion programs in schools.

New research at the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and the Center for Acoustics Research & Education uses passive acoustic monitoring and metabarcoding seawater samples to provide a wholistic picture of marine habitat connectivity.

The annual issue of Inquiry is now available. The research journal offers articles and commentaries on undergraduate research from current and recently graduated UNH students.

UNH researcher Wil Wollheim maps and data to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that looked at households' willingness to pay for water quality improvements based on their connections to those locations.

The UNH community exceeded all expectations again with this year’s (603) Challenge — thank you for making this year another smashing success. This year’s challenge engaged a record number of supporters and raised more funds than ever, making this the ninth consecutive year we exceeded our previous year’s results.

Last week, the annual Graduate Research Conference, or GRC, took place with oral presentations on Monday and poster presentations on Tuesday filling up three rooms in Holloway Commons. There were 54 oral presentations and 89 poster presentations in all, a marked uptick from previous years.