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Two CEPS Professors Honored With NSF CAREER Awards

Two professors from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) at UNH have been awarded the esteemed National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Development (CAREER) award. Chemistry’s Nate Oldenhuis and mechanical engineering’s Nathan Laxague were selected for the program that... Read More

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