Sociology
Keeping Kids Safe Online
UNH researchers were major contributors to the new World Health Organization report "What works to prevent online violence against children." Read More
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10/26/22Brothers and Sisters
The Crimes Against Children Research Center is establishing a new initiative that will work to change the perception that sibling aggression and... -
10/18/22'On the Shoulders of Giants'
Stephanie Bramlett ’06G ’11G admits that she received a jolt of exhilaration when she first discovered more than 25,000 YouTube views on the TEDx... -
10/17/22Saluting Faculty Excellence
Every year, a chosen few of UNH’s outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their... -
10/14/22Beyond "Stranger Danger"
Sixteen percent of young adults in the U.S. have experienced sexual abuse online, finds a new study from UNH researchers.
Recent Stories
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05/19/15 - Peg Kirkpatrick: First-Hand Knowledge of Student Need"Friendly's paid for my first year, and Newick's paid for my last three," Peg Kirkpatrick likes to say of the jobs she worked to pay her own way through UNH as an undergrad. The... Read More -
02/12/15 - Potter’s Public ServiceSharyn Potter has been involved in efforts to prevent sexual violence since she was a freshman in college. For the past decade, as associate professor in the UNH department of... Read More -
11/18/14 - In Science We Trust?Gun control. Abortion. The death penalty. You wouldn’t be alone in assuming that these are the hot-button issues that create the widest philosophical and political divide between... Read More -
10/28/14 - UNH Research: School Districts Continue to Restrain and Seclude Students with a DisabilityDespite numerous states making policy revisions in recent years, students with disabilities in some school districts are restrained and secluded at an alarming rates, according to... Read More -
10/08/14 - It’s Alive!A new project led by UNH engineers will transform the Memorial Bridge over the Piscataqua River into a “living” bridge that could change the way we look at bridges and... Read More -
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02/06/14 - The View from the CoastTom Safford “There isn’t an environmental issue that isn’t a people issue,” contends sociologist Tom Safford. That’s a critical point for this associate professor whose research... Read More -
12/19/13 - The Case Against SpankingMurray Straus, founder and co-director of the UNH Family Research Laboratory and professor emeritus of sociology, discusses the long-term implications of spanking. A new book by... Read More -
10/10/13 - Sibling Aggression and Mental HealthWhen Corinna Jenkins Tucker learned that her study linking the effects of sibling aggression to poor mental health outcomes would be published in the journal Pediatrics, she was... Read More -
03/07/13 - Children of Balkan War Trauma Victims Struggling, UNH Research FindsLarry French and co-author Lidija Nikolic-Novakovic detail how the Gulf and Balkan wars added new dimensions to the traditional definition of post-traumatic stress disorder, or... Read More