College of Liberal Arts
Mayer Receives Distinguished Professor Award for 2025
Get to know John (Jack) Mayer, the recipient of UNH's 2025 Distinguished Professor Award, given out during UNH's annual Faculty Excellence celebration in November. Mayer was referred to as a "bit of a rock star" by a colleague in his nomination, lauded for his dedication to students and down-to-... Read More-
12/09/25
A Space to Heal: How a ‘Lifeline’ of Support at UNH Helped Student Rebuild After Crisis
Mikaela Belanger ’26 knows better than most how dramatically life can change in the blink of an eye. For years, she dreamed of saving enough to... -
12/02/25
New UNH Certificate Prepares Social Workers to Support Student Mental Health
UNH is launching a new online Trauma-Informed School Social Work Graduate Certificate in spring 2026 to help address New Hampshire’s shortage of... -
11/18/25
Joyful Acts of Writing
Those who happened to walk by Rooms 334–340 of the MUB on Oct. 30 might have noticed a group of younger-than-usual students deep in thought and... -
11/18/25
Henn Honored With 2025 Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching
Meet Mark Henn, principal lecturer in the UNH psychology department, who was named the recipient of the 2025 Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in...
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07/17/17 - The Concord Monitor: The ‘baby bust’ is going to produce a lot of big problems. Let’s hope it continues"That transitional period will be very Difficukt for any society," said Ken Johnson, a dfemographer with the University of New Hampshire who is the state's go-to-guy for analysis... Read More
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07/16/17 - My Dayton Daily News: We’re having fewer babies and employers, schools will feel itThere is a dearth of births in the United States and if the trend continues it could further aggravate existing problems employers are having finding workers. In fact, an... Read More
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07/13/17 - Four Graduates in Four CountriesFour recent graduates of UNH will be abroad this fall studying, teaching and conducting research through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Read More
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06/30/17 - Governing: What America’s ‘Baby Bust’ Means for Public PolicyNewly-released federal estimates find that the fertility rate fell further last year to 62.0 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, a historic low. In fact, 4 million fewer babies... Read More
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06/29/17 - The New Hampshire Journal: Research Shows Clinton Loss Is More Complex Than a Simple Urban-Rural DivideResearch was released this week by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire and was conducted by Dante Scala — associate professor of political... Read More
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06/20/17 - Jennifer Latson (MFA 2013) publishes novel 'The Boy Who Loved Too Much', Simon & Schuster, June 2017Jennifer Latson, 2013 recipient of an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of New Hampshire has published her first novel. 'The Boy Who Loved Too Much' is receiving... Read More
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06/20/17 - CoRE Strength“Universities have departments but the world has problems,” goes the old adage. UNH’s new annual Collaborative Research Excellence (CoRE) initiative, supported by the Office of... Read More
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06/15/17 - Vox: Those who leave home, and those who stayKen Johnson, a University of New Hampshire demographer, told me, "It's a theme that runs through a lot of the historical research on rural America. Rural communities lose the... Read More
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06/14/17 - Caught in the Act: WanderkookWhen the New Hampshire Theatre Project presents the Circulus production of "The Adventures of Oliver Z. Wanderkook" this month, it will be a UNH reunion of sorts. Read More























































