College of Life Sciences & Agriculture

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  • science students at sanborn high school
    - Science Education Gets Real at Sanborn Regional
    Students study a watershed model from the Dept. of Environmental Services. "Science is dirty!" "It’s too hard!" "We don't have the tools we need!" Sound familiar? These were a few... Read More
  • entomology professor thomas fisher
    - Bug Man
    Entomology Professor G. Thomas Fisher was better known by his epithet of “bug man” -- not only because he taught basic entomology, but because when he taught he became the insects... Read More
  • women in science students
    - Upstream Impact
    Students from the Biotechnology Program at Dover High School visited the UNH campus to learn about graduate level research. The visit was organized by the UNH Women in Science... Read More
  • local farmers in UNH winter greenhouse with lettuce
    - A Lettuce in Winter?
    A UNH alumnus and co-owner of Demers Garden Center, a perennial and bedding plant mecca in the southeast corner of Manchester, Robert Demers has 22,000 square feet of greenhouse... Read More
  • nancy fernades in the lab
    - Graduate Students Win Prestigious Fellowships
    NSF Fellowship graduate student Nancy Fernades studying epigenetics in a lab at Gregg Hall Four University of New Hampshire students received the highly competitive National... Read More
  • students witn horse skeletal demonstration
    - All about Horses
    Equine Program seniors (from left) Emily Hodgman, Adele Breitholtz, Katherine Foley, and Alyssa Milano, prepare Reese, the "Visible Horse," for a presentation at the "Equine... Read More
  • joanne burke teaching a class
    - Nutritional Scientist Wins National Honor
    "I believe that in a country that produces so much food all Americans should have access to a healthy diet." --Joanne Burke, director of the Dietetic Internship at UNH At a time... Read More
  • emily mckeen cutting lettuce from garden
    - Farm to Fork to Fertilizer: New Course Takes Salad Greens Full Circle
    Order a salad at UNH’s popular Dairy Bar restaurant, and you join a closed loop of sustainability: The greens were grown on campus, less than a mile away, by students in the... Read More
  • student utilizing new research technology
    - The Speed They Need
    High-tech genomic analysis is transforming the work of researchers around the state. Read More
  • serita freg
    - Serita Frey’s Research Probes Climate Change’s Impact on Soils
    Thanks to the past year’s wild weather, we’re all aware of the impact of climate change on humans and our built environment – homes, roads, rivers, farms, bridges. A new paper in... Read More