Health
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 school-based mental health professionals. The program trains social workers to support student well-being and collaborate with educators through trauma-... Read More
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11/20/25UNH’s Dementia Care Robot Project Enters Home Testing
UNH researchers have begun real-world testing of AI-enabled robot in the homes of families caring for loved ones with dementia, exploring how the... -
11/18/25For Older Adults Without Children, Friendship Can Be a Lifeline
UNH research finds older adults without children experience more loneliness, but strong friendships significantly reduce it. Marital status also... -
11/18/25A New Model for Care: IOD Program Grad Takes Innovative Approach to Disability and Health
A graduate of a neurodevelopmental leadership education program at UNH’s Institute on Disability (IOD) is blazing a new trail in primary care for New... -
10/28/25Keeping New Hampshire’s Outdoors Open and Accessible
UNH alum Ladd Raine ’06 is helping keep New Hampshire’s outdoors open, safe, and sustainable. As president of the Rumney Climbers Association, he...
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10/16/20 - CHHS Announces New Research InstituteThe Institute for Excellence in Health and Social Systems partners with complex health and social systems to help populations live a good life in a good place. Read More -
10/05/20 - Unpacking Health Care and Policy in 2020Julie Rovner, noted health journalist from Kaiser Health News, outlined key factors impacting the current state of our health care system and what to watch for as the election and... Read More -
10/05/20 - Fighting Child VictimizationThree National Institute of Justice grants totaling more than $2 million will support UNH research on child sex trafficking and Internet crimes like sextortion and cyberstalking. Read More -
09/30/20 - Seacoast Online: Overall Effects of Coronavirus and Other PandemicsWhat does COVID-19 bring besides sickness and death, and what does it leave in its wake? Dr. Rosemary Caron, faculty fellow at Carsey, will give a Zoom presentation at on October... Read More -
09/24/20 - Research BoostChemical engineering professor Harish Vashisth has received a prestigious early career grant from the NIH, with which he'll further research that could lead to the development of... Read More -
08/26/20 - Opioid AvoidanceWith a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, UNH Extension will address opioid use in N.H. Read More -
08/03/20 - Boston 25 News: Covid ‘baby bust’ Expected with Half a Million Fewer Births Next YearKenneth Johnson, senior demographer with the Carsey School, says birth rates had been drifting down for years and then went off a cliff during the Great Recession more than a... Read More -
07/31/20 - Daily Mail: The Covid Baby BustKen Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, was recently interviewed by The Daily Mail regarding the diminishing U.S. birth rate. "Survey data already suggest women are... Read More -
06/30/20 - NH Business Review: Political Divide Could Complicate NH's Pandemic ResponseAccording to research conducted earlier this year by Lawrence Hamilton, professor and senior fellow at the Carsey School, Granite Staters are more likely to trust scientists than... Read More -
06/28/20 - CIBBR Announces New GrantsThe UNH Center for Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering Research (CIBBR) recently announced funding for research studying important human diseases that currently lack adequate... Read More