Golfer Jesse Smith. Courtesy photo.

Parental pride. It’s almost a DNA thing; something that becomes part of a new parent’s marrow so that our children don’t actually have to even do anything to make chests swell.

This is for everyone who loves kayaking, or wants to love kayaking, or at least give it a try: Healthy UNH and Outdoor Adventures have teamed up to offer kayaking clinics and tours for faculty and staff during June and July.  

Recent inclement weather and the need to remove an unexpectedly large piece of granite put necessary safety modifications to the current drain system at the UNH outdoor pool behind schedule and delayed its opening until Monday, July 1, 2013. The university has opened the indoor pool in the Field House on Main Street extended hours to give those with an outdoor pool pass an opportunity to start the season.

President Mark Huddleston has been named to the Governor’s Commission on State Government Innovation, Efficiency and Transparency, created recently by Gov, Maggie Hassan as part of her continuing her efforts to reform state government to save taxpayer dollars and improve state services.

 The commission brings together experts from the private business, nonprofit, higher education and local government sectors to make recommendations for modernizing state government, improving efficiency, measuring the performance of state agencies and improving transparency to citizens. 

A major effort is underway to improve Web accessibility for faculty, staff, students and visitors with disabilities, and to ensure that all UNH resources are available to everyone.

As part of the university’s strong commitment to assuring all users can access the UNH web pages, the consulting firm SSB Bart ( https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/) has been hired to assist in crafting an accessibility plan.

A new proof by UNH mathematician Yitang “Tom” Zhang is being heralded as a breakthrough in the quest to solve one of the world’s oldest mathematical problems, one that many attribute to the Greek mathematician Euclid.  

Ruth Varner has been named the incoming director of the Joan and James Leitzel Center for Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education.  Her appointment begins August 19.