An interview with Michael Palace,research assistant professor, UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space and UNH Department of Earth Sciences, UNHSI Biodiversity Education Initiative Faculty Fellows

Physical fences will soon replace electric fences at UNH’s Woodman and Kingman farms in an effort to protect the teaching and research facilities from deer. The woodland areas at both farms will remain outside the deer fences and the gates will be open to the public weekdays during farm staff work hours. 

Two delegations of international visitors from Japan, and Israel and the Palestinian Territories recently visited UNH to learn about the Green Launching Pad and New Hampshire’s green innovation efforts.  

Marisa Forti was presented with the UNH at Manchester’s Staff Excellence award in June. Forti joined the college in 2009 and serves as an academic counselor in the Academic Counseling Office and coordinator of both the College Transition Program and Study Away programs. The annual award is presented to a staff member of the UNH community who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and

The University System of New Hampshire's board of trustees voted unanimously to name Todd Leach chancellor at its quarterly business meeting June 28, 2013. Leach has been serving as interim chancellor since March 2, when former Chancellor Ed MacKay retired.

U.S. lodging executives’ sentiment about general business conditions was up slightly in May compared to the prior month, according to the UNH Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) for the current month ending May 2013. The index moved from 69.3 in April 2013 to 71.2 in May 2013. 

The board of directors of the UNH Alumni Association recently voted to provide $25,000 toward the construction of the STEM Discovery Lab in UNH Manchester’s new space in the Pandora building. This contribution was made in recognition of the importance of the project in furthering a joint effort among the state's institutions of higher education to double the number of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines by 2025.

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