To:         Members of the University Community                                                               

From:    Dick Cannon, Vice President for Finance & Administration

Re:       Curtailed Operations – Normal Work Week and Weekends

As we approach the winter season, I want to remind each of you of the University’s policies and procedures for declaring curtailed operations.  Although we hope for a mild winter, we must be prepared for extreme weather situations.  Please note, this year we are continuing...

I.  Roll – The following senators were absent:  Connelly, Pescosolido, Shore, Simos, Veal, and Woods.  Guests were Mark Huddleston, John Aber, Mark Rubinstein, Petr Brym, Faye Richardson and Sonic Woytonik.

II.  Remarks by and questions to the president – President Huddleston said that this Thursday at the state of the university address he will discuss some current initiatives.  He said that the advocacy campaign, to ask legislators to restore university funding which was recently slashed, seems to be going fairly well.  Also, the leadership phase of the capital campaign is in full swing; and Deborah Dutton has been hired as the new vice president for advancement.  The effort to change the relationship of UNH to the chancellor’s office has borne fruit over the last year; and UNH now has more...

A new grant from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation of Boston will help New England build its capacity to feed itself. The Kendall Foundation board announced today it has awarded Food Solutions New England (FSNE), an initiative of the Sustainability Institute at UNH, $185,000 to further its regional food system work. The funding will support a year-long design process that will strengthen collaboration and collective impact of the FSNE network across New England. The aim of the network...

University officials have learned that the artificial turf surface installed at Memorial Field in 2002 has degraded to a point where measurable lead levels have been detected in dust samples taken on the surface of the field. As a result the field has been closed, effective immediately. Any remaining varsity team practices and games will be rescheduled and relocated, and the field will be replaced as soon as possible. 

“The safety and well-being of our students, staff and faculty, as well as our many visitors, is of the utmost importance,” said Director of Athletics Marty Scarano. “We felt any risk of exposure to lead was too much and that closing the field was the right thing to do.” 

Currently there are no standards for lead levels for outdoor artificial turf fields. The closest relevant health standard is a limit for lead dust on...

The Center for Family Business at UNH will launch its next leadership development program Tuesday, Oct. 30. The leadership development program assists the next generation to assume greater leadership roles in their family businesses. Attendees develop confidence, plan for the future, learn to apply new management skills to company projects and build a peer network of support. The program is taught by faculty of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

 The program includes sessions on:

 Understanding effective leadership.

• Building self-awareness and a personal vision.
• Motivating employees.
• Building a synergistic team.
• Managing confrontation and conflict.
• Becoming a resonant leader in the organization. 

The eight-session program meets once a month for full-day work sessions. A certificate in family business leadership will be awarded to those who successfully complete the program. For...

Authentic Italian-American cuisine is on the menu for the next gourmet dinner hosted by the Department of Hospitality Management, and for the first time, the dinner will feature the pop-up restaurant concept.

A new trend in the hospitality industry, pop-up restaurants appear in surprise locations and offer guests access to delicious new foods and restaurant experiences.

The pop-up restaurant VentiQuattro – Italian for 24 and representing the number of students participating in the gourmet dinner class -- will open its doors at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, at Stillings Hall. Guests will enjoy a cocktail hour of passed hors d’oeuvres, beer from Smuttynose Brewing Co., and wine from E & J Gallo Winery.

Highlights of the gourmet dinner include pear and ricotta ravioli, roasted beef tenderloin, and truffle-infused mashed potatoes. “The food is going to be bold, flavorful, and diverse in its origin. The menu’s inspiration stems from a variety of...

In a paper published in the journal Nature, scientists explain why salt marshes have been disintegrating during the past two decades along the U.S. Eastern seaboard and other highly developed coastlines. Unexpectedly, they discovered that nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from septic and sewer systems and lawn fertilizers can cause salt marsh loss.  

The researchers, including aquatic ecosystem ecologist Wilfred Wollheim of UNH, based their findings on a long-term, large-scale study of salt marsh landscapes in an undeveloped coastline section of the Plum Island Estuary in Massachusetts. A nitrogen flux model Wollheim developed was used to demonstrate potential areas of global vulnerability.

 "With nutrient enrichment increasing globally due to human activities, these results suggest salt marsh vulnerability to nitrogen pollution could be a widespread concern," says Wollheim, an assistant professor in the UNH department of natural...