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  • UNH Business College Offers Tax Preparation Help to Low-Income Residents

    The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics is offering tax preparation help to low-income residents.

    The students, all accounting majors, are certified tax preparers with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a collaboration among the university, Internal Revenue Service, Northeast Credit Union and the Creating Assets, Savings, and Hope (CASH) Coalition of Southeastern New Hampshire.

    UNH volunteers will be available:

    • Friday, Feb. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MUB, Room 207. 
    • Friday, Feb. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MUB, Room 207.

    The VITA program offers free tax help to low-income residents who need help preparing their own tax returns. The UNH students providing the help are graduates and undergraduates who are IRS VITA-certified to help prepare basic tax returns. This is the ninth year UNH students have volunteered for the program and over the years have helped hundreds of Granite Staters....

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  • History Professor Becomes US Citizen

     

     Jan Golinski, professor of history, became an American citizen Friday, Feb. 1, during a naturalization ceremony in Concord. A British citizen who has taught at UNH since 1990, Golinski led the Pledge of Allegiance for the group.

    He is shown with U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante, Gov. Maggie Hassan, U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, and UNH School of Law Dean John Broderick. 

    “I was delighted to be able to receive my U.S. Citizenship in a ceremony at the new UNH School of Law. It was a great pleasure to meet the dignitaries and the other new citizens from many countries who attended,” Golinski said.

     

     

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  • President Huddleston Announces Chairs of Search Committee to Replace John Aber

    After the recent announcement that John Aber will step down as provost at the end of this academic year, President Mark Huddleston announced the appointment of Ken Fuld, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Nancy Kinner, university professor of civil and environmental engineering, as co-chairs of the provost search committee. 

    “John has done extraordinary work as UNH’s chief academic officer, and it will require great care to identify an appropriate successor,” Huddleston said. “Because we have a deep reservoir of talent at the University of New Hampshire, I have decided to make this an internal, rather than an external, search. While there is something to be said for casting the widest possible net in filling a senior position, including the opportunity to add new perspectives and fresh ideas to our campus community, the pressures on this university remain very real. Identifying a strong internal candidate, someone familiar with the challenges of UNH, assures the...

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  • Seacoast Science Café Explores Lyme Disease, Lead Poisoning Feb. 13

    Public health in New Hampshire is the subject of the next Seacoast Science Café at the Portsmouth Brewery Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at 6 p.m. At the first in the spring series of cafes, UNH professors Michael Palace and Rosemary Caron will discuss two health threats familiar to New Englanders: Lyme disease and lead poisoning. 

    Seacoast Science Cafés provide a unique chance for members of the public to learn about issues in contemporary science from scientists who lead the research in the relaxed atmosphere of a pub.   

    Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the world and infections can lead to severe health problems. Because of the complicated aspects of this disease, it requires knowledge of ecology of multiple host species, which is directly tied to vegetation structure and landscape characteristics.  

    Lead poisoning is a public health issue that predominantly persists in children residing in urban communities in...

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  • Ice Core Project Coordinated by UNH Obtains Unrivaled Climate Record

     

     

     The first replicate core ever taken from the high side of an ice core borehole. The curvature on the top is the original borehole. The replicate core has a diameter of 4.25 inches. Photo by Jay Johnson, IDDO, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

     

    A team of U.S. ice coring scientists and engineers in Antarctica, funded by the National Science Foundation, have recovered an unprecedented record of climate and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that extends back 68,000 years. The core is the longest ever drilled by an American team at 11,160 feet (3,405 meters).

    The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core project, with science coordination by UNH,...

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  • Enigmatic “Ribbon” Of Energy Discovered by NASA Satellite Explained

    A three-dimensional diagram of the retention region shown as a "life preserver" around our heliosphere bubble along with the original IBEX ribbon image. The interstellar magnetic field lines are shown running from upper left to lower right around the heliosphere, and the area where the field lines "squeeze" the heliosphere corresponds to the ribbon location. The red arrow at the front shows the direction of travel of our solar system. Image credit: Adler Planetarium/IBEX Team.

    After three years of puzzling over a striking “ribbon” of energy and particles discovered by NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) at the edge of our solar system, scientists may be on the verge of cracking the mystery. 

    In a...

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  • 2012-13 Faculty Senate Minutes Summary Nov. 26, 2013

    I.  Roll – The following senators were absent:  Baldwin, Connelly, Dubnick, Ferber, Kaen, Minocha, Shetty, Shore, and Simos.  Guests were John Aber, Sonic Woytonik and Faye Richardson.

    II.  Remarks by and questions to the provost – The provost said that three administrative searches are active.  One is to fill a position on inclusive excellence and faculty development, via an internal search as is done for interim dean searches.  Chris Shea of WSBE has been selected for that position and will start in January.  Another search is for an interim dean of the library and will use the same internal process.  The third search began during the summer for a dean of CHHS and is an external national search.  The on-campus interviews for three finalists will start this week.  The new method for “airport interviews” is to do them...

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  • 2012-13 Faculty Senate Minutes Summary Nov.5, 2012

    I.  Roll – The following senators were absent:  Dubnick, Harrist, Hartter, Laird, Mellyn, Minocha, Pohl, Scherr, Shore, Simos and Zang.  Guests were John Aber, Doug Bencks and Faye Richardson.

    II.  Remarks by and questions to the provost – The provost said that the campus was fortunate during the recent hurricane.  He said that he watched with interest the discussion about and passing of the general schools policy and thought that this was a good example of shared governance.  He added that the faculty proposing the marine school will revise their proposal in conformance with the senate’s motion on general schools policy.  The recent forum on e-UNH went well and was useful, and another similar forum is planned for the future.  He said that the president indicated his support for a high-quality residential undergraduate experience at UNH and...

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  • Photography Exhibits at UNH Manchester

    UNH Manchester is featuring two photography exhibits this spring. The exhibits include “Gypsies without Borders” by photographer Ellie Ivanova of Dallas, Texas, and “Celebrating Cultural Diversity,” a photo project by Becky Field of Concord.  

    The exhibits are free and open to the public. Visit www.manchester.unh.edu for directions and parking information. Call 603-641-4101 for building hours.  

    “Gypsies without Borders” by Ivanova is on display in the second floor gallery through April 19, 2013. Ivanova began this project in the summer of 2010, with the mass deportations of Bulgarian and Romanian Roma living in France to their countries of origin. The project explores how Roma people in several Bulgarian cities have carved protective spaces and how they negotiate the constrictions of modern society while living on its margins and creatively adopting its paraphernalia. 

    Ivanova is a fine art and...

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  • Record Number of Children Covered by Health Insurance in 2011

    A record number of U.S. children were covered by health insurance in 2011, mostly due to substantial increases in the enrollment rates of public insurance, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at UNH. 

    The new research is presented in the Carsey Institute brief “Record Number of Children Covered by Health Insurance in 2011” conducted by Michael Staley, a research assistant at the Carsey Institute and a doctoral candidate in sociology. 

    “The increase in children covered by health insurance likely stems from policies enacted to increase participation in government-sponsored health insurance programs. In addition, we continue to see significant declines in private insurance and increases in public insurance, which reflects the economic and job market of 2011, four years after the beginning of the Great Recession,” Staley said.

    According to Staley, between 2008 and 2011, the rate of private coverage...

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  • What to Do When You See a Disruptive or Threatening Situation on Campus

    For Faculty and Staff:

    What to Do When You See a Disruptive or Threatening Situation on Campus

    Feb. 1, 2013

    As we settle into spring semester, I wanted to remind all faculty and staff about the Behavioral Intervention Team which provides prevention, early intervention, and crisis response services for students thought to be threatening to themselves or others.  Members include Paul Dean, executive director of Public Safety and Chief, UNH Police Department; Scott Chesney, director of Residential Life and assistant vice president for Student and Academic Services; David Cross, director of the Counseling Center; Judy Spiller, associate provost for Academic Achievement and Support; Kathleen Grace-Bishop, director of education and promotion, Health Services; and Anne Lawing, Dean of Students.

    The team meets on a regular basis to coordinate various types of responses whenever a member of the community shares information about a student who may be a...

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  • UNH School of Law Integration with UNH Moves Forward

    The UNH School of Law Board of Trustees voted on Thursday, Jan. 24, to fully integrate the law school with UNH. The University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees will take up the question at its next scheduled meeting this Friday, Feb. 1. If the USNH board also votes in favor, the process of fully integrating the two schools will begin, culminating in the law school’s transition to a school of the university by early 2014. The law school would remain in Concord. 

    This action would be an incremental step, capping off an affiliation with the university that began in 2010, when the former Franklin Pierce Law Center changed its name to UNH Law. At the time, the agreement allowed for a vote on full integration to take place as soon as January 2013.  

    The affiliation has resulted in benefits for students at both institutions as well as enrichment and joint research opportunities for faculty. The schools worked together to create two popular dual degrees...

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  • N.H. Businesses, Parents and Alumni Form Advocacy Councils to Secure Restoration of State Funding

    Supporters of the state’s four-year public colleges and universities have formed advocacy councils -- comprised of prominent business leaders, parents, alumni, and students – to lead the effort in calling for lawmakers to restore state support and make higher education a priority. More than 2,300 supporters of full restoration of the USNH budget have come forward to make their voices heard in support of the proposal to freeze in-state tuition and provide additional financial aid to New Hampshire students. 

    This support on behalf of Keene State College, the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University and Granite State College comes from alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and voters in more than 170 New Hampshire towns and cities from all 10 counties. Advocates have been writing letters, contacting their local legislators, and reaching out to friends and neighbors.  

    The four institutions comprise the University System of New Hampshire (...

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  • Research Profile: Rachel Trubowitz: Puzzle-Solving, from Milton to Motherhood

    Ask professor Rachel Trubowitz why she decided to devote her life to 17th-century English literature and she’ll give you the answer people who’ve found their life’s calling generally do: “It just clicked.”  

    This phrasing is especially apropos in Trubowitz’s case, however, because the desire to discover how pieces connect is at the root of her many accomplishments: “It’s a period of literature in which there are a lot of intellectual puzzles. This particular kind of poetry is filled with clues and hidden meanings and puns. I find it challenging and fun and endlessly fascinating. There are so many encodings and encryptions. You have to work to open it up. Sometimes it’s frustrating, but when it finally falls into place, it’s so rewarding.”

    Trubowitz’s penchant for literary decoding is evident in everything from her ongoing...

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  • A Paperless Plan for 2013

    The Sustainability Institute at UNH offers the following suggestions on how to cut down on paper usage on campus.  

    First, consider who needs to get your information. 

    Does the whole department need to get a personalized flyer?  

    There are many programs targeted to staff and faculty that don’t pertain to them; therefore all of that paper is getting put right back into (hopefully) the recycling bin. When you’re setting up a mailing with mailing services, consider doing only a “dept. please post” option. This will send just one copy of your announcement or info to the whole department, and they can post and share it where they keep other announcements on campus. Cutting down on your costs and wasted paper, that’s what’s called a ‘win win’.

    Does every department need to receive the information? 

    Is your announcement or program for academic departments only? Does everyone on campus need to receive it or could you utilize...

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