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  • Smuttynose Brewing Co. Founder Speaks at UNH CEO Forum Sept. 19

    Peter Egelston, founder and president of Smuttynose Brewing Co. and the Portsmouth Brewery, will speak at the next meeting of the UNH CEO Forum Thursday, Sept. 19, at 9 a.m. The program begins at 8 a.m. in Huddleston Hall with coffee and networking, with a full breakfast at 8:30 a.m. 

    Egelston grew up in Southern California and earned a degree in Spanish literature at NYU. He went on to teach English as a second language in two New York City schools and was in graduate school when his sister Janet convinced him to join her in founding what is now the oldest brewpub in the Northeast, the Northampton Brewery in Northampton, Mass.

    Egelston and his sister opened the Portsmouth Brewery, the Granite State's first brewpub, in 1991. Two years later the brother and sister opened Smuttynose Brewing Co. Today, Egelston and his partner Joanne Francis are the sole proprietors of Smuttynose and the Portsmouth Brewery, while Egelston’s sister is sole proprietor of the...

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  • Documentary on UNH Historian’s Book About JFK Screening Today

    Ellen Fitzpatrick, professor of history A special screening of a documentary film based on the book “Letters to Jackie: Condolences From a Grieving Nation” by Ellen Fitzpatrick, professor of history, will take place on campus Wednesday, Sept. 18. The major documentary produced by TLC involves many A-list actors, including Kirsten Dunst, Anne Hathaway, Laura Linney, and Betty White.

    The screening of the 90-minute film “Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy” will be held at 7 p.m. in MUB Theater II. A discussion with...

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  • Profile in Sustainability: Sheila McNamee

    Sheila McNameeSheila McNamee, communication professor, and UNHSI culture and sustainability faculty fellow, talks about the sustainability. 

    What role do you see the UNH Culture and Sustainability Task Force playing on campus?

    To me the Culture and Sustainability Task Force (CAST)...

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  • Moving Right Along
    sustainable horticulture Becky Sideman Becky Sideman, a vegetable and berry specialist with UNH Cooperative Extension, will use cutting edge technology to assist with crop research and classroom teaching.

    During those endless sultry days last June, Rolling Thunder appeared on the crest of the Woodman Horticultural Farm, a facility of the NH Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) at UNH. This particular expansion of rapidly heated air didn’t break the brutal cycle of humidity, however, as the only thing it has to do with weather is to buffer crops from nature’s extremes and extend the growing season. 

    Rolling Thunder is actually the name of a moveable high tunnel, developed and...

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  • 2013 Sidore Series Focuses on Public Health Policies and Individual Freedom

    UNH announces the 2013-2014 Saul O Sidore Memorial Lecture Series “Health and Freedom in the Balance: Exploring the Tensions among Public Health, Individual Liberty, and Governmental Authority,” which will examine the intersection of public health policies and individual freedom.

    “Quarantines, vaccinations, and municipal hygiene are respected tools in the public health arsenal. Invasions of bodily integrity, privacy, and freedom of movement are resultant consequences to these protective efforts,” according to Sidore series organizers Marion Girard Dorsey, associate professor of history, and Rosemary Caron, associate professor of health management and policy.

    “The clash of the needs of public health and the boundaries of personal freedom has occurred throughout history and will continue to occur based on the public health threats anticipated in the 21st century. The intersections between the past and present and the authoritative issues raised by these events warrant...

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  • Dive Into Marine Science at Free UNH Ocean Discovery Day Sept. 21

    child looking through magnifiying glass Touch a prehistoric sea creature, drive a remotely operated vehicle, or tour a new state-of-the-art research ship at the Ocean Discovery Day Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. Formerly Know the Coast Day, Ocean Discovery Day brings UNH research to life with hands-on fun and education for families at two locations, the Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory on the UNH campus in Durham and UNH’s Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex in New Castle. The free event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

    The day’s activities kick off at 9:30 a.m. with a homeporting ceremony for NOAA’s new coastal mapping ship the ...

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  • UNH Partners With the Portsmouth Brewery for Fall Science Cafes on Sustainability of Food

    Kicking off the fall series and following on the heels of Portsmouth’s annual Fish and Lobster Festival is the first fall science café on the topic of North Atlantic fish stocks and long-term human trends at the Portsmouth Brewery Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, at 6 p.m.  The fall 2013 science café series, hosted by UNH, NH EPSCoR, and the Portsmouth Brewery, explores topics related to the sustainability of food.

    The Science Café, hosted by UNH faculty member Cameron Wake, provides a unique opportunity for Seacoast residents to feed their minds with contemporary science in the relaxed atmosphere of a pub. The discussions, which are free and open to all, are held once a month on Wednesday evenings in the Portsmouth Brewery’s Jimmy LaPanza Lounge from 6-8 pm. Doors open at 5 p.m. for food and drinks.

    Sept. 18: Long-Term Human Trends on North Atlantic Fish Stocks
    Presented by Jeff Bolster and Jaime Cournane
    Bolster is a professor of history at...

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  • UNH Recognized by Gov. Maggie Hassan with Accessibility Award
    Donna Marie Sorrentino, director of Affirmative Action and Equity; Jim Piet, N.H. Vocational Rehabilitation; President Mark Huddleston; and Gov. Maggie HassanDonna Marie Sorrentino, director of Affirmative Action and Equity;...
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  • UNH Manchester Receives EPA Sub-Grant for Environmental Research

    UNH Manchester was among 18 New England college campuses recently selected for an EPA sub-grant. 

    Northern New England Campus Compact, a coalition of nearly 60 college and university presidents across New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, has awarded the grants to develop academic programs that will address some of the region’s most pressing environmental issues. 

    Through this two-year initiative, campuses will partner with community organizations to embed sustainable environmental projects into a range of academic courses. Students will learn about environmental stewardship while providing immediate services such as water quality monitoring as well as studying ways to mitigate climate change....

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  • UNH:LESI Flattens While Employment Outlook Improves

    The UNH Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) increased slightly in July, remaining essentially flat at 65.8 from 65.3 in June 2013.

    “These results represent lodging executives’ positive sentiment of the present general business conditions for their properties, which increased 2.1 on the sentiment scale. However they were less optimistic about general business conditions 12 months in the future. Future business conditions influenced the LESI by the 1.1 decline in expectations about room reservations over the same 12-month period. Some lodging executives were concerned that occupancy has flattened with a decline in business traveler activity,” said Nelson Barber, associate professor of hospitality management, who manages the index. 

    Twenty six percent of lodging executives indicated current business conditions were good, an decrease from 28 percent last period, while 74 percent indicated conditions were normal, up from 66 percent during the same period. No...

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  • Employee Clinic Resumes Weekly Schedule

    With the onset of the new school year, the employee clinic at Health Services has returned to its Monday-through-Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. schedule. Care is also available during Health Services’ regular hours.  

    The clinic, which opened in February 2012, is staffed by board certified physicians and nurse practitioners. Services include routine medical care for illnesses and injuries, lab tests, x-rays and $5 generic prescriptions as well as a number of non-prescription medications at reduced cost....

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  • Tom Kelly - Profile in Sustainability

    Tom KelleyHow did UNH first become committed to being a sustainable learning community?

    Sustainability at UNH began with the grassroots leadership of faculty, students, and staff, which lead to the establishment of the Sustainability Academy (formerly the Office of Sustainability Program and the University Office of Sustainability) as an endowed, university-wide program in 1997. UNH has always recognized its unique responsibility to the state and region. Its commitment to sustainability extends this vision to future generations and to national and international issues as the university undertakes the purposeful reform of its cultural and ecological relationships with the broader world in a manner consistent with sustaining the foundations of human development.

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  • Help UNH Win Spirit Cup Award

    Athletics is asking faculty and staff to join students in voting for UNH as the school with the most college spirit and loyal fan base to help win the national Spirit Cup award, which includes $10,000 toward the general scholarship fund. 

    Wildcat fans can register at https://www.facebook.com/collegecolorsday/app_272638222877985. After placing a vote, fans will have the opportunity to win prizes and discounts through an instant win game, view and submit photos to the College Colors Day fan photo gallery, and download a custom Facebook cover photo promoting UNH for College Colors Day. 

    “We want to encourage all students, alumni, staff, and fans to...

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  • Passings: Patrice MacNevin, Academic Affairs Employee

    Patrice MacNevin, a financial support specialist in the Academic Affairs Business Service Center, passed away suddenly Aug. 12 in Concord, as a result of an auto accident. She had worked at UNH for 13 years.

    An advocate of education, MacNevin received an MBA from Plymouth State College in 2012 and had started the process of getting her PhD. She began playing the flute around the age of 50 and agreed to be interviewed about her new interest for Campus Journal in 2007. You can read the story here.

    She is survived by her husband, Scott MacNevin, a son Dylan MacNevin and a brother Philip Quinn. Memorial donations may be made in her name to Cocheco Valley Humane Society, 262 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820.

    A full obituary that ran in Foster’s Daily Democrat and is available...

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  • Unemployment Restricts Access to Kidney Transplants, UNH Research Finds

    People in end-stage kidney failure in need of a kidney transplant are much less likely to be placed on a waiting list for a new kidney or to actually receive a new kidney once on the list if they are unemployed or work part time, according to new collaborative research from UNH. 

    “There is a strong negative association between a patient’s unemployment and the likelihood of being placed on a waiting list for a kidney transplant, and once on the waiting list, the likelihood of receiving a transplant,” says Robert Woodward, the Forrest D. McKerley Endowed Chair in Health Economics at UNH.

    The researchers found that patients who are retired and/or disabled, working part time, or working full time are much more likely to be placed on a transplant waiting list than unemployed patients. They also are more likely to receive a transplant once placed on the list than unemployed...

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