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Together, students and faculty attempt to understand fully and use ethically that knowledge, both in the present and as a reservoir from which to draw in the future.

The Discovery Program provides a strong academic focus during the first year.

Welcome to the Discovery Program!

Education should consist of a series of enchantments, each raising the individual to a higher level of awareness, understanding, and kinship with all living things.
-Author Unknown

When we learn and teach in Discovery, we take four questions as our common ground:

  • How do we know the world?
  • What questions and what tools shape our knowledge?
  • How do we determine what we value?
  • How do our different perspectives--intellectual and personal--inform each other?

The University Dialogue

Live Free or Die?  A University Dialogue on Freedom and Responsibility

“Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.”  General John Stark

We look forward to engaging our community about the complex tensions inherent in the preservation of liberty and community.

  •  Call for Your Involvement
  •  Digital Library on Freedom and Responsibility:  We invite members of the UNH community to create short videos on the theme of freedom and responsibility.  The Parker Media Lab http://parkerlab.unh.edu/ has everything you need to get started.  Then send your video to us!  These will be shared on campus, in classes, and at programs to prompt discussion and reflection.
  • Save the Date:  A Campus Conversation on Freedom and Responsibility in The Hunger Games.  Wednesday September 26th in the Granite State Room, 4PM – 6PM