The University of New Hampshire is the state's public research university, providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate programs and graduate programs of distinction. Its primary purpose is learning: students collaborating with faculty in teaching, research, creative expression, and service. The University of New Hampshire has a national and international agenda and holds land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant charters. From its main Durham campus and its college in Manchester, the University serves New Hampshire and the region through continuing education, cooperative extension, cultural outreach, economic development activities, and applied research.

Founded in 1866, the University of New Hampshire is a public University serving an undergraduate population of 10,500 students. Recognized among public universities for the quality of the academic experience it provides to its students, UNH is also a rising star among research universities, yet it retains the look and feel of a New England liberal arts college with a faculty dedicated to teaching.

A comprehensive land-, sea-, and space-grant university, UNH offers diverse curricula in which students are encouraged to pursue their interests across disciplinary lines. Within its seven schools, the University offers 2,000 courses in over 100 majors, and special programs include a particularly strong undergraduate research program, the honors program, and a wide range of opportunities for internships, study abroad, and national exchange experiences.

Before the UNH Wildcats became the Wildcats, ice hockey fans rooted for "da Bulls." This tidbit of UNH ice hockey history is just one of many interesting facts readers will find in the new book, Wildcat Hockey: Ice Hockey at the University of New Hampshire, by Elizabeth Slomba, university archivist, and Bill Ross, head of the Milne Special Collections and Archives at the Dimond Library.