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Northeast Passage Staff Present At International Conference In Qatar
Late last month, two Northeast Passage staff members and one University of New Hampshire student traveled to the Middle East to present at an international forum on adaptive sports. Invited by The Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs, Northeast Passage's Tom and Cara Carr and student Tyler Walker introduced the country of Qatar to disability inclusion at the university level and brought the sport of sled hockey to the region. (05-08-08) Story >>>
New Report Details Unwanted Sexual Experiences at University
A new study conducted by the University of New Hampshire about the unwanted sexual experiences of students shows the vast majority of incidents at the university are perpetrated by someone the victim knows, which is in direct contrast to the stereotype of the perpetrator being a stranger. (05-07-08) Story >>>
University of New Hampshire Institute Awards $2.8 Million to Improve Coastal Planning & Development
More than half of the U.S. population lives within 50 miles of the coast, and in the next decade, 30 million more people are expected to move to coastal areas. (05-06-08) Story >>>
Transitioning to the Next Generation is Topic of Family Business Event May 14
The UNH Center for Family Business will discuss how family businesses transition from an older to a younger generation of owners at its next event Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (05-05-08) Story >>>
NH Grammy Winner Named Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Person of the Year
The University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics has named Grammy winner and professor of mathematics Kevin Short the 2008 Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Person of the Year. (05-05-08) Story >>>
UNH Communications Professor to Deliver Lindberg Lecture May 8
Sheila McNamee, professor of communication at the University of New Hampshire, will deliver the Lindberg Lecture Thursday, May 8, 2008. The highest award of the College of Liberal Arts, it is given annually to an outstanding teacher and scholar in the college. (05-01-08) Story >>>
UNH Whittemore School Honors Alumnus Peter Paul, Globe Manufacturing
The Whittemore School of Business and Economics honored alumnus Peter Paul and family business Globe Manufacturing Inc. at a celebration of the achievements of students, faculty, staff and business partners Thursday, April 24. (04-30-08) Story >>>
Scientists Head to Warming Alaska on Ice Core Expedition
In an effort to better understand how the Pacific Northwest fits into the larger climate-change picture, scientists from the University of New Hampshire and University of Maine are heading to Denali National Park on the second leg of a multi-year mission to recover ice cores from glaciers in the Alaska wilderness. (04-29-08) Story >>>
UNH Celebrates 20th Anniversary of State's First Business Plan Competition May 14
UNH celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics Paul J. Holloway Prize Competition -- the oldest business plan competition in the state and one of the first in the nation -- Wednesday, May 14. (04-29-08) Story >>>
UNH Speakers Participate in Mount Washington Resort Summer Series
The University of New Hampshire Speakers Bureau and the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods have partnered to bring seven university faculty and staff speakers to the resort's summer lecture series. (04-28-08) Story >>>
UNH Horticultural Tech Students Create Sustainable Landscape
This week, students in a horticultural technology class at the University of New Hampshire's Thompson School for Applied Science completed a final project that will live on long after grade books are closed and the students themselves have graduated. (04-24-08) Story >>>
Having A Baby Isn't Blissful For All New Mothers
For many women, the lovely images of life with a new baby don’t jibe with their reality. Instead of feeling happy, they feel overwhelmed. (04-23-08) Story >>>
Browne Center Director Honored By Association For Experiential Education
Pam McPhee, executive director of the University of New Hampshire's Browne Center, was the Association for Experiential Education's (AEE) Josh Miner Dialogue Series honoree at AEE's Northeast Regional Conference in Hancock April 11 - 13, 2008. The honor is the highest bestowed by the Northeast region of the professional association. (04-21-08) Story >>>
UNH Researcher Is Mapping The Flow Of Communication
Hartley, a UNH research assistant professor in the department of resource economics and development, is studying the patterns of communication within and between various local and regional organizations. (04-21-08) Story >>>
Nobel Prize Team Member to Speak at Undergraduate Research Conference April 23
Nobel Peace Prize team member Berrien Moore III will deliver the keynote address at the ninth annual University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the Strafford Room at the Memorial Union Building, on the Durham campus. (04-17-08) Story >>>
UNH Students Place First in Environmental Design Contest
A team of University of New Hampshire business and engineering students won first place in their task at the 2008 Environmental Design Contest held April 6-9, 2008, at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M. (04-17-08) Story >>>
New Data Show Child Sexual Abuse Down 5 Percent Nationally
Child sexual abuse cases nationwide declined 5 percent from 2005 to 2006, capping a 14-year decline of more than 50 percent, according to an analysis of new data released today by the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. (04-16-08) Story >>>
UNH Hosts Technology Integration Conference for Higher Education Professionals
The University of New Hampshire will host TEACH!, a conference for faculty and other higher education professionals concerned with technology integration, on the Durham campus July 15-18, 2008. TEACH! is based on UNH's successful Faculty Instructional Technology Summer Institute (FITSI), now in its seventh year. (04-15-08) Story >>>
UNH Honor Society Students Raise Money For French Museum
Students in the University of New Hampshire chapter of Pi Delta Phi, the French national honor society, are helping a museum in France honor comic playwright and actor Molière. (04-15-08) Story >>>
Fisheries Roundtable Discussion To Focus On Sector Allocation
NH Sea Grant will hold an informal discussion of sector allocation, a fisheries management plan using quotas given to a group of fishermen, on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Hilton Garden Meeting Room of the Portsmouth Public Library. The event is part of the ongoing Fisheries Roundtable Discussion series. All talks are free and open to the public. (04-15-08) Story >>>
Unionization Questions Session Cancelled
A tri-council forum for PAT, OS and EE employees scheduled for Wednesday, April 16, 2008, in the MUB has been postponed. No new date has been announced. Questions? Contact your council representative. (04-14-08) Story >>>
UNH Marine Debris Research Yields Results
New Hampshire has only 18 miles of coastline yet in 2006, more than 11,000 pounds of trash was collected during cleanups of area beaches, according to marine debris research done at the University of New Hampshire. (04-14-08) Story >>>
UNH Student Volunteers for Relay for Life, Earns Credit
Kristen Morgovonik wants to help people. In particular, the University of New Hampshire freshman from Exeter has chosen the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event at UNH, April 19 - 20, 2008, to work with. Cancer is an issue that has touched her life personally since her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. Unlike other volunteers, Morgovonik is earning college credit through three courses at the Thompson School of Applied Science's community leadership program at UNH. (04-14-08) Story >>>
Economic Woes Weigh on Franchising Index
Fears of a recession and economic woes pushed the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index™ down in the fourth quarter of 2007, with the index of the top 50 U.S. public franchisors falling 5.5 percent amid a broad market decline. (04-10-08) Story >>>
UNH Launches "Discover(ing) Sustainability" Blog
The University of New Hampshire, recognized as a higher education leader in sustainability, is taking its ideas to the blogosphere. The new blog discoversustainability.org, launched recently by the University Office of Sustainability, aims to share UNH's commitment to being a sustainable learning community while helping readers discover how sustainability connects us all. (04-10-08) Story >>>