Campus Journal: October 1, 2004

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Human Resources invites you to the annual Benefits Fair
UNH Human Resources will host the 2004 Benefits Fair Oct. 14, 2004, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Granite State Room of the MUB. This event offers you the opportunity to talk to vendors/providers and obtain information about your USNH benefits. Every benefit option available will be represented in person and/or via print information. Human Resources representatives will be available to speak with you. The day has been designed to provide information to enable attendees to make sensible benefit choices during open enrollment throughout the month of October. All benefits-eligible faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.

Benefits open enrollment begins in October
Faculty and staff can make changes to their USNH benefits during the UNH open enrollment period, which runs the month of October. Forms were mailed the week of Sept. 27. Those making changes or re-enrolling in a Flexible Spending Account must return completed enrollment forms to Human Resources, 2 Leavitt Lane, by Friday, Oct. 29. Changes take effect Jan. 1, 2005.

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October 1, 2004, Edition

UNH shares $12.4 million nanotechnology grant
UNH and two other universities will share a $12.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for nanotechnology research. (10-01-04) More >>>

U.S. Senate hearing at UNH

U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) (right) listens to Robert Ballard during a presentation at the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary field hearing on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. Ballard, who is a member of the commission, is founder and president of the Institute For Exploration at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn., and Explorer-in-Residence for the National Geographic Society. He and his team of explorers discovered the wrecks of the RMS Titanic , the German battleship Bismarck and the luxury liner Lusitania. To the far left are U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy members Andrew Rosenberg, UNH professor of natural resources in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; and Paul Sandifer, senior scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. Gregg, who chairs the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Subcommittee, hosted the hearing at UNH Sept. 27. (Katelyn Dolan/Media Relations)

N.H. gains federal EBSCoR status
UNH is poised to both lead and benefit from a new state initiative that makes New Hampshire a member in the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). (10-01-04) More >>>

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