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Miriam Nelson, a leading researcher and author on nutrition and physical activity, will become the deputy chief sustainability officer and director of the Sustainability Institute at the University of New Hampshire. Nelson, who is associate dean of Tufts University’s Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and professor of nutrition at its Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, will join UNH in March 2016.
(12-03-15)
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The connection between violent crime in Central America and migration by its citizens to the U.S. has been well documented, but new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire shows that this prevalence is closely associated with policing practices. In particular, the study finds that countries that have created community-oriented civilian police forces are the source of fewer emigrants than countries that have not.
(12-02-15)
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The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, has announced they will be moving to their new downtown Durham location at Madbury Commons in early January 2016. The new location will be walking distance to campus resources, classrooms and local businesses.
(12-01-15)
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The Information Systems & Business Analytics Program at the University of New Hampshire Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics is looking for businesses and industry organizations to work with students on projects during the spring semester 2016.
(11-30-15)
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No family business ever thinks its employees would steal from them but it happens every day. The UNH Center for Family Business will present “Deterring and Detecting Fraud: A Discussion of Financial and IT Controls” Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, at The Common Man in Concord. Registration and coffee start at 8 a.m. Lunch and networking follow at noon.
(11-24-15)
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The world’s smallest creatures in the ocean serve a critical role as the base of the food chain and the metabolic engines of the ocean environment. However, scientists lack the ability to assess the effects of oil spills on these creatures because they know little about the diversity of these important microorganisms. A University of New Hampshire scientist has received a $2.47 million grant to study these ecosystems in the hopes of being able to make damage assessments and progress toward remediation following oil spills.
(11-24-15)
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More than 90 percent of high school students reported having the opportunity to intervene in situations of dating or sexual aggression but they did in less than two-thirds of the incidents, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. Research also found girls were more likely to intervene than boys as were youth with a history of dating and sexual aggression.
(11-24-15)
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A not-for-profit gathering place for young professionals and an analytics company with the goal of keeping insurance companies honest were the winning ideas in the 2015 New Hampshire Social Venture Innovation Challenge at the University of New Hampshire. The final round of 16 finalists was judged by a dozen leading social venture founders, leaders and investors from New Hampshire and beyond.
(11-23-15)
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University of New Hampshire Earth system science professor Steve Frolking has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Frolking, a research professor of biogeochemistry in UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space (EOS) and department of Earth sciences, is being recognized for his contributions in understanding the Earth’s carbon cycle and its relationship to climate. Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
(11-23-15)
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As New Englanders sit down to give thanks this week, their Thanksgiving table may be filled with an abundant supply of locally grown foods thanks, in part, to extensive agricultural research conducted by the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.
(11-23-15)
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