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Media Advisory: Portsmouth Police to Launch Responsible Drinking Social Marketing Effort May 30
News conference to announce a new responsible drinking social marketing campaign in the city of Portsmouth, a collaboration between the Portsmouth Police Department, University of New Hampshire, and The Atom Group. (05-25-12) Read >>>
UNH Survey Releases Fourth Year of Data on State Mental Health System
A new research report from the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD), commissioned by the New Hampshire Bureau of Behavioral Health (BBH), documents some of the strengths of New Hampshire’s community mental health service system and identifies multiple critical issues that need to be addressed in order to ensure timely access to high-quality care. (05-23-12) Read >>>
UNH Receives $1.8 Million Grant to Help English Learners in Nashua
The University of New Hampshire has received a $1.8 million National Professional Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition to increase the academic achievement of English learners in the Nashua public schools, particularly in math and science. (05-22-12) Read >>>
Carsey Institute: Renters Feel Financial Squeeze After Recession
More people who rent their homes are feeling the financial squeeze following the recession, with younger renters and people in the West feeling the most “cost burdened,” according to new research from the Carsey Institute at UNH. (05-22-12) Read >>>
UNH Professor Discusses History of Financial Crises on C-SPAN3’s ‘American History TV’
The credit market had ground to a halt. Banks suspended their operations. Economic giants around the world tottered on the edge of financial collapse. Global banks appealed to governments for support. (05-21-12) Read >>>
INTERPOL Secretary General Tells UNH Graduates ‘Anything Is Possible’
Ron Noble UNH Commencement 2012

Live life to the fullest and anything is possible were the messages delivered at the University of New Hampshire’s 142nd commencement Saturday, May 19, 2012, where more than 2,800 students, including 60 military veterans, ranging in age from 19 to 75 years old and representing 29 states and 23 foreign countries received degrees.

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Astrophysicists Available to Discuss Massive Sunspot, Powerful Solar Flare
Two scientists from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center within the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space are available to discuss the implications of the powerful solar flare that erupted from the sun around midnight May 16, 2012. (05-18-12) Read >>>
University of New Hampshire Announces May 2012 Graduates
Editors: The files listed below provide lists of UNH graduates by New Hampshire counties and regionally by state. These files reflect those students who have filed for May 2012 only. They do not contain information about students who graduated in September and December of 2011. (05-17-12) Read >>>
UNH Accepts Recommendations of Fact-Finder for Contract with AAUP
The University of New Hampshire announced today that the executive committee of the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees has voted, on the recommendation of UNH President Mark Huddleston, to accept the fact-finder report regarding negotiations between the university and the UNH chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). (05-17-12) Read >>>
Center for the Advancement of Art-Based Literacy at UNH Offers Writing Institute
Two week-long writing institutes at the University of New Hampshire will provide teachers with in-depth training in Picturing Writing: Fostering Literacy Through Art and Image Making Within The Writing Process. (05-17-12) Read >>>
UNH Seniors Create Bicycle-Powered Washing Machine
A senior capstone project by three University of New Hampshire mechanical engineering students could make life easier – and cleaner – in developing nations. (05-16-12) Read >>>
Unprecedented View of N.H. Landscape Is Available from UNH
New high-resolution topographic data covering approximately 900 square miles of New Hampshire’s coastal communities show the elevation and shape of the landscape as if stripped of all trees and buildings. (05-16-12) Read >>>
Wire Belt Company of America Named 2012 UNH Family Business of the Year
Wire Belt Company of America of Londonderry has been named the 2012 Family Business of the Year by the University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business. (05-16-12) Read >>>
Carsey Institute: Earned Income Tax Credit Program Promotes Healthier Children
New Research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire shows that access to state-level Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) results in healthier children. (05-15-12) Read >>>
Legendary Horses Visit UNH Dimond Library
The University of New Hampshire's Dimond Library and UNH Equine Center have partnered to present "The Literary Horse: When Legends Come to Life," a photo exhibit of horses and riders paired with quotations from the world’s great books. (05-14-12) Read >>>

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