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Jan 01, 2013
Legal Study Supports Adoption of New Floodplain Maps by NH Coastal Communities
A new report by faculty and students at the Vermont Law School in collaboration with UNH faculty and staff indicates that towns in the Lamprey River watershed can legally use recently updated 100-year floodplain maps to make land-use decisions.The maps, created by a UNH-led team of researchers and funded by the NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (... Read more
Dec 10, 2012
Low-Tech Solutions in a High-Tech World
On November 27, 2012, I attended the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference in Manchester, New Hampshire to showcase Dr. Therese Willkomm’s assistive technologies. I have the pleasure of working with one of UNH’s most creative and inventive faculty members, who is regularly referred to as the MacGyver of Assistive Technology (AT). Dr. Willkomm literally travels the world lecturing on... Read more
Nov 14, 2012
UNH Historian Chronicles the Millennium-long Story of Our Impact on the Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic has long-shaped the lives of people who depended upon it for survival. And just as surely, people have shaped the Atlantic. “The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail” is an innovative account of this interdependency written by W. Jeffrey Bolster, an associate professor of history at UNH and professional seafarer. Read more
Nov 14, 2012
Long-term Study of Cyanobacteria by COLSA Biologists Helps Keep Swimmers Safe
College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA) biologist Jim Haney and his team of researchers have been conducting research for the past decade to learn what effects cyanobacteria and its toxins may have on human health through water and the food web.Cyanobacteria is responsible for the blue green scum sometimes seen on ponds and other bodies of water. The toxins it produces may have a range... Read more- Next Posts
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Jan 01, 2013
RESEARCH PROFILE: Julia Rodriguez: Studying Science through the Lens of History
Professor Julia Rodriguez doesn’t come up with scientific theories or observe cells through a microscope. She has, however, spent her life studying science. Learn about her efforts to share her passion for the history of science in Latin America and the Caribbean and how scientific ideas about race and gender intersect in society in this Research Profile: Julia Rodriguez: Studying... Read morePosted in: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Humanities & the Arts, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
Tags: 2013, history of science, HOSLAC, Latin America