Broadband has greatly increased our ability to access resources and information and it has been a driver of economic growth in New Hampshire. Yet, there are still regions of the state that do not have access to Broadband, raising questions as to whether they will suffer economic or other consequences.

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 12:40 – 2:00 pm in MUB Room 334, a panel of speakers from across the University will discuss:

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 Science through the Lens of History.

“If it weren’t for the activities of soil organisms, we’d be buried in organic (once living) matter,” says Serita Frey, UNH professor of soil microbial biology.  Learn more about Frey's work to understand the role of fungi and other soil microorganisms in northern forest ecosystems in the Research Profile: Serita Frey: In the Environment, Little Things Count.

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 (CICEET), are novel from the previous FEMA floodplain maps because they take into account both present-day and future projections of land use and precipitation patterns.

Larry Mayer, a professor of earth science and ocean engineering, has participated in more than 90 research cruises, logging a total of over six years at sea. Learn more about the mysteries of the ocean that he has helped uncover in this Research Profile: Larry Mayer – Picturing the Arctic Ocean Floor.

Erin Bell, associate professor of civil engineering, works to develop the tools needed to monitor the “health” of bridges. Learn more about her work, which includes using information collected through structural health monitoring and intelligent transportation systems to create a model updating program for highway bridge decision-making and management, in this Research Profile: Erin Bell, Bridge Doctor.