Excellence in Teaching, 2025
UNH Manchester
Professor of biological sciences and biotechnology at UNH Manchester, Halpin demonstrates faculty excellence through innovative teaching, impactful outreach, and global research collaborations. Since joining UNH Manchester in 1999, she has transformed science education through hands-on, student-driven learning. Halpin’s classrooms are lively and engaging, featuring physiology songs, dramatizations, debates, and team-building activities that make complex ideas clear and memorable.
Her passion for science extends far beyond the classroom. Halpin shares her expertise with the community through STEM outreach in rural New Hampshire and Australia, and with ESOL students in the EXCELL in STEM program. These practical experiences spark curiosity and encourage young learners to explore science through experimentation and data collection. She also mentors undergraduate researchers who design and evaluate K–12 outreach programs, many of which have been presented at international conferences.
A respected leader in her field, Halpin was named a fellow of the American Physiological Society in 2024 and previously served as chair of its teaching section. Her research collaborations span the globe, including partners in Brazil, Pakistan, India, New Zealand, and Australia. The APS has honored Halpin with the 2018 Dale J. Benos Professional Service Award and the 2017 New Investigator Award. She also received the Campus Compact for New Hampshire Presidents’ Good Steward Award in 2016
About this Award
Each year, the University selects a small number of its outstanding faculty for special recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship, and service. Awards for Excellence in Teaching are given in each college and school, and University-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching, and engagement.
