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Two UNH nursing students earned awards at the recent Eastern Nursing Research Society regional nursing research conference, with Amber Li taking first place among bachelor’s students and Jordan Lavallee wrapping up second place among master’s students.

Jack Sullivan ’26 has been named a recipient of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s premier undergraduate award for sophomore and junior science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) students who intend to pursue a Ph.D. and career in research. Sullivan hopes to pursue a career in the energy industry, focusing on the sustainable production of alternative fuels. “Through my research and career, I hope to make a positive and lasting impact on our climate,” Sullivan says. Sullivan is one of 441 recipients of the prestigious scholarship, which provides $7,500 toward the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board. A chemical engineering major, Sullivan transferred to UNH from Boston College in the fall of 2023. He discovered an academic home in Nan Yi’s lab and has been...

Diliang Chen, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), has been awarded the prestigious 2025 J. Brent Loy Innovator of the Year Award for his groundbreaking work in wearable technology. The award was presented at a ceremony held at UNH on April 28. 

In the moments after winning a nationwide competition requiring the delivery of a persuasive argument using clear, concise and coherent language, the victorious team’s group chat was humorously devoid of any such polished communication. Autumn Bedell ’25G was the lone UNH representative on the winning team at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) inaugural MAJIC Challenge this spring, outdueling teams of student analysts from around the country. Word of their victory came as something of a surprise to the team members, who responded by briefly abandoning precise phrasing in the exchange between them all. “We were in total shock. There weren’t many words – just a stream of all-caps texts and disbelief,” says Bedell, a student in the national security intelligence analysis M.S...