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Nine UNH students – including a pair of siblings – earned the opportunity to study in and experience international locales and cultures as recipients of the Benj a.m.in A. Gilman International Scholarship, which will bring this cohort of Wildcats to six different countries around the globe. The Gilman scholarship provides awards to Pell grant-eligible students who are studying or interning abroad for credit. In 2021, the U.S. State Department recognized UNH as a top producer of Gilman Scholars in the country as part of the 20th anniversary of the progr a.m.. This year’s recipients are Meghan Cotter ’25, Kiley Hill ’25, Victoria (Tori) Peterson ’25, Alaura Cross-Stroman ’26, brothers Noah Eckert ’26 and Caleb Eckert ’26, Lauren Hoppler ’26, Elizabeth Robinson-Kiang ’26 and Rozalia Vajda ’27....

Stuart Grandy, professor of soil biogeochemistry and fertility and co-director of the UNH Center of Soil Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology (Soil BioME), was recently n a.m.ed a fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).

UNH and Australian company SPEE3D, a global innovator in metal 3D printing technology, inaugurated the company’s first U.S.-based manufacturing and applications site at the university’s John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, June 17. SPEE3D develops printers that can efficiently produce metal parts in locations where traditional supply chains are impacted, from battlefields to submarines. "Establishing our first U.S.-based location at the Olson Center brings together a world-class manufacturing center at UNH with SPEE3D's leading cold spray additive manufacturing technology to a region known for its innovation and advancements," says Byron Kennedy, CEO at SPEE3D. "Although we are an Australian company, we have partners worldwide and a strong...

Two professors from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) at UNH have been awarded the esteemed National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Develo p.m.ent (CAREER) award. Chemistry’s Nate Oldenhuis and mechanical engineering’s Nathan Laxague were selected for the progr a.m. that supports “early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organizations.” The two grants, totaling $1.4 million over five years, are expected to improve par a.m.eterizations of the interaction between atmosphere and ocean, and to develop new chemistries to make into materials. Nate Oldenhuis Oldenhuis ($707,830 grant) plans to further research in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based...