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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...

UNH undergraduate student Leandra Bryant ’25 has received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation. Awarded to students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support, with an annual stipend and tuition allowance.

David Shaw ’73, an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose family funded the creation of the Shaw Innovation Explorers Program at UNH, visited campus April 1 for a lunch with students in the program and UNH president Elizabeth Chilton, as well as a fireside chat about his new book, “Wave Making: Inspired by Impact.”