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and tackling its biggest challenges.
We’re dedicated to creating great opportunities across New Hampshire – and we’re incredibly proud of our partnerships with the state to overcome its biggest challenges.
Learn how UNH partersnhips are supporting NH's COVID-19 response, and find helpful resources from UNH Extension for families, communities, businesses and educators.
In response to a growing demand from across New Hampshire, UNH has expanded its state-of-the-art COVID-19 testing lab services beyond its campuses. In fall 2021, the lab was conducting tests for 45 long-term care facilities. The lab has also begun to handle tests for some K-12 schools, inlcuding Oyster River. See our COVID-19 lab at work.
The new issue of the Paul Post shows the powerful ways that the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics engages with New Hampshire and regional businesses, from UNH's Business in Practice Program and new Business Analytics Initiative to the NH Small Business Development Center and Holloway Prize Competition.
Doubling our competitive research funding to a record $260 million, honoring our 2020 and 2021 graduates in-person and celebrating our partnerships with the state of New Hampshire to open the Health Sciences Simulation Center were just a few highlights from 2021.
We’re working more closely than ever with New Hampshire’s K-12 schools to help them prepare students for college, successful careers and great futures in communities all across our state. See how UNH leaders, faculty, staff and students are working with K-12 schools to share resources, bring innovative research into the classroom and inspire the next generation of New Hampshire leaders.
Hands-on education, research and internships prepare UNH students for great jobs across New Hampshire in every industry. Better yet? By working one-on-one with more than 5,000 New Hampshire businesses each year, we’re helping to ensure that they can thrive, grow and create even more opportunities for our graduates.
UNH is bringing together a unique mix of faculty researchers, cutting-edge research facilities, public policy experts, public health officials, and frontline workers to create a more affordable, effective healthcare system that serves everyone in the Granite State. See how UNH is working to make New Hampshire one of the healthiest states in the nation.
Our research faculty and outreach partners are working hard to encourage the development of clean, efficient energy to power the economy and to protect the natural resources that define New Hampshire’s character and great quality of life. From innovative techniques that help farmers grow healthy food locally to harnessing energy from ocean waves and tidal currents, see how UNH is working for New Hampshire’s future.
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When it comes to the economy, the ocean is a major player — from tourism to energy, seafood to shipping, the world’s marine-related assets tally up to trillions of dollars. But our oceans and coastlines are facing unprecedented pressures. Confronted with this reality, a new concept has emerged that considers both the economic benefits and the long-term sustainability of marine resources across all sectors: The blue economy.
The term is more than just a buzzword; it’s helping researchers think more broadly about how they can connect their work to new partners. From ocean acoustics to environmental DNA analyses, the breadth of blue economy research at UNH is wide-ranging and its momentum is building.
Diane Foster, director of UNH's School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering.“The blue...
In 2015, a county agent for UNH Extension started paying closer attention to Franklin, New Hampshire, a small city situated 20 miles north of Concord. Nestled at the intersection of three rivers, Franklin was a struggling former mill town that had spent several unsuccessful decades trying to forge a new identity.
“There was a real sense that nothing ever happens here,” says Franklin Mayor Jo Brown, a native of the city. “There was just this pervasive loss of confidence in the town and community.”
Franklin Mayor Jo Brown, left, and UNH Extension's Charlie French.But the Extension agent saw potential for a renewed Franklin. What could be done with the river fronts? How could the old downtown brick buildings be repurposed? How could the region’s population surge translate into a healthier...
For five years, UNH's CoRE program has jump-started interdisciplinary collaborations.
