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New UNH Certificate Prepares Social Workers to Support Student Mental Health

UNH is launching a new online Trauma-Informed School Social Work Graduate Certificate in spring 2026 to help address New Hampshire’s shortage of school-based mental health professionals. The program trains social workers to support student well-being and collaborate with educators through trauma-... Read More

Recent Stories

  • Hurricane Hunter
    - Hurricane Hunter
      I UNDERSTAND WHY JASON DUNION '92 wants to bring me to the military airfield in Tampa, Fla. Yes, it's a four-hour drive from where we are this cumulus big-sky morning in Miami... Read More
  • There For You
    - There For You
      Michele Loos will never forget the first patient who died on her watch. He was an elderly man who couldn't read or write. She was a 30-something UNH nursing student on her... Read More
  • Freedom Fighter
    - Freedom Fighter
      LAST SPRING, ON MARCH 2, ED LYMAN '88G was skimming through the water off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, his feet braced for balance, a taut line burning against his gloved hands... Read More
  • A Life, Shared
    - A Life, Shared
    Don Murray '48 was an outsized presence in red suspenders, a big man with a big laugh who made a big impact in Durham and far beyond. He looked like Ernest Hemingway and handed... Read More
  • All Music, All the Time
    - All Music, All the Time
    Walking down the narrow hall on the third floor of Paul Creative Arts Center is like flipping a radio dial and finding that music has trumped talk shows on every station. The... Read More
  • The Unexpected Congresswoman
    - The Unexpected Congresswoman
    To win the Congressional seat in New Hampshire's first district, history dictates that you have to capture Manchester, or at least break even. Carol Shea-Porter '74, '79G knew... Read More
  • The Green Team
    - The Green Team
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  • On Thin Ice
    - On Thin Ice
    When UNH glaciologist Mark Fahnestock heads north to conduct field research on the Greenland ice sheet, he travels 2,300 miles up and 10,000 years back. Dropped by helicopter to... Read More
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    - An Uncommon Commencement
    "Have you noticed the range of footwear?" asked Dana Hamel, watching from the bleachers as the Class of 2007 took their seats on a soggy football field for commencement ceremonies... Read More
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    - Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Aging...
    Gerontologists call it "the phenomenon of the ageless self"--the feeling that we remain the same person on the inside no matter how old we may be. Then the first Social Security... Read More