Faculty/Staff News
NSF Mid-Career Grant Backs UNH Research into Why Rural Youth Stay — or Leave
UNH researcher Cindy Hartman has received a prestigious NSF Mid-Career Advancement grant to study how rural New Hampshire youth view their futures. Her three-year project will explore the messages shaping students’ post-high school decisions, aiming to strengthen opportunities for young people to... Read More
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08/26/25UNH Launches Initiative to Improve Outcomes for STEM Ph.D. Students
UNH is one of 10 graduate schools nationwide to partner in a National Science Foundation grant aimed at improving outcomes for STEM Ph.D. students. -
08/21/25UNH Study Finds Walkable Neighborhoods Eased Pandemic Mental Health Declines
UNH economist Karen Conway’s new study finds that walkable neighborhoods helped buffer pandemic-related mental health declines. Using national data,... -
08/19/25UNH Researcher Joins $152M Project to Advance AI for Scientific Research
Samuel Carton, assistant professor of computer science, in a co-principal investigator on a $152 million partnership between the National Science... -
08/11/25UNH Researchers Help Find WWII Shipwrecks in Solomon Islands
Researchers from UNH's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping helped find more than a dozen World War II shipwrecks in the Solomon Islands.
Recent Stories
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03/17/25 - Paul College Leads Regionally in Academic Experience and Career OutcomesThe University of New Hampshire’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics continues to climb in national rankings, rising five spots to No. 58 in the 2025 Poets&Quants... Read More -
03/13/25 - Nominations, Applications for 26th University Community Scholarship Being AcceptedNominations for recipients of the University Community Scholarship are now being accepted. Read More -
03/03/25 - UNH Graduates, Faculty Featured Prominently in Annual '40 Under Forty' ListThe University of New Hampshire was prominently represented on the Union Leader’s annual 40 Under Forty award list for 2025, with eight Granite State residents with ties to UNH... Read More -
02/28/25 - Richard Haynes Earns Champion of Educational Opportunity Award from NHEOARichard Haynes, director of admissions, recruitment and access at the University of New Hampshire, attended a Feb. 21 TRIO Day event led by the New Hampshire Educational... Read More -
02/26/25 - Vyas Recognized for Fostering Student Engagement and BelongingYashwant Prakash Vyas, director of UNH’s Aulbani J. Beauregard Center for Equity, Justice, and Freedom, was honored with two awards from the American College Personnel Association... Read More -
02/21/25 - Research Finds Women in IT Embrace Competition, Defying StereotypesWhile the gender gap has shrunk in some industries, there remains a significant disparity in tech, with women accounting for only 35 percent of jobs in the information technology... Read More -
02/17/25 - Piñero-Benson Receives Dixon-McFadden Award from ASCAAlexis Piñero-Benson, director of community standards at UNH, was the recipient of this year’s Dixon-McFadden Award from the Association of Student Conduct Administrators. Piñero-... Read More -
02/14/25 - UNH's Raymond Cook Named NH Engineer of the YearRaymond Cook, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at UNH, has been named the 2025 New Hampshire Engineer of the Year by the state’s engineering societies.... Read More -
02/13/25 - UNH Retains Carnegie R1 ClassificationUNH retained its R1 classification for highest research activity from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the organization announced today, securing... Read More -
02/05/25 - AI vs. Human: Could Algorithms Be the Key to Fairer Employee Evaluations?Imagine putting in the work at your job to stand out, only to learn that artificial intelligence algorithms are going to play a large role in your performance evaluation. How... Read More