Margaret “Peg” Whittemore found chemistry at Portsmouth High School. It was 1941, her senior year, and she had just moved to New Hampshire from Newton, Mass. Two things helped... Read More

Christine Cornell Ieronimo ’90 never thought she’d write a children’s book, “Not in a million years,” she laughs. She also never imagined that one day she would adopt a child from... Read More

Jared Cassedy ’04 is a music teacher in Windham, N.H., but he doesn’t see the 87 high-schoolers in his band as students. He sees them as fellow musicians. “With the right... Read More

Steve Davis ’69 ran the Boston Marathon for the fourth time this year. A member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Oncology marathon team, for the past three years,... Read More

  Just months after graduating from UNH with a degree in engineering, Randy Pierce ’88 was diagnosed with a neurological disease that, during the course of two weeks,... Read More

  Amanda Rich McMeniman ’99 thinks everything happens for a reason. At UNH, she was on the indoor/outdoor track team, and she’s remained an avid runner, even qualifying... Read More

  Over the years, a variety of world-class athletes have approached Dick Hoyt, the engine behind the famous father-son duo who completed 32 Boston Marathons together,... Read More

Why did you decide to come to UNH? Originally I wanted to go to school for engineering, so I was looking at MIT. Math and science were the name of the game for me. But when I... Read More

  So dedicated to the art of relaxation is Theresa Conn ’14 ’15G that as a UNH undergrad she cofounded a club dedicated it. Still going strong, it’s not uncommon to come... Read More

They may have made their name as potters, but famed New Hampshire artists Edwin and Mary Scheier dabbled in everything from puppetry to tattoo work on their road to success.  The... Read More