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A Space to Heal: How a ‘Lifeline’ of Support at UNH Helped Student Rebuild After Crisis

Mikaela Belanger ’26 knows better than most how dramatically life can change in the blink of an eye. For years, she dreamed of saving enough to purchase her mother a house, only to wind up without a home herself when her mom abruptly kicked her out of the apartment they shared following a mental... Read More

Recent Stories

  • Mariana Trench
    - Research professor, paleoceanographer...Hollywood collaborator?
    James Gardner of the UNH Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and the Joint Hydrographic Center added an unusual credential to his CV this summer when he signed over rights to... Read More
  • chinese amassor with students
    - Chinese Ambassador Visits Durham
    Ambassador Guoxiang Sun visited the Durham campus on Friday, Nov.14, along with Chinese trade and commerce delegates, as part of the New Hampshire-UNH-Sichuan Economic and Trade... Read More
  • Richard Whitney ‘68
    - Strokes of Genius
        As an art student at UNH, Richard Whitney ’68 would pay his Phi Kappa Alta brothers five dollars to sit for their portrait, and then he’d give them the finished painting when... Read More
  • students raking leaves
    - Do-Gooders By the Hundreds
    Christensen RA Kacie McFadden '17 and two dorm residents work to cleanup the grounds of the USS Albacore submarine museum. Hundreds of UNH students headed out to more than 25... Read More
  • Mary Currie ’76
    - A View From the Bridge
    Mary Currie ’76 retired earlier this year, but she went out on top. For 22 years, Currie served as chief spokesperson for a single, celebrity client: San Francisco’s fabled Golden... Read More
  • Mary Jordan ’88
    - Back in the Saddle
        Mary Jordan ’88 was 4 years old the first time her family made the drive to New York City. Her mother drove, and a doctor met them curbside to draw spinal fluid from her... Read More
  • International Education Week
  • Female students outside academic building in blue jeans (dungarees)
    - Much Ado About Blue Jeans
    In 1941, the debate over gender roles and the fight for equal rights for women at UNH boiled down to one very simple idea: Denim. Read More
  • barry fussell teaching
    - Teaching Excellence
     Barry Fussell received the 2014 Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching at the annual faculty excellence ceremony on Nov. 13. The award recognizes excellence in teaching... Read More
  • erik swartz on football field
    - Keeping Their Heads OUT of the Game
    Once a week, several dozen UNH football players participate in an innovative, if counterintuitive, drill to minimize head trauma: They remove their helmets and tackle each other.... Read More