Beth Potier
Beth Potier's Articles
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Outstanding Woman
NH Business Review recognizes Marian McCord, senior vice provost for research, economic engagement and outreach, with a 2022 Outstanding Women in Business Award. -
Sounding the Alarm for Firefighter Hypertension
New research from UNH found that firefighters' blood pressure — already higher than average — jumps during emergency calls, putting them at elevated risk for heart attacks and strokes. -
Transforming Students Into Climate Leaders
Three National Science Foundation grants provide international climate change research opportunities for students. -
Giving Eelgrass an Edge
UNH researchers received a new NOAA grant that aims to improve the health of eelgrass in Great Bay. -
Wound Healing Trailblazers
Two chemical engineering professors have received a National Institutes of Health “Trailblazer” award for a project that aims to improve chronic wound healing. -
Research Snapshot: Spying on Wildlife
UNH researchers are using trail cameras to develop more efficient and accurate ways to monitor fur bearers in New Hampshire. -
Record Funding
UNH researchers brought in $260 million in competitive funding in FY21 for projects that improve life in New Hampshire and beyond. -
Marsh March
Research in salt marshes in Rowley, Mass., explores solutions to long-ago created ditches, which increase flooding from sea level rise. -
Envisioning the Future of STEM Research
Marian McCord will serve on the National Science Foundation's Committee on the Future of NSF EPSCoR. -
Research Snapshot: Nature’s Antifreeze
A close-up view of a new polymer that looks to nature to replicate antifreeze properties. -
Research Snapshot: Eerie Quiet
Stanley Ellis, a research engineer with UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, tests a detector inside Morse Hall’s anechoic chamber, a room lined with pyramid-shaped material... -
Research Snapshot: ASV BEN
In June, UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center’s autonomous surface vehicle Bathymetric Explorer and Navigator — ASV BEN — traveled Lake Huron, where it mapped the... -
Jump Seat to History
34 student volunteers helped power McGregor Memorial EMS, the primary ambulance service for Durham, UNH, Madbury and Lee, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only did the student-volunteers, who... -
Pomp and Pandemic
UNH leaders hooded New Hampshire public health leader Beth Daly '02, who received a DrPH from University of North Carolina, in a remote ceremony on campus. -
The Buck Stops Where?
UNH research recorded an adult male white-tailed deer who traveled a record 300 kilometers. -
An App for Violence Prevention
With new NSF funding, UNH's Prevention Innovations Research Center will launch and pilot a new violence prevention and safety app targeted to high school students and administrators. -
Local Barrels for Local Spirits
UNH has received a first-of-its-kind registered certification mark for New England-sourced white oak to be used in barrels for beer and spirits. -
Brain Monitor
With a new National Institutes of Health grant, UNH researchers Edward Song and Arturo Andrade will conduct research on the neurotransmitter glutamate that will contribute to our understanding of... -
Soil Synthesis
Serita Frey, Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment -
Excellence in Citations
Forty-one current and emeritus UNH researchers are among the world's 100,000 most cited, according to a new study. -
Growing More Than Algae
Fertilizer pollution can have ripple effects in the food webs of streams and rivers, new research from UNH and other institutions finds. -
Not Clamming Up
A recent paper by a team of UNH researchers sheds new light on how apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, evolved in invertebrates. -
Overconfident, Underwhelming
New research finds less confident people have higher personal intelligence. -
A Force in Physics
Nature magazine has selected assistant professor of physics Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to its "Nature's 10" list of 10 people who helped shape science in 2020. -
Frey Fellow
AAAS has recognized UNH professor of natural resources and the environment Serita Frey as a fellow. -
Cybersecure Manufacturing
UNH is a member of the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute, or CyManII, joining dozens of other leading research institutions in keeping manufacturing data secure. -
Geophysical Fellows
Professors Larry Mayer and Bill McDowell have been named fellows of the American Geophysical Union. -
Birx Visit
Dr. Deborah Birx, U.S. coronavirus response coordinator, visited UNH's state-of-the-art COVID-19 test lab. -
Excellence, Times Two
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, assistant professor of physics and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at UNH, has received the American Physical Society’s (APS) Edward A. Bouchet Award. The award... -
A Research Record
UNH closed FY20 with a record-breaking $129 million in new grants and contracts for research. -
Creating a Workforce
UNH will engage middle and high school teachers and students in Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, Dover and Barrington as well as Lawrence, Mass., to develop a pipeline to support the state’s... -
Environmental Justice
Simone Chapman ’20G, a master’s student in environmental conservation at UNH, has received a Science Policy Fellowship from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences,... -
Improving STEM Education
UNH will lead a master teacher program to support STEM education in Manchester, Nashua and Rochester schools. -
Smoke on the Water
UNH researchers will study Amazonia's wildfire history from thousands of years ago to understand how fire might affect the region in the future. -
Fisheries Funding
With new NOAA grants, UNH marine research aims to bring better, more sustainable seafood to the table. -
Mind the (Data) Gaps
Gaps in available data impede our understanding of heavy metals in Alaskan soils that can harm human health, a team of UNH researchers have found. -
Professional Honor
Director of research development Kathy Cataneo received an award from the National Organization of Research Professionals. -
Sage of the Sea
To celebrate World Oceans Day June 8, Jennifer Miksis-Olds will participate in an ocean-themed quiz bowl against high school champions. -
Fingerprinting Kiwiberries
A new partnership between UNH and Hartmann's Plant Company in Michigan aims to ensure that every bite of a kiwiberry is as delicious as the next one, a level of product control essential to growing... -
Energy-Health Nexus
Jeannie Sowers will study the health impacts of infrastructure destruction in the Middle East. -
Enhancing Teaching
The American Physiological Society selected Patricia Halpin, associate professor of biological science and biotechnology at UNH Manchester, to receive its Teaching Career Enhancement Award. -
COVID Collaboration
UNH has launched six new interdisciplinary research projects aimed at addressing the challenges of coronavirus. -
Editor’s Note
Welcome to SPARK, UNH’s annual review of research and scholarship -
Warming a Cold Case
UNH anthropologist helps identify century-old remains -
Fossil Frenzy
Paleontologists assist in “game-changing” fossil find -
Insider Wisdom
UNH president decodes academia for business people -
Paths to Prosperity
Cooperative Extension connects towns with their “nature economies” -
Dam Dilemma
Majority in N.H. favor removing dams unless they’re providing power -
NEH Award to Michael Leese
Michael Leese, assistant professor of history, has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend award to work on his second book, which will focus on the role of institutions in... -
Printing Protection
UNH's 3D printers are contributing to the COVID-19 effort by printing parts for medical face shields. Photo by Heather MacNeill.