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.

Poised to Take Great Leaps

MARIAN MCCORD, UNH’s new senior vice provost for research, economic engagement and outreach, describes herself as a “firm supporter and fan of” the mission of land-grant universities. “Universities...

Cold Case, Hot Science

Provost of Invention

UNH provost Wayne Jones — also an inorganic chemist, materials scientist and patent-holder — has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

What’s the Buzz?

A new study looks at the "almost-social" North American carpenter bee to better understand how honeybees evolved such complex social lives.

Warming a Cold Case

UNH anthropology lecturer Amy Michael helped crack a cold case of more than a century, identifying the remains of outlaw Joseph Henry Loveless in Idaho.

Eyes on the XPRIZE

Today, less than 10 percent of the world’s oceans have been mapped to high resolution. But efforts to map the remaining 90 percent could happen more quickly than previously expected, thanks in part...

OCEAN GLIMR

In August, UNH received from NASA its largest-ever single research contract: $107.9 million to develop a space-based instrument to study coastal ecosystems near the Gulf of Mexico. Led by research...

Highly Cited

Two UNH faculty members — professor of sociology David Finkelhor and professor of natural resources Serita Frey — are among the Web of Science Group’s 2019 Highly Cited Researchers. 

Fossil Bonanza

UNH researchers contributed to a major study that shows how life on Earth rebounded after an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Communicating Scholarship

UNH’s second annual Research Communications Academy (RCA), scheduled for spring semester 2020, is now accepting applications.

Innovating Campus Sustainability

Jennifer Andrews ’02, ’08G and Allison Leach ’18G of the UNH Sustainaibility Institute (UNHSI) have been named the 2019 J. Brent Loy Innovators of the Year.

For Teens, Outdoors Is Greater

A new study from UNH has found that adventure therapy is less expensive and more effecitve than traditional therapy.

CoRE Support

Interdisciplinary research projects receive support.

Cool Honor

UNH has received an award from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

NASA Lands at UNH

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen meet with faculty members and students working on space science projects.  

Informing Arsenic Policy With Research

Research from a team of economics researchers from UNH helped New Hampshire pass lower limits for arsenic in municipal drinking water.

Dam Dilemma

New survey data shows that New Hampshire residents favor removing dams unless they're providing hydropower.

Making Climate Connections

Tamara Marcus researching methane emissions from permafrost in northern Sweden. Photo by Ruth Varner.

Pounding the Pavement

New research from UNH shows that thicker asphalt could extend the life cycle of roads — and save money — as the effects of climate change stress them.

Potter Testifies

Sharyn Potter of UNH's Prevention Innovations Research Center testified recently before a House of Representatives veteran affairs subcommittee.

A Closer Look

NUMIFORM attendees tour the John Olson Center for Advanced Manufacturing with UNH faculty.

Crabs in Peril

New research from UNH has found that horseshoe crabs, whose blue blood is harvested by the biomedical industry for its unique ability to test devices and injectable drugs for contamination, spawn...