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...

UNH Alumni Team Wins XPRIZE

A team of UNH alumni has won the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a global competition to advance deep-sea technologies for ocean floor exploration.

Inquiring Minds

UNH's Inquiry journal highlights undergraduate research.

Microbial Mystery

Cheryl Andam, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences, has received a major NSF CAREER award.

Increasing UNH’s Impact

Faculty, grad students complete first-ever Research Communications Academy.

Research on the Edge

See why UNH is among the nation’s top research universities.

Finish-Line Fellowship

UNH doctoral student Melissa Meléndez-Oyola has received a prestigious Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship.

CAREER Success Times Two

Two UNH faculty receive prestigious NSF early career awards.

Engineering Neuroscience

Edward Song, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

Melting Arctic

An international panel of researchers, including UNH's Larry Mayer and Nancy Kinner, will discuss Arctic change and melting.

Mighty Mice

Desert rodents could help humans survive dehydration.

Head of the Class(ification)

UNH has achieved top-tier research recognition.

Fishing for Fortunes

From the icy waters of the Gulf of Maine to clean drinking water in East Africa, UNH innovations enhance economic opportunities.

A Closing Inquiry

James W. Dean Jr., who became UNH's 20th president in June 2018, speaks with senior vice provost for research Jan Nisbet about partnerships, research and his vision for UNH.

New to the Faculty

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a theoretical cosmologist whose scholarship breaks down intellectual and disciplinary barriers.

Biotech Innovators

David Hallal ’88 and Mike Paglia ’02G are united in ElevateBio, a new venture for cell and gene therapy innovation.

Sculpture Spaces

Assistant professor of sculpture Sachiko Akiyama received a major grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

Next in XPRIZE

More than 80 percent of our Earth’s seafloor is not mapped to high resolution; we have a clearer picture of the surface of Mars than of the ocean floor. A team of UNH alumni has created an ocean...

Insights on a Changing Climate

UNH research left its mark on the monumental Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in November 2018 by 13 government agencies. Jennifer Jacobs, professor of civil and environmental engineering...

Black Hole Discovery

A team of space scientists led by UNH Space Science Center research assistant professor Dacheng Lin discovered an elusive intermediate mass black hole when the researchers spied it (thanks to a trio...

Drained Dry

The winter tick — a tiny parasite thriving as winters warm and shorten — is decimating northern New England’s moose population, a three-year UNH study found. Published in the Canadian Journal of...

Teen Chaos

For adolescents navigating the rocky road of physical and emotional changes, a disorganized and unstable home life can lead to greater depression, poorer physical health and increased likelihood of...

Top Tier

UNH has risen to the top echelon of research universities in the country.

Excellence

UNH faculty members have achieved major honors recently.

Hydrographic Hall of Fame

Andy Armstrong, the NOAA co-director of UNH's Joint Hydrographic Center, was honored by the Hydrographic Society of America.

Climate Change Woes

UNH professor Jennifer Jacobs was a lead author on the landmark Fourth National Climate Assessment released recently by 13 government agencies.

Fellow of Invention

Wheeler Ruml, a professor of computer science at UNH, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

FindScholars@UNH Launches

UNH has launched a new tool to help share the university's research and scholarship.

Into the Microbial Deep

A Department of Energy grant is supporting UNH research on hydraulic fracturing.

Creating the Self-Driving Office of the Future

UNH has received NSF funding for automated vehicle research.

Research Communications Academy

Faculty, postdocs and graduate students can apply to participate in the first Research Communications Academy.

To Teach Bystander Intervention, Try a Video Game

A new study from UNH's Prevention Innovations Research Center has found video games show promise as tools for sexual assault prevention.

Committed to Collaborative Research Excellence

Fourteen interdisciplinary teams of UNH researchers have received $425,000 in CoRE funding.

Robot Therapy

This interdisciplinary effort unites computer science and human movement.

Environmental Honors

The EPA has honored James Houle and the UNH Center for Freshwater Biology with Environmental Merit Awards for clean water achievements.

Listening to Bubbles

UNH doctoral student Alexandra Padilla has received a prestigious National Science fellowship.

A Population At Risk

Northern New Hampshire and western Maine are seeing an increase in winter ticks, which are endangering the moose population.

Not Taking the Plunge

New research from UNH finds that as climate changes, so does lake recreation behavior.

Inspired by Nature

Mechanical engineering professor Yaning Li looks to nature’s shapes and structures to create innovative new materials.

Nowhere To Hide

New research from UNH finds that changes in seaweed "forests" may be harmful for an ecologically important fish.

Engaging With Industry

For their senior capstone project, five UNH undergraduates developed a new cleaning robot for Massachusetts company Symbotic.

Revelle Lecture

Professor of history Jeffrey Bolster was selected by the National Academy of Sciences to deliver its prestigious Revelle Commemorative Lecture.

SMSOE Participates in Consortium on Research Vessels

The University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has created a consortium with two major institutions

Computing on the Head of a Pin

Physics professor Jiadong Zang has discovered a materials combination that could lead to tiny computers.

Undergraduate Inquiry

Students present their original research, scholarly activity and creative works at the Undergraduate Research Conference  April 17 – 28, 2018.

Rising Tides, Increasing Floods

New research from UNH finds that so-called "nuisance flooding" along coastal roads has increased 90 percent in the past 20 years.

Washboard Landscape

Newly discovered  Seacoast-area ridges may hold clues about ice age, climate change.

Fellow in Physics

UNH professor of physics Benjamin Chandran was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

New Research Aims To Help Humans Survive Dehydration

A major NIH grant will help professor Matt MacManes understand dehydration by studying a tiny desert rodent.

Next in XPRIZE

A UNH-led team has qualified for the final round of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.