Making a Living Producing Food?

In New England, small- and mid-sized farms face numerous barriers to achieving viability. Many farmers across the region rely on a host of agriculture-adjacent enterprises, like agritourism (or agro-...

Serving New England Farmers

The global pandemic upended how we work and live, and the same was true for America’s farmers – especially those involved in direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales. Farmers’ markets temporarily shut down,...

Dedicated to Health Disparities Research

Nutrition researcher Maria Carlota Dao, an assistant professor at the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and a New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) researcher, was recently...

Listening to Marine Life

Michelle Fournet still vividly recalls one of the first times she listened to humpback whales as a researcher. She was sitting in a small, 10-foot inflatable raft, bobbing on the ocean waves just off...

Research Makes National Strawberry Month Sweeter

Five pounds of strawberries might seem like a lot, but that is approximately how much each person eats each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Given that much consumption,...

A Lifetime Achievement

Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment Russell Congalton has spent close to half a century researching and teaching geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and geospatial...

Tropical Rivers Act as Carbon Sinks Following Major Rainfall Events

New Hampshire Agricultural Expirement Station-funded researcher Bill McDowell recently co-authored an article in Nature Communications highlighting the role that tropical rivers play in capturing,...

Making Childcare More Accessible

Carsey School of Public Policy Research Assistant Professor Jess Carson and Ph.D. student Kamala Nasirova met the summer of 2021 through a mutual colleague. Nasirova, a second-year student in UNH’s...

Taking It to the Streets

Public policy advocacy encompasses a range of activities, in settings as varied as the streets of our local New Hampshire communities and the halls of the U.S. Congress.

'Gender Equality for a Sustainable Future'

Celebrating Women's History Month by highlighting women faculty members and the female graduate students they're working with on research at UNH.

A Shared History

Before graduating last September from UNH’s museum studies program, Amy Denham worked with Kimberly Alexander, director of museum studies with the department of history, on recreating an 18th/early...

Arctic Changes; Global Impacts

Faculty in UNH’s natural resources and the environment program have a strong legacy of tackling environmental challenges through research and education.

How Mentorship Can Help Diversify STEM

Clarice Perryman, a Ph.D. candidate in Earth & environmental science at UNH, describes mentorship as an important component of her education at the university.

Serving Today's Seniors

The UNH nursing department has an excellent history of faculty and graduate students collaborating on quality improvement projects through research and application.

Breaking Barriers

Why not me? That’s the question Deqa Dhalac ‘13G posed to herself when she first began mulling over the decision to run for political office in 2018. Dhalac, a Somali American who has lived in the U....

Carsey School's Serve & Learn Program

The Carsey School of Public Policy is proud to announce the launch of the Serve & Learn program, offering free and discounted courses to those in public service whose work has changed in response...

With COVID-19 Quarantine, Going Online Brings New Opportunities for NH Listens

Carsey Faculty Wins Prize for Teaching Simulation Case

Carolyn Arcand took home a top prize for a teaching simulation she introduced in her course, Financial Management and Budgeting in the Public and Non-profit Sectors, at the Carsey School of Public...

Carsey School Responds to COVID-19

The Carsey School has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting and publishing research on new and emerging trends related to coronavirus, helping in the policy response, and by...

Union Leader Names Two Carsey Alumnae to Annual 40 Under Forty List

The Carsey School of Public Policy is proud to count not one but two alum on this year’s prestigious Union Leader “40 Under Forty” list.

Carsey Alum & Student Take Home Prizes at NH SVIC 2019

The annual New Hampshire Social Venture Innovation Challenge (SVIC) highlights and awards seed money to innovative, socially oriented projects and business plans submitted by full-and part-time...

Toy Time

The New Hampshire Toy Library Network First site: Dover Public Library, 73 Locust St., Dover, NH 03820 All toys cleaned with EPA-approved products prior to being loaned. Learn more at nhtoy.org Toy...