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COLA Faculty Awarded Professorships
Five faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts have received professorship awards. -
CEPS Faculty Awarded Professorships
Two CEPS faculty members have received professorship awards. -
UNH Hospitality Management Program Ranked in Top 10 Percent Nationally
The University of New Hampshire Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics’ Hospitality Management Program has been ranked in the top 10 percent of national business schools and colleges that... -
UNH Welcomes New Faculty
Members of the class of 2019 aren’t the only ones who began their UNH careers this month. The university is welcoming 87 new faculty members to the community. Here is a list of the new faculty by... -
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Running RN
Running the Boston Marathon is a mental and physical challenge — but for Jennifer Anstead ’97, who ran it for the fifth time this year, there are others facing bigger challenges. -
Marathon Runners: Patient Partner
Steve Davis ’69 ran the Boston Marathon for the fourth time this year. A member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Oncology marathon team, for the past three years, he’s run “with” his... -
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Victoria Dutcher Named Vice President of Enrollment Management
Victoria Dutcher will become vice president of enrollment management at the University of New Hampshire, effective June 15, 2015. This is a new position reporting directly to the president... -
Peg Kirkpatrick: First-Hand Knowledge of Student Need
"Friendly's paid for my first year, and Newick's paid for my last three," Peg Kirkpatrick likes to say of the jobs she worked to pay her own way through UNH as an undergrad. The Concord, N.H., native... -
Answering the Call
When UNH's 603 Challenge kicks off Wednesday, alumni near and far will be asked to "answer the call" from their alma mater, and support the areas of the university they care most about — from... -
Tori Belkin: Turning Pastimes Into a Career
Tori Belkin '13 wouldn't trade the 14 summers she spent as a camper and then counselor at YMCA Camp Huckins. "Getting to see girls just be girls together and not have to worry about pressure from the... -
Jay DeWitt: Once a Granite Stater, Always a Granite Stater
Jay DeWitt '86 unapologetically calls himself a New Hampshire nationalist. He has a lot of passion for his home state, and therefore his state university — even though he's now based in the Windy... -
May-Win Thein: Focusing on Learning, Not Fundraising
The reason associate professor of mechanical engineering May-Win Thein gives back to UNH is simple: She wants her students to be studying, learning, experimenting and researching. She doesn't want... -
Climate Change Bringing Higher Seas, Health Impacts to N.H.
Rising seas pose significant risks to New Hampshire coastal communities and ecosystems, cultural resources and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and climate change-driven health impacts threaten to... -
UNH Launches First Undergraduate Student Managed Angel Fund on East Coast
Thanks to the expertise of the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, a committed team of four students and a generous donor, UNH will become one of the first universities in... -
Yvette Olivia George ’71
UNH degree: Bachelor's, history (later a master's in African American studies, Boston University) Currently lives in: Houston, Texas -
Warren Hardy Scott ’73
UNH degrees: Natural science and chemistry Currently lives in: Muscle Shoals, Alabama Please share highlights of your career or occupational experiences. Firefighters, paramedic, fire lieutenant (... -
Gregory J. Banks ’74
UNH degree: Bachelor's, history Currently lives in: Englewood, N.J. -
Lawrence Woods ’72
UNH degree: Full-time student 1968- 1972, complete final nine credits in 1975. In 1975, earned a bachelor of arts degree with a major in History and a minor in sociology. In 1979, earned a master's... -
Alfred McClain Jr. ’84
Currently lives in: Boston -
Yusuf Ali El ’72
UNH degree: Bachelor's, sociology Lives in: Northwest Indiana -
Joseph Hill ’73
Currently lives in: Middletown, Delaware -
A.J. LeBlanc Named Family Business of the Year
A.J. LeBlanc Heating, Plumbing and Air Conditioning in Bedford has been named the 2015 Family Business of the Year by the University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business and will be honored... -
Mechanical Engineering Major Receives 2015 Goldwater Scholarship
Joseph Collins '16, a mechanical engineering major from Nashua, has received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s premier undergraduate award for science, math, engineering... -
Emeritus Associate Professor Mimi Becker Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from EPA
Emeritus Associate Professor Mimi Becker received a lifetime achievement award from the Environmental Protection Agency at the organization’s 2015 Environmental Merit Awards ceremony in Boston... -
#UNHforNepal
In the days since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake ravaged Nepal, the death toll has climbed to more than 7,500. Homes, businesses, schools and other buildings now lie in rubble — an estimated 2.8 million... -
N.H. Supreme Court Justice to Speak at UNH Law Commencement
Carol Ann Conboy, the 105th justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, will be the speaker at the University of New Hampshire School of Law's commencement May 16. Conboy clerked for Shane Devine,... -
UNH Hosts Creative Works Symposium April 29
The University of New Hampshire will host a creative works — works that include copyrights, trademarks or both — symposium on Wednesday, April 29, to educate faculty, staff and students, as well as... -
UNH Announces 2015 Granite State Award and Honorary Degree Recipients
The owner of a four-generation family resort on Lake Winnipesaukee and a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva will receive 2015 Granite State Awards from the University of New... -
UNH Research Days
More than 1,300 undergraduates are showcasing their research results at multiple events during the Undergraduate Research Conference this week and next. Online URC schedule and event descriptions ... -
UNH Oil Spill Expert to Brief Senate
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UNH's 2015 Kidder Award Winners
Check out the award notes for each of the 2015 Kidder Award winners, as voted by selected by the Kidder Fund Committee from nominations submitted by the broader UNH community: -
Help a Bunny Out: Plant Shrubs
N.H. Fish and Game, N.H. Audubon, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and UNH Cooperative Extension are seeking volunteers for three upcoming events, in Dover and Durham, designed to help... -
The Music Hall, UNH Celebrate Strengthened Partnership
UNH President Mark Huddleston on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, N.H. UNH President Mark Huddleston took to the stage of The Music Hall in Portsmouth last week to help launch the 2015-2016... -
UNH Launches STEM Teachers Collaborative, Joins National Effort to Prepare 100,000 Excellent STEM Teachers by 2021
The University of New Hampshire has been selected as a national partner in the 100Kin10 Network, an initiative to train and retain 100,000 excellent science, technology, engineering and mathematics (... -
Two Faculty Members Spearhead Scholarship to Assist Community College Students
A chemistry lab in Parsons Hall at UNH Two chemistry professors are spearheading an effort that will support 30 students over three years who transfer into the university’s College of Engineering and... -
Kind Words Go Viral
Who wouldn’t want to hear something nice as they trudge off to class, Dimond Library or just back to their dorm to get some sleep before finals week? That was the idea behind a UNH video that’s now... -
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UNH, Alpha Loft Host Roundtable on Leveraging Universities for Economic Development
The University of New Hampshire and Alpha Loft will co-host a breakfast roundtable on "Universities as Economic Change Agents" Friday, April 17, at the UNH Manchester campus, Pandora Building, room... -
Paying it Forward
Into one’s life a little rain will fall, or so they say. For college seniors, the problem is more often financial drought — it's a time when scholarship funds dry up and student loan repayments loom. -
Leading Homeland Security Pioneer Joins UNH Manchester Faculty
James Ramsay, Ph.D., M.A., CSP will join the faculty of UNH this summer, leading the creation of a new homeland security area of study at the university's Manchester campus. Ramsay comes to UNH from... -
Sports Roundup: Winter 2015
Elinor Purrier ’17 just can’t stop winning. The speedy sophomore— the first Wildcat athlete to be named a National Athlete of the Week by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches... -
UNH A Cappella Group Will Make Network Television Debut Christmas Morning
File this under “not too shabby.” Not Too Sharp, UNH’s all-male a cappella group, will make its network television debut on Christmas Day. The group went to Manhattan recently to record a two-song... -
University, Granite State Team Up to Get "Lean"
When New Hampshire’s legendary frugality meets with a cutting-edge business tool that private industries use to become more efficient, remarkable things begin to happen. Consider the results within...
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