Sustainability
Randomness, not Environmental Selection, Key to Altering Bacteria in Arctic
In the Northeast, heat waves, heavy downpours, and sea level rise pose growing challenges. Infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries, and ecosystems will be increasingly compromised, according to NASA. Such climatic outcomes at lower latitudes could be, in part, affected by changes to microbial... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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03/29/21Gaming Safe Drinking Water
Weiwei Mo, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant. -
03/29/21Top Performers
A team of UNH engineering students was recently selected as a finalist in the prestigious U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2021 Design... -
03/25/21People May Be Stressing Out NH’s Bobcats
The bobcat, New Hampshire’s official state wildcat and a critical contributor to the sustainability of the state's forest ecosystem, may be being... -
03/22/21Experiment Station Presents Specialty Syrup Research Field Day
Scientists with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture present the preliminary findings of...
Recent Stories
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01/06/21 - Q&A with Masami Dustin ‘21When you came to UNH had you planned on weaving in a focus on social innovation or sustainability into your major and why? I knew since my junior year of high school that I would... Read More -
12/29/20 - Using Business to Do GoodWhen Shuili Du was a doctoral student at Boston University, the academic field of marketing still focused on the marketing mix (i.e., product, price, promotion and channel... Read More -
12/23/20 - UNH Endowment Investing Goes GreenDid you know that as of July 30, 2020 UNH was ranked sixth among universities in the country for its sustainability practices, topped only by schools like Stanford University,... Read More -
12/11/20 - Introducing First-Year Students to Business EthicsEducated as an engineer and trained as philosopher, Betty Woodman spent many years in the corporate sector where she rose to the level of senior leadership and witnessed firsthand... Read More -
12/09/20 - Responsible Finance in Community DevelopmentMichael Swack describes himself as “the son of an activist mom who grew up in Northeast Ohio.” He traces his own activist roots to his undergraduate years at the University of... Read More -
12/03/20 - Q&A with Geno Miller ‘17When you came to UNH had you planned on weaving in a focus on social innovation or sustainability into your major? Yes, I did. I started my first business when I was 15 years old... Read More -
11/27/20 - Committee on Investor ResponsibilityIn June 2017, the UNH Foundation's Investment and Finance committee established the Committee on Investor Responsibility. Sustainability is a core value at the University of New... Read More -
11/25/20 - Environmental regulations improve the bottom lineWhen Robert Mohr was in graduate school, his advisor introduced him to a controversial paper written by the influential economist Michael Porter. Read More -
11/18/20 - Q&A with Alison Pyott ’92Tell us a little bit about your career path. Where has life taken you? In 1992, I graduated from UNH with a degree in Hotel Administration. After a brief time in the hospitality... Read More -
11/13/20 - Harmonizing art with business to help make the world a better placeThe consistent rattle of the spray paint can in her hands mimicked the ticking of her mind as Haley Burns ‘20 assessed the canvas in front of her. After hours of class, work, and... Read More