Sustainability

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International Changemaker Grant Sends Students to Work in Global Communities

The International Changemaker Grant will send five teams of UNH students to a variety of international locations this summer, where the students will work in native communities and collaborate with organizations working on sustainability initiatives ranging from energy insecurity and community... Read More

Recent Stories

  • illustration of buildings against a green circular background
    - A Carbon-Neutral Future
    Ask Cameron Wake to describe UNH’s response to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and one word comes to mind: aggressive. WildCAP, the university’s climate action plan, is “... Read More
  • UNH student Kathryn Bennett ’18
    - Starting Somewhere
    For Kathryn Bennett ’18, a student in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, an interest in sustainability began at a young age. “I have always been passionate about... Read More
  • illustration of a person presenting research
    - People Power
    Former UNH provost John Aber is a world-renowned expert in natural resources and the environment who today concentrates most of his research in the area of sustainable ecosystem... Read More
  • Kristin Duisberg visiting some cows at the UNH organic dairy
    - In This Issue...
    When I started working at UNH in October 2008, there were two high-profile topics I recall as taking up many staff writers’ time. One was the installment of a then brand-new... Read More
  • pink and red illustration of an invasive seaweed
    - Red Alert
    Walk along a beach in New England, and chances are you’ll encounter piles of fine red seaweed washed up in drifts at the waterline. While it may look harmless enough, the fiber-... Read More
  • UNH art history graduate Corinne Long '12 restoring a mural in Hamilton Smith Hall at UNH
    - A Fine Restoration
    Conservationists, including art history graduate Corrine Long '12, are restoring WPA-era murals in Hamilton Smith Hall.  Read More
  • US Rep. Carol Shea-Porter at the Shoals Marine Lab
    - Congresswoman Visits Ocean Classroom
    Jennifer Seavey (r), executive director of the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island, describes research underway on the island to U.S. Rep. Carol Shea–Porter (third from... Read More
  • Olivia Bartlett, a UNH doctoral candidate and Switzer fellow
    - Environmental Science Standout
    Olivia Bartlett is the latest UNH student to receive a sought-after Switzer Environmental Fellowship. Read More
  • UNH's Molly Jacobson '17
    - Bird-Spurred
    Protecting Maine’s shorebirds leaves Molly Jacobson '17 happy as a lark. Read More
  • UNH researcher Win Watson
    - A Deep Dive on a Keystone Species
    Watch how UNH professor Win Watson and graduate student Meghan Owings are helping save horseshoe crabs. Read More