January 15, 2019
DURHAM, N.H.—U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of New Hampshire’s online MBA program #51 in the nation. Run by the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, the program climbed 34 spots from last year.
“The fact that we improved by 34 spots in the ranking is something we are particularly proud of,” said Paul College Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands. “As a college we have made a commitment to developing a high-quality online learning experience and we are seeing that pay... Read Full Article
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James W. Dean Jr. Installed as 20th President of UNH
DURHAM, N.H.—Surrounded by family, friends, trustees, members of the university community and alumni on campus to celebrate homecoming, James W. (“Jim”) Dean Jr. was installed as the 20th president of the University of New Hampshire Friday, Oct. 12, 2018.
Watch or read his full speech here.
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 DURHAM, N.H.—For the second year, a stabilization of the retreat from seed and start-up stage deals in the angel investor market in the first two quarters of 2018 indicates angels are seeking stability by investing in early stage ventures with more of a track record than a seed/start-up company,...
Read MoreNew UNH Research Finds Angel Investors Seek Stability |
 DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire, in collaboration with the University of Maine, has established a new research and training program to prepare graduate and undergraduate students in the region on the ecological genomics of coastal organisms. Funds for the project are provide by an NSF...
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 DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire has risen to the top echelon of research universities in the country as designated by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and is now among the 130 doctoral-granting universities in the “very high research activity,” or R1,...
Read MoreUNH Reaches Top Tier of Carnegie Classification for Research Universities |
 DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire will unveil previously unknown, rare photographs of J.D. Salinger taken by famed photographer Lotte Jacobi Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, from 4-6 p.m. in honor of the 100th anniversary of the author’s birth. The photographs are part of a larger exhibition on...
Read MoreUNH Unveils New Portraits of J.D. Salinger in Honor of Author’s 100th Birthday |
 DURHAM, N.H.—The Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire has launched UNH-4U to provide a more encompassing college experience to students with intellectual disabilities, such as challenges with conceptual, social and daily practical skills like problem solving thanks to a...
Read MoreUNH Receives Grant to Make College More Inclusive |
 DURHAM, N.H.—Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that young adults who experienced repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussions, can experience persistent cognitive changes as well as altered brain activity.
“Multiple concussions, even after general symptoms...
Read MoreUNH Researchers Find Lasting Impact of Concussions on Young Adults |
 DURHAM, N.H.— From boat enthusiasts to anglers, researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found surprisingly widespread support for offshore wind energy development (OWD) among outdoor recreationists. Also unanticipated was the strong support across the entire political spectrum, from...
Read MoreUNH Research Finds Recreationists Support Offshore Wind Energy Development |
 DURHAM, N.H.—The New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at the University of New Hampshire has partnered with Seacoast Science Center (SSC) Marine Mammal Rescue to help diagnose the cause of deaths of marine mammals found on the northern New England seacoast.
“We are so pleased to partner with the...
Read MoreUNH Partners with Seacoast Science Center to Help Diagnose Cause of Deaths of Marine Mammals |
 DURHAM, N.H.—The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected ocean mapping pioneer Larry Mayer, director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire, as a foreign member. Mayer is among 175 foreign members of the academy, best known for granting the Nobel Prize...
Read MoreUNH Professor Elected to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
 DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics has been ranked as one of the nation’s best undergraduate business schools by Poets&Quants for Undergrads.
Paul College placed 58th nationally in Poets&Quants 2018 Best Undergraduate Business...
Read MoreUNH Business School Receives Highest National Ranking Ever |
 DURHAM, N.H.—Wheeler Ruml, professor of computer science at the University of New Hampshire, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Ruml, whose research in artificial intelligence has led to 17 U.S. and 12 foreign patents, joins the NAI 2018 class of 148 fellows.
“This...
Read MoreUNH Professor Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow |
 DURHAM, N.H.—The expected homelessness rate in a community increases at an accelerated pace after rents reach 32 percent of the local median income, according to new research conducted by University of New Hampshire researcher Chris Glynn in partnership with Zillow.
According to Glynn and his...
Read MoreUNH Partners with Zillow on Research That Finds Homelessness Rate Increases Faster in Least Affordable Rental Markets |
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