UNH Recommendations Seek to Help Farmers Curb Agricultural Nitrogen Losses Under Climate Variability
August 20, 2018
UNH Recommendations Seek to Help Farmers Curb Agricultural Nitrogen Losses Under Climate Variability
DURHAM, N.H. – Midwest farmers experiencing more erratic rainfall and prolonged dry periods that have devastated crops now have new guidelines to help them manage the effects of climate variability. Researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have created a portfolio of strategic recommendations to guide future agricultural research,... Read Full Article
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University of New Hampshire Breaks Ground on New Soccer and Lacrosse Facility
Thanks to a second anonymous grant from the Eleanor and Clarence Prevo Fund, the University of New Hampshire will break ground on the first phase of a new soccer and lacrosse facility in early August. The facility will be 100 percent privately funded.
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DURHAM, N.H. – Coastal New Hampshire will lose 14 percent of its known prehistoric and historic cultural sites to sea-level rise in less than 100 years, according to new research out of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. The state’s two coastal counties account...
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 DURHAM, N.H. – After a national search that concluded with a unanimous vote of the University System board of trustees, James W. (“Jim”) Dean Jr. has been appointed the 20th president of the University of New Hampshire effective June 30, 2018.
Dean will succeed Mark W. Huddleston, who is retiring...
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 DURHAM, N.H. – Shawn Gorman ‘89, the second chairman in L.L. Bean’s century-plus history, will deliver the University of New Hampshire commencement address Saturday, May 19, 2018.
“We’re pleased to welcome another distinguished alumnus back to campus to serve as this year’s commencement speaker,”...
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 DURHAM, N.H. – White pine needle damage, a complex of foliar diseases that is being accelerated by the region’s warmer, wetter springs, is slowing the growth and hampering the health of the region’s eastern white pines, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.
“This new...
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DURHAM, N.H. -- Newly released national data show increases in child abuse fatalities (up 8 percent) and physical abuse (up 5 percent) from 2015 to 2016, according to a detailed analysis released by the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) at the University of New Hampshire. Neglect...
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 DURHAM, N.H. -- Michael Lavers ’04, international editor for the Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the U.S. covering gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news around the world, has been named the 2018 Donald M. Murray Visiting Journalist at the University of New Hampshire. Lavers will...
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DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire will host two lectures on beer’s significant social, cultural, economic and environmental contributions to the U.S. during N.H. Craft Beer Week April 6-15, 2018.
Theresa McCulla, brewing historian for the American Beer History Initiative at the...
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 DURHAM, N.H. – High tide floods, or so-called “nuisance flooding,” that happen along shore roadways during seasonal high tides or minor wind events are occurring far more frequently than ever before. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that in the past 20 years roads along the...
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DURHAM, N.H. – Counties with the highest levels of economic distress experienced an average of nearly 7.9 more drug-related deaths per 100,000 persons than counties with the lowest level, a difference of nearly 40,000 more deaths over 10 years, according to new research out of the Carsey School of...
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 DURHAM, N.H. – Take a drive through the countryside near the New Hampshire Seacoast and you might notice a series of tiny rolling hills that look like regularly-spaced ridges. While the repeating pattern may be eye-catching for drivers, and sometimes challenging for bicycle riders, researchers at...
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DURHAM, N.H. – The Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire will host three community forums to gather input from people who received a child support order after 2013 to either pay or receive child support.
These forums are part of the Child Support Guidelines Review being...
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DURHAM, N.H. – Only 33 percent of low-income workers employed full time have employer-based health insurance, compared to 57 percent of higher-income workers, according to new research out of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.
Low-income workers are less likely...
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