UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H.—The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire invites businesses and nonprofits to propose projects and work with student teams. These “real world” experiential learning opportunities help prepare students to excel in their careers, engage in their communities and meet the challenges of the global business world.

DURHAM, N.H.—Ten finalist student teams presented their ideas for addressing sustainability challenges at the local, regional and global level to a panel of judges, prominent social venture founders, leaders and investors from New Hampshire and beyond at the Social Venture Innovation Challenge.

DURHAM, N.H.—Researchers from the University of New Hamsphire’s Crimes against Children Research Center were instrumental in a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) that presents ways to address the growing worldwide concern of keeping children safe online.

DURHAM, N.H.—The physical and emotional harm caused by commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and youth has been well documented but there is little research looking at preventative measures to help protect those at risk. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have received a five-year grant totaling $1.8 million from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to study the effectiveness of a child trafficking prevention program and its implementation through Minnesota’s Safe Harbor Initiative.

DURHAM, N.H.—Ten teams were selected from a field of 105 college students from across the state to advance to the final round of the 10th annual New Hampshire Social Venture Innovation Challenge (SVIC). The finalists will compete Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, beginning at 9 a.m. Learn about these teams and their ideas in these videos. The winners will be announced immediately following the 2022 Social Innovator of the Year Award and keynote address.

DURHAM, N.H.—The franchising sector, like most other business sectors, is attempting to recover from the double-digit losses sustained in the second quarter of 2022. This quarter, the University of New Hampshire’s RIFC 50 Index™, reflecting the performance of the U.S. franchising sector, lost “only” 2.6%, while the S&P 500 Index, reflecting the general U.S. financial markets, lost 5.3%. Twenty-one of the 50 components of the RIFC 50 Index made positive gains this quarter, a big improvement from last quarter when only one component made gains.

DURHAM, N.H.—Prince William and Kate Middleton are both expected to make the trip across the pond for the second annual Earthshot Prize ceremony which will be held in Boston. Nicoletta Gullace, associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire, and an expert on the royal family, is available to talk about the significance of the trip and what this means for the monarchy as well as for the city of Boston.

Gullace can be reached at nicoletta.gullace@unh.edu.

DURHAM, N.H.—NH GRANIT, a mapping agency for the state based at the University of New Hampshire, is receiving close to a million dollars from the N.H. Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) to inventory and map statewide broadband coverage that is currently available as well as what is proposed for the state’s businesses, educators and citizens.

DURHAM, N.H.—Life on land may have quieted down during the height of the pandemic, but far offshore the Atlantic Ocean was just as active as ever according to a new study from the University of New Hampshire. Researchers found that there was no significant change in the continental shelf’s underwater soundscape during the year 2020— a surprising contrast to earlier reports of quieter coastal waters during that same timeframe.

DURHAM, N.H.—Historian Fredrik Logevall will speak as part of the Rutman Distinguished Lecture Series on the American Presidency at the University of New Hampshire Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union Building’s Strafford Room. His talk, Ask Not: John F. Kennedy and the Promise of Democracy, is free and open to the public but registration is required.