UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H. - Boston Globe health reporter Chelsea Conaboy has been named the 2012 Donald Murray Visiting Journalist at the University of New Hampshire. She will discuss her career as a health reporter and share her experiences with journalism students during her weeklong visit beginning April 9, 2012.

As part of her week at UNH, Conaboy'04, will present "10 Years in a Newsroom: The Things I've Found Worth Fighting For," Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 5 p.m. in MUB Theatre I. The event is free and open to the public.

DURHAM, N.H. - Following a considerable contraction in investment dollars in 2008 and 2009, the U.S. angel investor market continued to recover in 2011, a trend that began in 2010 in investment dollars and in the number of investments, according to the 2011 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H. -- The state commissioner of agriculture, the state veterinarian and the University of New Hampshire today announced a reorganization of the N.H. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory staff that will allow for a renewed focus on increasing revenue and provide students in UNH's pre-vet and pre-med programs the advising and hands-on experience in the lab that make UNH's programs unique.

DURHAM, N.H. - A series of global warming events called hyperthermals that occurred more than 50 million years ago had a similar origin to a much larger hyperthermal of the period, the Pelaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), new research has found. The findings, published in Nature Geoscience online on April 1, 2012, represent a breakthrough in understanding the major "burp" of carbon, equivalent to burning the entire reservoir of fossil fuels on Earth, that occurred during the PETM.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire's Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) team has won the team regional championship for the northern New England region for the second consecutive year, amassing more points during the eight-competition season than teams from 11 other schools in the region. The UNH team will be one of four teams to advance to the New England-area championships at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., on Saturday, April 7, 2012.

DURHAM, N.H. - For most Americans, the Revolution's main achievement is summed up by the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." But according to Eliga Gould, a history professor at the University of New Hampshire, the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations as it existed in 1776 -- America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become a colonizing power itself.

At the University of New Hampshire, "Friday night lights" has taken on a new meaning that has nothing to do with football. Instead, it's a grassroots environmental effort called Friday Night Lights Out in which students gather at the start of the weekend to turn off lights and other appliances left on in academic buildings.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business will host "Strategic Planning for the Family Business" Wednesday, April 4, 2012. The program begins at 8 a.m. with breakfast at New Hampshire Distributors, 65 Regional Drive, Concord, and will be followed by lunch and networking at noon.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business will host "Strategic Planning for the Family Business" Wednesday, April 4, 2012. The program begins at 8 a.m. with breakfast at New Hampshire Distributors, 65 Regional Drive, Concord, and will be followed by lunch and networking at noon.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire will host a lecture series, "Medical Ethics and Human Subject Research in the Shadow of the Holocaust." The lectures, which begin Tuesday, April, 17, 2012, are free and open to the public.