UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire will host its first benefit gourmet dinner with Seacoast Local's new food program, ReRootEd, and Granite State Fish Sunday, March 4, 2012, at the Thompson School's Cole Hall on the UNH campus.

DURHAM, N.H. - Americans' knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H. - Parents are much more likely to blame and doubt their children when their child has been sexually abused by another adolescent instead of an adult, according to new research from the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H. - More than 35 summer camps and other outdoor programs will share their summer offerings with Seacoast-area parents and youth at the University of New Hampshire's annual Summer Camp and Outdoor Job Fair Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. From 4 - 6:30 p.m., representatives from a range of programs will be available to meet with parents and prospective campers.

DURHAM, N.H. - Teen victims of dating violence are overwhelmingly more likely to have been victims of other forms of violence, such as sexual violence and child abuse, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center.

DURHAM, N.H. - An ocean mapping expedition has shed new light on the deepest place on Earth, the 2,500-kilometer long Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean near Guam. Using a multibeam echo sounder, state-of-the-art equipment for mapping the ocean floor, scientists from the University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center found four "bridges" spanning the trench and measured its deepest point with greater precision than ever before.

DURHAM, N.H. - Beth Mattingly, director of research on vulnerable families at the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss poor and low-income Americans following Mitt Romney's comments regarding their "safety net."

DURHAM, N.H. - The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, will participate in a discussion of the landmark marriage equality play "8" following its staged reading at the University of New Hampshire Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.

DURHAM, N.H. - Green Mountain Communications Inc. has completed work on four New Hampshire mountaintops to construct NHSafeNet, a wireless public safety microwave network that will improve the communications, efficiency, and emergency readiness of state and local agencies.

DURHAM, N.H. - A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred Friday (Jan. 27, 2012), just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to Earth's magnetic field despite the fact that it was aimed away from our planet.