UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire is proud to announce Operation Hat Trick (OHT), a program that first started at UNH four years ago and will now generate royalties to support respective schools and the Veteran's Administration General Post Fund, is launching nationally. Beginning Feb. 1, alumni, fans, and supporters of more than 30 colleges and universities across the country will be able to purchase officially licensed caps that support their university and our American military veterans.  

DURHAM, N.H. - U.S. lodging executives were more optimistic about general business conditions in December than the prior month, according to the University of New Hampshire Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) for the current month ending December 2012. The index increased from 50.1 in November 2012 to 53.8 in December 2012.

DURHAM, N.H. - University of New Hampshire graduate students Wan-Jean Lee and Michelle Walsh have each been awarded a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship for 2012. Sponsored by the National Sea Grant College Program, the year-long fellowship matches current and recent graduate students with hosts in the legislative and executive branches of government.

DURHAM, N.H. - A potent and unexpected solar flare observed yesterday morning by a NASA satellite could cause disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next few days, according to scientists at the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC).

CONCORD, N.H. - Gov. John Lynch today announced the three businesses selected to participate in the next round of Green Launching Pad funding. The most recent round of funding will support businesses that help the state achieve the objectives of the ARRA-State Energy Program and N.H. Climate Action Plan, with an emphasis on green manufacturing while creating new jobs and contributing positively to the state's economy.

DURHAM, N.H. -Nancy Kinner, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of New Hampshire and an expert on oil spills, is available to comment on the environmental impact of the cruise liner Costa Concordia, grounded off the coast of Italy with more than 2,000 tons of oil onboard.

Nancy Kinner is available at nancy.kinner@unh.edu or 603-862-1422 or through Kathy Mandsager at Kathy.mandsager@unh.edu or 603 862-1545.

DURHAM, N.H. - The Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire invites businesses to submit corporate consulting projects to be completed by graduating MBA students.

Project proposals are due Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, and can be submitted online at http://wsbe.unh.edu/corporate-consulting-project-information. There is no fee to participate in the program, but a donation of $500 to $1,000 is requested to help offset expenses, such as student travel.

DURHAM, N.H.- The N.H. Author Series, hosted by the Friends of Dimond Library at the University of New Hampshire, will present sci-fi writer James Patrick Kelly on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the Dimond Library's 5th floor reading room.

Kelly's short novel, "Burn", won the Science Fiction Writers of America's Nebula Award in 2007. Kelly has won the World Science Fiction Society's Hugo Award twice: in 1996, for his novelette, "Think Like A Dinosaur," and in 2000, for his novelette, "Ten to the Sixteenth to One."

DURHAM, N.H. - Northeast Passage at the University of New Hampshire, in partnership with UNH Cooperative Extension's 4-H Youth Development Program, will host a dozen teens with disabilities from military families in the second of two White Mountain winter sports camps Jan 20 - 23, 2012.

WHAT:          Military Teen Adventure Camps for teens with disabilities

WHEN:          January 20 - 23, 2012

DURHAM, N.H. - The founders of PixelMEDIA will share their story of starting their company and what it has accomplished at the next meeting of the University of New Hampshire CEO Forum.

Erik Dodier and Thomas Obrey, the founders PixelMEDIA, will present "The Odd Couple of Business: The Founders of PixelMEDIA on Meeting in the Middle and Looking Toward the Future" Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. The program begins at 8 a.m. in Huddleston Hall.