UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire’s franchising sector-focused RIFC 50 Index™ continued to recover from the severe losses sustained earlier in the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gaining 12.8% in market value in the fourth quarter of 2020 as effective vaccines started becoming available and fueled hopes for control of the pandemic in the near future. Developed and published by UNH’s Rosenberg International Franchise Center (RIFC), it is the first stock index to track the financial market performance of the U.S.

DURHAM, N.H.— Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that more than 50% of children in high-risk populations in the United States are not receiving behavioral health services that could improve their developmental outcomes when it comes to mental and physical health problems.

DURHAM, N.H. — Buckingham Palace broke its silence around Harry and Meghan’s explosive interview with Oprah releasing a statement from Queen Elizabeth saying the issues raised, especially those of race, were “concerning.” Nicoletta Gullace, associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire who studies 20th century and modern British history, is available to discuss the underlying historical influences around the royal family’s continued attempts to remain relevant and popular at this difficult time.

Editor’s Note: A call will be held for press March 10, at 3 p.m. with NH SBDC State Director Liz Gray and UNH Survey Center Director Andrew Smith and Research Associate Sean McKinley. Please reach out to Heidi Edwards Dunn for the Zoom call information.

Producers and editors: Dean Merrill-Sands is available for interviews as are faculty members, Paul College graduates working in the field and business leaders. Please email erika.mantz@unh.edu for contact information.

DURHAM, N.H.— In business, as in life, it is important to make a good first impression and according to research at the University of New Hampshire a positive initial trust interaction can be helpful in building a lasting trust relationship. Researchers found that trusting a person early on can have benefits over the life of the relationship, even after a violation of that trust.

DURHAM, N.H.—The Biden administration has created a bipartisan commission to study reforms within the Supreme Court as well as a broader review of the court system and the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee recently held hearings on the need for more federal judges and other court reforms.

DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire will induct five alumni entrepreneurs into its Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame at a double ceremony Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. The nomination deadline and induction ceremony for the 2020 cohort was postponed due to COVID-19. Both 2020 and 2021 inductions will take place during Homecoming Weekend. Nominations for the 2021 selection will be accepted through June 1.

DURHAM, N.H.— The University of New Hampshire’s Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Center will receive $2.97 million in grants to conduct a first-of-its-kind randomized study looking at the effectiveness of outdoor behavioral health (OBH), or wilderness therapy, a prescriptive treatment for teens struggling with depression, anxiety and substance use disorders.

DURHAM, N.H.—Results of a necropsy performed on a dolphin that died in the Mill River in Gloucester, Mass., indicate the animal had a parasitic infection and hemorrhage in its brain, according to a pathologist with the NH Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at the University of New Hampshire. While there is no risk to humans from this parasite, the event underscores warnings that the public never should interact with animals in the wild that could potentially be carrying parasites and diseases that can be transmitted to humans.