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DURHAM, N.H.

DURHAM, N.H. - The College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA) at the University of New Hampshire and Great Bay Community College (GBCC) have signed an agreement that will allow qualified Great Bay students to transfer seamlessly into several life sciences B.S. programs at UNH. The agreement, signed by UNH president Mark W. Huddleston and GBCC president Wilfredo Arvelo, maps course selection decisions for GBCC students to support university access and B.S. degree completion.

DURHAM, N.H. - NH Listens announces an opportunity for citizens to gather throughout the state to share their thoughts on the challenges, opportunities, issues, and needs relating to local and state outdoor recreation.

NH Listens will facilitate small-group, community conversations to gather ideas, experiences, and recommendations from a wide range of New Hampshire citizens with special emphasis placed on hearing the views of citizens about unmet outdoor recreation needs and innovative approaches to meeting those needs.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business will host a panel discussion of family business owners and experts Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, who will talk about some of the most common mistakes made by family businesses and how to avoid them.

"Common Mistakes Made by Family Businesses and How to Avoid Them" will be held at The Yard Restaurant, 1211 South Mammoth Road, Manchester. The event begins at 8 a.m. with a continental breakfast, with the program following at 8:30 a.m. The program ends at noon, followed by lunch and networking.

DURHAM, N.H. -- University of New Hampshire President Mark W. Huddleston will delay implementation of a decision announced earlier today to stop selling energy drinks in its retail and vending locations beginning in January 2012.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire has received a National Science Foundation grant to study changes in land use and conservation around national parks in Africa as part of a larger investigation of tropical deforestation and degradation, which are major causes of global climate change. 

DURHAM, N.H. - A University of New Hampshire undergraduate student in Belize on his first archaeological field research trip has helped identify the homestead of a prominent U.S. Confederate soldier from Alabama who fled the country after the Civil War.

DURHAM, N.H. - In an effort to further its mission to be the healthiest campus community in the country by 2020 and keep its students safe, the University of New Hampshire will no longer sell energy drinks in its retail and vending locations beginning in January 2012.

DURHAM, N.H. - How do scientists track whales as they dive deep beneath the sea to feed? How do they grow fish from microscopic larvae up to an age that they can be put out in Hampton Harbor to help replenish stocks? How are they restoring critical wetland and seagrass habitats in Great Bay?

DURHAM, N.H. - Between 2009 and 2010, one million more children in America joined the ranks of those living in poverty, bringing the total to an estimated 15.7 million poor children in 2010, an increase of 2.6 million since the recession began in 2007, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.