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DURHAM, N.H. - A University of New Hampshire researcher has discovered that a former Yale professor who espoused pro-eugenic beliefs manipulated his research findings so he could conclude that his Wisconsin home town was overflowing with mentally and morally "unfit" people.
DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire Therapeutic Riding Program will host a benefit luncheon ringside at the Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic, a premier equestrian sporting event, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011 at Silver Oak Equestrian Center in Hampton Falls. Proceeds from the luncheon, which runs from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., support the Therapeutic Riding Program.
Rosemary Caron's research concerns childhood lead poisoning, particularly in refugee communities. Prior to joining the UNH faculty, she was assistant state epidemiologist for the NH Division of Public Health Services and environmental toxicologist for the City of Manchester Health Department.
DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire and Climate Counts have partnered to expand the effort to bring consumers and companies together in addressing the climate crisis. An independent nonprofit, Climate Counts will locate its main office at UNH to better take advantage of the university's nationally known climate research, engaged scholarship, and campus wide Sustainability Academy.
DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire has received a gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) program. UNH is one of just 20 campuses in North America to receive STARS gold to date.
DURHAM, N.H. - Soil-dwelling bacteria of the genus Frankia have the potential to produce a multitude of natural products, including antibiotics, herbicides, pigments, anticancer agents, and other useful products, according to an article in the June 2011 issue of the journal "Applied and Environmental Microbiology." University of New Hampshire professor of microbiology and genetics Louis Tisa, a Frankia expert, contributed the genomic analysis to this study.
DURHAM, N.H. - A lack of jobs and a declining population are considered the most pressing problems facing the North Country by the residents of Coos County, who increasingly favor using natural resources to create jobs instead of for conservation, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
DURHAM, N.H. -David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss the disappearance of Celina Cass of West Stewartstown, N.H.
Finkelhor can be reached at 603-767-1010 and david.finkelhor@unh.edu.
DURHAM, N.H. -- Marc Sedam, executive director of the University of New Hampshire's Office for Research Partnerships and Commercialization and the New Hampshire Innovation Research Center, recently earned the Certified Licensing Professional™ (CLP) credential, a certification available to practicioners who have established a combination of high-level expertise in licensing intellectual property with high-impact transactions.
DURHAM, N.H. - New Hampshire adults are divided in their views about the direction of New Hampshire's economy, and pessimism about business conditions in the United States remains high, according to the latest Business and Industry Association (BIA) of New Hampshire Consumer Confidence Index conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
Five hundred sixteen (516) randomly selected New Hampshire adults were interviewed by telephone between June 21 and July 1, 2011. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.3 percent.
