UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H. - In the sweltering days of midsummer, the ocean beckons many of us to splash in her briny cool. For Cara Fiore, a doctoral student at the University of New Hampshire, that dip in the deep will last nearly two weeks, as she conducts research as an aquanaut on Aquarius Reef Base, a unique undersea research station in the coral reefs near the Florida Keys located at a depth of 63 feet.

DURHAM, N.H. -- A handful of high school students hope to make history of a sort next Monday (July 18, 2011) when a cardboard and Styrofoam vehicle they built glides back to Earth following a 90-minute balloon ride up to the edge of outer space to gather data on cosmic rays. The launch will occur at 9 a.m. from the Vermont Agricultural Business Education Center in Brattleboro.

DURHAM, N.H. - Michael Goldberg, the Roland H. O'Neal Professor at the University of New Hampshire, said the government's failure to raise the debt ceiling could cause a global financial crisis even more severe than the 2008 financial meltdown and send the United States and world economies back into recession.

DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire has changed the date for this year's Homecoming celebration to Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, after realizing the original date, Oct. 8, coincided with the observance of Yom Kippur. University officials apologize for the initial scheduling error as well as any inconvenience the change may cause alumni and friends of the university.

DURHAM, N.H. - Stepping out into the cavernous pink marble hall of the Marmorsaal in St. Florian, Austria, members of the University of New Hampshire Chamber Singers knew their performance in the 11th century monastery would be particularly meaningful. The only choir representing the United States at the prestigious 3rd International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition in Linz, Austria, the UNH students would be singing in the very place where Bruckner is buried. As the notes of Clare Maclean's "Christ the King" began to swirl and resonate, the moment became magical.

DURHAM, N.H. - Stepping out into the cavernous pink marble hall of the Marmorsaal in St. Florian, Austria, members of the University of New Hampshire Chamber Singers knew their performance in the 11th century monastery would be particularly meaningful. The only choir representing the United States at the prestigious 3rd International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition in Linz, Austria, the UNH students would be singing in the very place where Bruckner is buried. As the notes of Clare Maclean's "Christ the King" began to swirl and resonate, the moment became magical.

DURHAM, N.H. – Rural workers have less access to sick leave, forcing them to choose between caring for themselves or family members, and losing pay or perhaps even their jobs when faced with an illness, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H. — About 55 million years ago, the Earth burped up a massive release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere - an amount equivalent to burning all the petroleum and other fossil fuels that exist today. "And we don't know where it came from," says University of New Hampshire's Will Clyde, associate professor of geology. "This is a big part of the carbon cycle that affected the climate system, and we don't understand it."

DURHAM, NH – New Hampshire’s U.S. Representatives Frank Guinta and Charlie Bass are unpopular in their districts while New Hampshire adults continue to have favorable opinions of Senators Ayotte and Shaheen, according to the latest WMUR Granite State Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.

DURHAM, N.H. – Gov. John Lynch remains very popular in New Hampshire, but Granite Staters are still concerned about the economy and the state budget, according to the latest WMUR Granite State Poll 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.