UNH Today

A vote of this nature is a tactic used in a difficult labor dispute. It represents the level of frustration faculty feel about not having a contract, and their concern for the future of the University in uncertain times.

I know the faculty themselves are divided on the merits of this voting process - organized by one of the negotiating parties, on a rushed schedule, with hundreds of faculty not eligible to vote, and my testimony to the Senate Finance Committee misrepresented by the AAUP leadership.

DURHAM, N.H. -President Barack Obama's job performance rating in New Hampshire has dropped to its lowest level since his election. Obama's handling of the economy and health care reform continues to drag down his popularity.

These findings are based on the latest WMUR Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. Five hundred four (504) randomly selected New Hampshire adults were interviewed by telephone between April 15 and April 26, 2011. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.4 percent.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire's Dairy Bar, a restaurant with the tag line "Local, Fresh, Sustainable," is serving salad greens this spring that couldn't be more local: they're grown just up the road at UNH's Woodman Farm. And before they're doused in vinaigrette, the gourmet greens have served science and helped inform New Hampshire growers about a potential new winter crop.

DURHAM, N.H. - The UNH Office for Research Partnerships and Commercialization will host "Creative Works - Tech Transfer for the Rest of Us," a UNH Innovation Catalyst Seminar that will focus on protecting one's creative works.

The seminar is set for 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday, April 28, 2011, in the MUB Theater I. A reception will follow at Ballard's Restaurant. Maria Emanuel, licensing manager with the UNH Office for Research Partnerships and Commercialization, will present the seminar.

DURHAM, N.H. - Americans maintain a vexed relationship with aristocracy. We pride ourselves in not having one, but our fantasy lives are completely peopled by royals, according to James Krasner, professor of English at the University of New Hampshire. So it's no surprise that Americans are eagerly anticipating the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton this week.  

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire will break ground on the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics Tuesday, May 3, 2011, the first step in constructing a new building that will help transform the university's graduate and undergraduate business education and reinforce its long, proud history of offering a first-rate business education.

DURHAM, N.H. - More American families are turning to federal assistance to heat their homes during the winter, with many more families eligible for but not taking advantage of the program, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H. - A recent vote by the legislative delegation to cut $725,326 from the Strafford County budget resulted in a decision by county commissioners to cancel county support for Cooperative Extension. As a result, the Extension office in Strafford County will be closed, ending a 100-year era of cooperation between the county and UNH Cooperative Extension.

DURHAM, N.H. - Three dozen older computers from the University of New Hampshire's chemistry department are headed to El Salvador, where they will find new life in a school in the town of San José Villanueva. Packing them and sending them safely on their way will be up to 20 military personnel - UNH Air Force ROTC cadets and New Hampshire National Guardsmen. The packing and transport from Parsons Hall to Pease Air Force Base will take place Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at approximately 11:30 a.m.

DURHAM, N.H. - Five nutrition majors from the University of New Hampshire are combating unhealthy eating and youth obesity by going into the belly of the beast: the high school cafeteria. For their nutritional science field internship, the students have partnered with Dover High School to bring local farmers and chefs into the lunchroom to help students experience fresh, healthy, local food up close.

"We're trying to open kids' eyes to healthier options that are local," says Lauren Goldthwaite, '13, one of the interns.