UNH Today

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Catholics are more supportive of gay and lesbian rights than the general public and other Christians, according to a new report released today. The new report, which is the most comprehensive portrait of Catholic attitudes on gay and lesbian issues assembled to date, also finds that 7-in-10 Catholics say that messages from America's places of worship contribute a lot (33 percent) or a little (37 percent) to higher rates of suicide among gay and lesbian youth.

DURHAM, N.H. - David Greer, president and CEO of Wire Belt Co. of Londonderry will discuss the company's origins and values at the next University of New Hampshire CEO Forum Thursday, March 31, 2011.

The program begins at 8 a.m. in Huddleston Hall.

Greer will share his management practices and vision for the fourth-generation family owned manufacturing company. For more than 60 years, Wire Belt Co. has manufactured conveyor belts for the food processing, textile, electronic, agriculture, and automotive industries.

DURHAM, N.H. - In 1942, Turkey Pond, on the outskirts of Concord, was clogged with 12 million board-feet of white pine, downed in the devastating hurricane of 1938 and hauled to the pond for storage. With World War II in force and sawmill labor scarce, the U.S. Forest Service recruited an unlikely group to mill these logs into lumber for the war effort: a dozen or so women.

DURHAM, N.H. - Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey Institute and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss the latest New Hampshire and New England census data to be released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

DURHAM, N.H. -- University officials were pleased to learn of the arrest of a man in connection with the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Todd Walker, a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire and member of the football team. Walker, who was home on spring break, was killed during the early morning hours of Friday, March 18.

DURHAM, N.H. - Family councils can be a useful way to clarify roles and strategic goals at a family business. How to form these councils and use them effectively is the topic of the next meeting of the University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business.

DURHAM, N.H. - Christine Shea, associate dean for graduate programs and research, and professor of technology and operations management at the UNH Whittemore School of Business and Economics, is available to discuss supply chain and operations management issues that may develop as a result of the crisis in Japan.

Shea can be reached at 603-862-3322 and christine.shea@unh.edu.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Public Religion Research Institute will host a teleconference on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, to release a major new research report of Catholic attitudes on gay and lesbian issues. The new report offers the most comprehensive national portrait to date of Catholic attitudes on gay and lesbian issues, and includes previously unreleased data from PRRI's monthly Religion and Politics Tracking polls.

DURHAM, N.H. -- University officials were deeply saddened to learn of the death of 20-year-old Todd Walker, a sophomore in the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire and a member of the UNH football team. Walker, who is from Edwards, Colo., was the victim of a fatal shooting in Boulder, Colorado, during the early morning hours of March 18. He was home on spring break.

DURHAM, N.H. - Faculty members from the University of New Hampshire are available to provide scientific expertise and commentary on the devastating earthquake in Japan and the ensuing damage to nuclear reactors.