UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H. - The Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire invites businesses to submit corporate consulting projects to be completed by graduating MBA students.

As the capstone course for the MBA program, consulting projects should be challenging, with workloads set at a professional level. Student teams will work 40 hours a week on the project for five weeks during May and June 2011. Since 2003, 245 students have completed 143 projects at 74 unique companies.

DURHAM, N.H. - David Cote, chairman and chief executive officer of Honeywell, Inc., will deliver the 2011 commencement speech at the University of New Hampshire May 21, 2011. Cote, a 1976 graduate of UNH, holds a bachelor's degree in business administration.

The New Jersey-based company has nearly 130,000 employees in more than 100 countries. Under Cote's leadership, Honeywell has experienced strong performances in sales, earnings per share, segment profit, and cash flow.

DURHAM, N.H. -- University officials learned early Tuesday morning, March 1, 2011, that a male, believed to be a UNH student, had committed suicide by laying down in front of a moving train shortly after midnight.

The young man did not reside on campus, but preliminary information developed by investigators from the Durham Police Department suggests that he was a UNH student. More information will be released once his identity is confirmed by the New Hampshire Medical Examiner's Office.

DURHAM, N.H. - Lucrative incentives for executives at the nation's top banks encouraged them to take excessive risks prior to the financial meltdown that the country still is digging itself out of three years later, according to a new study from the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H.— Recent research breakthroughs from the University of New Hampshire's College of Engineering and Physical Sciences could make United States manufacturing smarter - and more competitive.

Robert Jerard and Barry Fussell, both professors of mechanical engineering, and doctoral candidate Chris Suprock have developed technologies that make machining tools smarter.

hey're bringing their technologies to market thanks to entrepreneurial partnerships.

DURHAM, N.H.— Recent research breakthroughs from the University of New Hampshire's College of Engineering and Physical Sciences could make United States manufacturing smarter - and more competitive.

Robert Jerard and Barry Fussell, both professors of mechanical engineering, and doctoral candidate Chris Suprock have developed technologies that make machining tools smarter.

hey're bringing their technologies to market thanks to entrepreneurial partnerships.

DURHAM, N.H. - The Work Incentives Resources Center (WIRC), a new Web site developed by the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability (IOD) in collaboration with Granite State Independent Living, is helping people with disabilities navigate the benefits planning process with the goal of making gainful employment a reality.

DURHAM, N.H. -- The global financial crisis that started in 2007 undermined ideas that have shaped economics, finance, and public debate about markets and state intervention for decades. Which economic ideas now survive and which are discarded will impact reform of financial systems and macroeconomic policymaking - and thus the future of capitalism.

DURHAM, N.H. - A survey of more than 1,000 students at the University of New Hampshire shows that many don't believe texting should be allowed during class and almost half feel guilty about doing so when they're not supposed to.

Conducted by student researchers at the UNH Whittemore School of Business and Economics, the study looked at the texting behaviors of students. The survey was administered by members of a marketing research class led by adjunct professor Chuck Martin. A total of 1,043 students from all colleges at the university were surveyed.

DURHAM, N.H. - A new grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help put more locally grown food on the tables at schools, hospitals, colleges, and other institutions around the state. New Hampshire Farm to School, a program of the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Academy, will receive $11,000 of a $250,000 grant to farm-to-institution projects in six New England states.