UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H.—Anne Finucane, vice chairman at Bank of America and chairman of the board, Bank of America Europe, has been named the 2020 Social Innovator of the Year by the University of New Hampshire. A 1974 graduate of UNH, Finucane has regularly been named to Forbes’ and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women lists, along with American Banker’s 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking. She is responsible for leading Bank of America’s environmental, social, governance (ESG) and public policy efforts.

DURHAM, N.H.—Nine teams were selected from a field of 60 teams comprised of 121 college students from across the state to advance to the final round of the 2020 New Hampshire Social Venture Innovation Challenge (SVIC). The finalists will compete virtually for $15,000 in cash prizes Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Learn about these teams and their ideas in these videos.

DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire will offer a virtual grant training workshop Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. New Hampshire small businesses and start-ups with less than 500 employees. The workshop is free but registration is required.

DURHAM, N.H.— As a result of recent efforts to strengthen strategic partnerships with New Hampshire chambers of commerce, the NH Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC) will launch the NH SBDC & Chambers of Commerce Collaborative program.

DURHAM, N.H. – As temperatures begin to drop and fall transitions into winter, snow will soon blanket the northern regions of the United States. But researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that snow cover is on the decline in this area due to climate change and the shift from winter to spring, known as the vernal window, is getting longer.

DURHAM, N.H.—The Global Social Franchise Index, developed by the Rosenberg International Franchise Center (RIFC) at the University of New Hampshire, ranks 131 countries according to the impacts social entrepreneurship and social franchising can have on the well-being of their populations.

DURHAM, N.H.— The University of New Hampshire has gone underground to flush out cases of the coronavirus by testing wastewater on campus. The sewage sampling is being used as a secondary surveillance method to the already required twice a week individual nasal test to track and detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

DURHAM, N.H.—Red oak and white pine trees could experience slower growth next year as a result of the severe drought in New Hampshire and most of New England that began in mid-August, according to a researcher with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H.—Despite political commentary that says otherwise, the nation is not divided into two partisan zones—rural and urban—when it comes to voting patterns, according to new analysis released by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H.—Despite political commentary that says otherwise, the nation is not divided into two partisan zones—rural and urban—when it comes to voting patterns, according to new analysis released by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.