UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire's Center for International Education will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its international affairs dual major Oct. 8, 2010 with the return of two alumni who will discuss how the program influenced their career paths.

DURHAM, N.H. - Just as the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico ceased, accolades began flooding in for a web-based spill response tool developed by the University of New Hampshire's Research Computing Center (RCC).

DURHAM, N.H. - Nancy Kinner, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of New Hampshire, will speak before the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling in Washington, D.C., today (Sept. 27, 2010). Kinner, who is co-director of the UNH/NOAA Coastal Response Research Center, was asked to speak about the use of dispersants in the response to the spill.

DURHAM, N.H. - Three University of New Hampshire faculty members who research violence against women and develop effective programs to address it on college campuses have been invited to brief the White House on their work.

DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire will host six-courses of food and wine contradictions at two gourmet dinners Friday, Oct. 22, and Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010.

Organized by the hospitality management students at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, "Tasteful Contradictions" will be held at Stillings, 20 Ballard Drive, beginning with a cocktail hour and hors d'oeuvres at 6 p.m. and dinner to follow.

DURHAM, N.H. - The Center for New England Culture at the University of New Hampshire will host the 2010 Black New England Conference "The Politics of Race: Movements, Protests, Leaders and Representation" Oct. 14-16, 2010.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire and Chinese officials will launch the state's only Confucius Institute with a series of events Oct. 26-27, 2010. The nonprofit educational institution, which will sponsor classes in Chinese language and culture, will be housed at UNH.

DURHAM, N.H. - Swimming and sunbathing in the summer heat are becoming distant memories, but beachgoers can extend the season at the University of New Hampshire's first Know the Coast Day Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The free, family-friendly event offers the opportunity to meet the sea creatures, UNH scientists, research vessels and laboratories that comprise New Hampshire's vibrant marine scene.