UNH Today

DURHAM. N. H - Sitting in the Memorial Union Building at the University of New Hampshire, Jacob Dore looks like all the other students studying between classes. His books are spread out on a table; there's a calculator within reach. Seemingly, he's your average 20-year-old college kid.

But on most weekends from now through October, the UNH sophomore shifts gears. Literally. Dore, of Sanford, Maine, is a race car driver. From 2005 to 2007, he drove Legends, cars modeled after American automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s built to a five-eighths scale.

DURHAM, N.H. -- In a ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston this afternoon, the New England office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will honor the co-founders of the New England Carbon Challenge with the agency's Environmental Merit Award in recognition of their exceptional work and commitment to the environment in 2009.

DURHAM, N.H. - A celebration last night (April 21, 2010) marked the completed renovation of James Hall, the University of New Hampshire's first building to seek LEED certification. Home of the departments of Earth sciences and natural resources and the environment, James Hall should receive at least LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. The $33.8 million renovation was supported by the KEEP-NH (Knowledge Economy Education Plan) capital improvements initiative.

DURHAM, N.H. - As expanded gambling in New Hampshire heats up the state's political landscape, a team from the University of New Hampshire presented the final report of "What's at Stake: Community Conversations on the Benefits and Risks of Expanded Gambling" to the Governor's Study Commission on Expanded Gaming earlier this week.

DURHAM, N.H. -- Three students in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of New Hampshire have been named the 2010 B. Thomas Trout Scholarship recipients. The students will receive scholarships to be used toward their study abroad program expenses in the 2010-11 academic year.

DURHAM, N.H. - University of New Hampshire Health Services was recently awarded national accreditation for the fourth consecutive time by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).

DURHAM, N.H. - Doug Lanier, professor of English at the University of New Hampshire and recipient of the 2009 Lindberg Award, will deliver the Lindberg Lecture Thursday, April 29, 2010. The highest award of the College of Liberal Arts, the Lindberg Award is given annually to an outstanding teacher and scholar in the college.

The 2009 Lindberg Award winner, Lanier's lecture, "Post-Racial Othello," begins at 1 p.m. in 110 Murkland Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

DURHAM, N.H. -- On Saturday, April 24, 2010, the University of New Hampshire Physics Department will celebrate Astronomy Day with three special events on the Durham campus open to the public.

UNH lecturer John Gianforte will give an informative, family-oriented talk starting at 3 p.m. in DeMeritt Hall (Room 112) entitled "Enjoying Backyard Astronomy." Astronomy basics such as how to choose and use a telescope will be covered in the lecture.

DURHAM, N.H. - Frank Wilczek, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 2004 Nobel Laureate, will discuss "the new space, how we got to it, and where it points" at the University of New Hampshire Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Union Building Theatre II. Wilczek's talk, part of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences' Frontiers Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.

DURHAM, N.H - Edith Hamilton was one of the most influential writers on the Classics during the 20th Century. This spring, the University of New Hampshire will pay tribute to a scholar that the New York Times described as the Classical scholar who "brought into clear and brilliant focus the Golden Age of Greek life and thought . . . with Homeric power and simplicity in her style of writing."