UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H. - Tom Sullivan, president of Sullivan Construction, and Scott Albert, Northeast regional manager of GDS Associates, will discuss how to identify opportunities to implement energy efficient improvements to businesses at the next University of New Hampshire CEO Forum Thursday, May 6, 2010.

The program begins at 8 a.m. with coffee and networking, with breakfast to follow at 8:30 a.m. The program at the New England Center begins at 9 a.m.

DURHAM, N.H. - The microwave didn't stand a chance.

It was no match for Smash & Wrecker, 205 pounds of slicing, pounding robotic destruction created by six University of New Hampshire engineering students as their senior capstone project. To prepare for the battlebot's debut at the international RoboGames competition in San Francisco next week, the electrical and computer engineering majors put Smash & Wrecker to the test in a Kingsbury Hall parking lot with the discarded microwave serving as its scrimmage partner.

DURHAM, N.H. - A new N.H. Sea Grant fellowship program will contribute to the education and development of juniors and seniors attending New Hampshire colleges for marine sciences.

DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment April 24-27, 2010, to verify it meets professional law enforcement standards as part of a program to renew its national accreditation.

DURHAM, N. H. -Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society fundraiser, will take place at the University of New Hampshire's Crowell Stadium Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and 18, 2010 from noon to noon.

DURHAM, N.H. - Although their tufted ears and charming spots belie their ferocity, bobcats put the "wild" into wildcat.

Now, as sightings of these elusive creatures become more common in New Hampshire, researchers at the University of New Hampshire - home of the Wildcats - are working to understand them better. UNH professor of wildlife ecology John Litvaitis leads a team of UNH scientists that has partnered with New Hampshire Fish & Game Department on a four-year study to learn how many bobcats the state has and where they're roaming.

DURHAM, NH - Each week, millions of Jews listen to a portion of the Torah read aloud, a tradition that has provided interpretation and commentary of the Hebrew Bible for centuries. Following on this ancient tradition, "Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible" brings together some of the world's leading rabbis, scholars, and writers, including Marla Brettschneider, professor of political science and women's studies at the University of New Hampshire, to interpret the Torah through a "bent lens."

DURHAM, N.H. - In the aftermath of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, the "rationality of the market" began to be widely referred to as a "myth." Too many market participants were supposedly irrational - that is, they behaved inconsistently with economists' standard of rationality.

DURHAM, N.H. - The N.H. Authors' Series at the University of New Hampshire will present Howard Mansfield in the 5th floor reading room of the Dimond Library Sunday, April 25, 2010, at 2 p.m.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the N.H. Authors Series' is held three times a year, offering one-on-one conversations with writers who have ties to the Granite State. Yankee humorist Rebecca Rule conducts the interviews in front of a live audience.

DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire's GRANIT program is part of a diverse consortium of stakeholders from New England and New York that has been awarded $1.4 million in United States Geological Survey funding to collect high resolution light detection and ranging (LIDAR) topographic data for coastal areas in the region.