UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H.— When the new Solar Orbiter blasts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in early February, it will carry with it an instrument designed and built by researchers from the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center (SSC) to study the Earth’s closest star, the sun. The international mission, led by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with NASA, will focus on the heliosphere — the bubble-like region of space that surrounds the solar system.

DURHAM, N.H.— Lawns have long played a role in neighborhood status and appealing to prospective buyers. But they can also be an important piece of the ecological picture when it comes to carbon storage—the prevention of releasing carbon into the atmosphere that can increase global warming. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire found that when looking more closely at carbon storage in the soil of urban homes, the older the home, the more carbon stored underground.

The following students graduated from the University of New Hampshire in December 2019. Students who received the honor of summa cum laude graduated with a GPA of 3.85-4.0; students who received the honor of magna cum laude graduated with a GPA of 3.65-3.84; and students who received the honor of cum laude graduated with a GPA of 3.50-3.64. Students are only graduated after the Registrar’s Office has certified that all degree requirements have been successfully completed.

DURHAM, N.H. - The following students have been named to the Dean's List at the University of New Hampshire for the fall 2019 semester.

DURHAM, N.H.—The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) is seeking input on the preservation, protection and enhancement of the Great Bay and Hampton-Seabrook estuaries. The public is invited to attend a public discussion to provide feedback Feb. 10, 5-7 p.m. at the High Gregg Coastal Conservation Center in Greenland or Feb. 13, 6-8 p.m. at St. James Masonic Lodge in Hampton. The sessions are free and light refreshments will be provided.

DURHAM, N.H.—The Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire has been awarded a four-year grant from the National Institute of Justice to track trends in the incidence of crimes, offenders and victims in cases involving technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation. This is the fourth in a series of studies conducted by the CCRC since 2000.

DURHAM, N.H.—A pathologist with the New Hampshire Diagnostic Veterinary Lab at the University of New Hampshire recently diagnosed the fungal disease Valley Fever in a rescue dog from Arizona. It is the first time the lab has diagnosed this disease in a dog in the state. The disease, which is treatable, is endemic in the Southwest and rarely seen in native New England dogs.

DURHAM, N.H.—Three University of New Hampshire faculty members are available to discuss escalating tensions in the Middle East, the effects it will have on homeland security and the ripple effect it may have on terrorism as pressure mounts after the recent air strikes at military bases in Iraq.

DURHAM, N.H.—A global social franchising index recently 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. This annual index incorporates metrics that include people’s health conditions, education levels, incomes and population size, as well as the riskiness of operating in that country.

DURHAM, N.H. – Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have reported the first structural model for a key enzyme, and its activating protein, that can play a role in some genetically inherited eye diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and night blindness.