UNH Today

DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire will host one of its bi-annual industry “sandpits” on the topic of advanced manufacturing Thursday, May 23, 2019, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center. “Sandpits” encourage innovation and industry/university collaboration by providing companies with direct access to UNH researchers working in the same field. It is free to attend but registration is required.

DURHAM, N.H.—The Building Stronger Workforce Alliances for BioFabrication & BioEngineering Through K-12 Education and Enrichment project at the University of New Hampshire will launch an educational workforce development project that shares the expertise of science educators, industry scientists and engineers to build awareness of the emerging biofabrication and life sciences resources in the state to support the state’s science standards for K-12 students.

DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire is one of five internationally renowned ocean science institutions chosen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) over the next five years to explore an estimated three billion acres of U.S.

DURHAM, N.H.—Beginning next fall, high school students applying to the University of New Hampshire will no longer be required to submit standardized test scores with their application. A three-year pilot program will begin with students entering UNH in fall 2020.

DURHAM, N.H.—A distinct strain of canine distemper virus, which is a widespread virus of importance to wildlife and domesticated dogs, has been identified in wild animals in New Hampshire and Vermont, according to pathologists with the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at the University of New Hampshire. No virus in this distinct subgroup of canine distemper virus has yet been reported in a domesticated dog.

DURHAM, N.H.—For the first time since the USDA began keeping statistics in 1840, farmers from several Northeast states, including New Hampshire, are reporting kiwifruit production operations. The news comes six years after the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire launched a kiwiberry research and breeding program.

DURHAM, N.H.—In recognition of their achievements, the University of New Hampshire will award honorary degrees to its three commencement speakers as well as to an award-winning polar glaciologist and an internationally known expert in valuing intellectual property at commencement ceremonies across its three campuses May 16 and 18, 2019. Granite State Awards for outstanding contributions to the state will also be presented to retired New Hampshire Superior Court Justice and World War II veteran Arthur Bean and to Cathy Duffy Cullity, CEO of Girls Inc. of New Hampshire.

DURHAM, N.H.— Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center find that “speed bumps” in space, which can slow down satellites orbiting closer to Earth, are more complex than originally thought.

“We knew these satellites were hitting “speed bumps”, or “upswellings”, which cause them to slow down and drop in altitude,” said Marc Lessard, a physicist at UNH. “But on this mission we were able to unlock some of the mystery around why this happens by discovering that the bumps are much more complicated and structured.”

DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire’s Center for Social Innovation & Enterprise has announced a new program, the Changemaker Speaker Series, that will host four events each year, all free and open to the public.

DURHAM, N.H.—The number of people living in poverty would be significantly higher without the combination of five government programs—Social Security, disability benefits, federal and state cash assistance, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to new research by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.