UNH Extension tick expert Shyloh Favreau shares some tick tips for protecting your pets.

For a group of incoming UNH honors students, their first days of college won’t be remembered for a feeling of homesickness or anxiety around fitting in but rather for dodging poison ivy while playing capture the flag, attempting to decode unknown animal noises in the middle of the night and spontaneously square dancing in near-total darkness.

In partnership with a landowner in nearby Madbury, UNH Professor Meghan Howey and her colleagues were able to identify the site of a 1701 garrison known as the Meserve Garrison, completing a dig at the site that contained not only the foundation but some additional artifacts from the colonial period.

Larry Mayer, professor and director of UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, received the National Champion of the Ocean Award from the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) of Monmouth University in New Jersey.

UNH marketing professor Billur Akdeniz co-authored "International Marketing in a Changing World: A Managerial Guidebook," inspired by an MBA student who noted the lack of a single resource on global marketing. The book blends research, real-world cases, and practical tools to help managers navigate today’s rapidly changing international business landscape.

UNH researcher Cheryl Whistler investigated the role of gut microbiota in opioid response. She found that butyrate, whether produced by microbes or added to the diet, can reduce the development of opioid tolerance, a key risk factor for opioid addiction.

When the federal government shuts down, agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are forced to furlough most of their staff. That means there are fewer regulators watching over insider trading — trades made by company executives or others with access to nonpublic information. 

Colby Ramshaw has dreamed of attending UNH for about as long as he can remember. As a young football player and “New Hampshire kid,” he was hoping for a chance to one day join the Wildcats on the gridiron.

Thanks in part to a full scholarship, he was able to fulfill that dream.

Homecoming weekend was as lively as ever Oct. 3-5, as alumni descended on campus in droves and joined current UNH students in showing off their Wildcat pride. Friends were reunited at events throughout campus and energized crowds filled the stands at several athletic events, including a home football game on Saturday afternoon. We were there to grab some of the many highlights, which you can relive in our photo carousel above and in the videos linked below.

UNH held a lighting ceremony at Tucker Field during halftime of the women’s soccer game Oct. 2, officially illuminating the lights surrounding the field made possible by a $2 million gift from Greg and Corinna Tucker that was announced in 2024.