New fellowship connects student with a New Hampshire Indonesian community.

With a $3.1 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, UNH researchers will work to protect Great Marsh in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.

As climate change concerns begin to rise, legislators in Washington have began to shift the focus of resources toward implementing clean energy, especially in overlooked communities. E&E News recently reported on the roll of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in this investment effort, interviewing Eric Hangen, a senior research fellow at the Carsey School, and Neda Arabshahi, director of Inclusiv's Center for Resiliency and Clean Energy.

Child care accessibility and affordability continue to impact people across the U.S., and the issue has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston recently released an op-ed offering some solutions to the problem and how best to proceed. The article was co-authored by Carsey School researcher Jess Carson.

UNH researchers have received an NSF grant to study the mechanisms of wintertime air pollution in Arctic regions. 

New UNH research updates snowmelt flooding models for a changing climate, helping protect vulnerable infrastructure and water resources.

Since joining UNH Manchester’s psychology faculty in 2015, Dr. Nick Mian has brought his expertise as a licensed clinical psychologist into his classroom and child psychology lab, where students explore child and family psychotherapy first-hand.

Data shows that the number of New Hampshire-licensed child-care providers has grown 17 percent since the start of the pandemic. However, according to Carsey School research assistant professor Jess Carson, that growth in numbers likely isn’t a true reflection of child care availability as it doesn’t reflect staff shortages or other issues preventing providers from filling all their spots.

UNH is leading $26.8 million preschool development grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, to support guided play concepts by providing personalized, one-on-one coaching to early childhood teachers throughout New Hampshire. It’s one of many initiatives contained in the grant, which runs through 2022.

In the previous decade, the number of Americans who live alone has jumped 4 million to 37 million one-person U.S. households in 2021 - representing 28 percent of all households across the country and 15 percent of the total U.S. population. The Hill interviewed Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, who reflected on the change in social attitudes of families and children and the impact this has had on the growth of one-person households.