Student-run radio station WUNH has been building community over the airwaves at UNH and throughout the Seacoast area since 1961.

Small Towns/Big Trends: Demographic Insights on Living, Working and Thriving in Rural America–Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson – along with Carsey Fellows Shannon Monnat and Leif Jenson and Carsey Author/UNH Alum Jessica Ulrich-Schad – participated in a congressional briefing last week on demographic trends in rural America. The presenters discussed research outcomes addressing contemporary issues impacting rural America, including COVID-19, economic mobility, mortality, aging, climate change, and natural impacts of population growth.

The New Hampshire Bulletin recently reported on a growing general distrust in New Hampshire elections and in government in general. The news outlet spoke with Quixada Moore-Vissing, Ph.D., a researcher with the Carsey School and the co-author of the 2020 New Hampshire Civic Health Index, who reported in the Index that Granite Staters’ trust in national government declined by half since 2001.

Mastering the subject of algebra is considered vital to succeeding in higher-level mathematics and the pursuit of a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). But, similar to learning algebra, teaching algebra has its own set of variables to consider in determining the best approach.

To better understand important variables in teaching algebra, Sheree Sharpe, an assistant professor in mathematics and statistics, was awarded a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program, or CAREER, award from the National Science Foundation.

A study from the University of New Hampshire looked at the direct and indirect effects of the global pandemic on U.S. seafood workers by tracking cases and outbreaks and found seafood workers were twice as likely to contract COVID-19 as workers in other food industries.

The Carsey School is currently seeking applicants for its undergraduate and graduate paid fellowships, which offer real-world training, as well as networking and skills development opportunities.

A congressional briefing and new report will share research showing that rural residents, when compared with their urban counterparts, were more likely to suffer setbacks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report was authored by Carsey fellow, Shannon Monnat, who will join Carsey Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, Carsey fellow Leif Jensen, and UNH alum and Carsey author Jessica Ulrich-Schad for a congressional briefing on the subject on Friday, March 18.

Kenneth Johnson, a researcher with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station – a unit in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture – will be part of a panel of scholars who will brief Congressional staff, federal agency personnel, rural NGOs and media interested in rural America. The panel will focus on the rapid transformation of rural America, which has undergone profound demographic, economic, social and environmental change.

Men in executive leadership receive more than half a million dollars more in severance pay than women, Paul College researchers find.

After earning his degree in communication arts, Cole Riel ’17 moved from a diverse political career into a community engagement role at the Greater Manchester Chamber.