A new article from NH Bar News shares how the Granite State's legal community are working to address diversity issues affecting representation. The article includes a reference to Carsey School research that found that New Hampshire remains less diverse than than much of America, despite increases in minority populations from 2000 to 2018.

UNH's Molly Dorsey is one of two historians featured in this Scientific American article.

Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, along with Carsey Fellows Shannon Monnat and Leif Jenson and Carsey author Jessica Ulrich-Schad, will participate in a congressional briefing on Friday, March 18, from 12 – 1 p.m. EST. The briefing, titled “Small Towns/Big Trends: Demographic Insights on Living, Working, and Thriving in Rural America,” will explore some of the demographic, economic, health, and environmental challenges and opportunities facing rural communities in the United States.

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that the 2020 Census missed counting Hispanics, Blacks, and other minority groups and overcounted Whites and Asians. The undercount for Hispanics was as much as 4.99 percent, according to The Washington Post, while Whites were overcounted by about 1.64 percent.

“One wonders about what the implications of this undercount of Hispanics are for their representation in both the federal and state legislatures,” Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson told The Washington Post.

WalletHub, a financial website, spoke with several experts on how taxes differ between the 50 states and D.C. They  interviewed Michael Ettlinger, the Director of the Carsey School of Public Policy, on the impact that state and local tax policies have on between and in-state migration.

From the time he was a freshman, biotechnology major Ethan Edwards '23 has taken advantage of all the hands-on experiences UNH Manchester could provide, from conducting and presenting research to working in the COVID testing lab. 

New research has found that watershed size plays a major role in a river network’s ability to filter certain pollutants. The findings both further our understanding of which estuaries and coastal areas will be more impacted by human development in their watersheds and shed light on the intricacies of the global carbon cycle. 

Audrey Beaudoin '17 graduated with a B.A. in psychology in 2018 and quickly secured a job with Easterseals as a registered behavior technician in their Autism Services program.

For Associate Professor of Economics Reagan Baughman, there is pure joy in seeing the students she has mentored walk as they get their degree at commencement.

“Seeing them learn things they could not do when they started, and where they end up, is why I do what I do,” she says. “Their successes are my successes.”

When it came time to choose a college, Madison Hoppler ’24 opted for the financial security of the campus located practically in her backyard over a more focused pursuit of her creative passion at art school.

That decision meant she could attend UNH while living in her childhood home in Durham, studying art in hopes of forging a career in a creative space. But it also meant putting on hold her desire to explore the world more fully beyond the town she grew up in.

And all of that made her precisely the young woman Kelsy Stromski was looking for..