The University of New Hampshire has named Lucy Gilson dean of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, effective Aug. 15, 2022. Gilson will succeed Deborah Merrill-Sands, who is retiring as dean of the college after serving in the role for more than seven years.

University of New Hampshire Chief of Police and Associate Vice President for Public Safety and Risk Management Paul Dean was elected president-elect of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).

“It is with great enthusiasm I accept this important role," Dean says. "I would like to thank the IACLEA membership for placing their  confidence and trust in me to serve them. I humbly accept this role as president-elect of IACLEA and, next June, as president for the 2023/2024 term.”

UNH-built instruments aboard a rocket aimed at studying mysterious type of Northern Lights.

The Nieman Reports, Harvard's foundation for journalism, spoke with several experts – including Carsey School Senior Fellow David Moore – on how best to cover polling as the 2022 mid-term elections approach.

New Hampshire State Rep Patrick Abrami is sponsoring one of two key bills aimed at altering the state's formula for determining child support payments, which are currently the third-highest in the nation. Many of the changes Abrami has presented came from a 2018 Carsey School of Public Policy report that recommends upgrading the state's child support laws. Under Abrami's bill and a bill pending in the NH Senate, the parent who spends less time with the child would have to pay commensurately more in child support to make up that difference.

COVID-19 claimed more lives than births over the past year, leaving 400 counties in America with their first-ever population declines. The Hill recently reported on the Census statistics with insight from Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, who explained the exacerbated trends from the pandemic.

This summer, middle and high school students attending UNH Tech Camp will have the unique opportunity to learn about regrowing lost body parts, freezing and storing cells, 3D bioprinting and molecular visualization – cutting-edge topics you aren’t likely to find at many other summer STEM programs.

The Washington Post reports on new U.S. Census data showing that nearly three-quarters of all U.S. counties reported more deaths than births last year. The Post interviewed Senior Demographer Ken Johnson on how lower fertility rates and an older population has resulted in the smalled population increase in more than a century.

The Los Angeles Times reported on how the first year of the pandemic resulted in a migration surge to the American Southwest as many major U.S. cities lost residents. The LA Times interviewed Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, who explained how the trend of low birth rates and an older demographic can affect rural America.  

The Health Professions Program at UNH is designed to help students who have a bachelor's degree pursue professional or graduate study in various health fields.