A new graduate traineeship program will help students expand their climate research skills while working closely with Arctic Indigenous people. 

From a field of 84 college students from across the state, nine teams have been selected to advance to the final round of the 2021 New Hampshire Social Venture Innovation Challenge, hosted by the UNH Changemaker Collaborative and Sustainability Institute. The finalists will compete virtually on Thursday, December 2, 2021. They will compete for $15,000 in cash prizes and be judged by a panel of social venture and sustainability experts.

The 2021 Food Drive Challenge at UNH, which took place during the first three weeks of November, generated food and monetary donations to the New Hampshire Food Bank totaling the equivalent of 26,285 meals for food insecure individuals and families in the Granite State.

Scott Stanley has been named dean of online learning for the University of New Hampshire, assuming the role this fall after serving as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Granite State College (GSC).

The UNH men's soccer team established a team record for wins in a season this fall and reached the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. Go behind the scenes on this historic run.

The University of New Hampshire is one of the top producers of Gilman Scholars in the country. As the U.S. State Department celebrated the 20th anniversary of the program this fall, they recognized the universities with the greatest number of scholarship recipients over the past two decades. UNH made the top 10 list for medium-sized institutions alongside peers like Columbia University and Boston College.

Take a look at a roundup of books published by College of Liberal Arts faculty in 2021.

A research team from the Center for START Services at the Institute on Disability (IOD) at UNH has been approved for a $50,000 grant awarded by the WITH Foundation to develop a companion training curriculum for the Integrated Mental Health Treatment Guidelines for Prescribers in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD-MH Prescriber Guidelines).

On October 21, the WITH Foundation announced a $50,000 award to the Institute on Disability for a one-year initiative to investigate best practices for offering telehealth care to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Every year, a chosen few of UNH’s outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. Universitywide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. UNH celebrates the 2021 recipients.