Cities across the U.S. are working to better initiate public participation within their council meetings. The Fulrcum explained the reason for this participatory change, including how Portsmouth Listens of Portsmouth, N.H., has begun facilitating public meetings and encouraging more community participation. Article written by NH Listens Fellow Quixada Moore-Vissing.

COLA faculty are honored with university-wide awards.

Fewer responses recorded in the 2020 Census data, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have researchers worried about reliable estimates in the future. The Seattle Times recently reported on a few reasons why this may be a problem, with Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson offering some input as to why this is an issue for demographers.

An emeritus sociology professor is remembered.

The 2021 UNH Dairy Research Report, which presents the latest dairy research conducted at the University of New Hampshire is available electronically from tthe NH Agricultural Experiment Station.

Jennifer Griffith was barely twenty when her first work experiences inspired questions about equity that desperately needed answering. Why was there such a disconnect between employees and management in the American workplace? What actually motivates people to work well and stay in their jobs? How do we fix things like the gender wage gap?  

Can you imagine analyzing the strategies of technology companies in class, only to have a finance director at Microsoft pop into the discussion? Or zooming with a supply chain manager at a factory in China after a lesson on supply chain sustainability? How about talking to an alum who is already a VP of product development even though they’re still in their twenties? 

With more than 81 percent of New Hampshire represented by forested lands home to more than 500 vertebrate animals, the Granite State's wildlife populations are important to the ecological, recreational, and economic sustainability of the state.

When Khole Gwebu was young, the last thing in the world he thought he would be is a scholar. With two educators for parents, he understood the life of an academic and resolutely wanted to pursue a career outside academia.