It isn’t often that an entire class of undergraduate students has an opportunity to fill a scientific knowledge gap that may eventually lead to the design of better drugs or treatment strategies. But this year, a group of students in COLSA’s Molecular Biology Research Methods course (BMCB 754/BCHM 854) did just that.

The Sustainability Institute is inviting nominations of UNH alumni for the UNH Sustainability Awards recognizing significant contributions to advancing sustainability in their work. The annual Sustainability Awards program celebrates and incentivizes achievements that best embody the principles and practices of sustainability. 

For the second time in eight years, clinical assistant professor of kinesiology Ben Towne will serve as athletic trainer to the U.S. Bobsled/Skeleton team at the Olympic Winter Games. 

CCOM/JHC's John Hughes Clarke has been inducted into the Class of 2021 Hydrographer Hall of Fame.

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The Carsey School graduate programs – the Master of Public Policy, Master in Community Development, and Master of Public Administration – work to integrate experimental learning through internships, field work, and capstone projects. In a recent blog article, writer Elizabeth Schwaner examines why it’s important to learn applied skills outside the classroom, especially within a graduate program, and how each Carsey program incorporates experiential components.

Interested in becoming involved in advocacy, outreach, and/or community service? The Carsey School offers three graduate degrees that can prepare you for a fulfilling career in education, outreach, advocacy, and/or community work. This recent blog article examines why advocacy matters and includes perspective from some of the School's students and alum on their experiences in Carsey's three degree programs: the Master of Public Administration, Master in Public Policy, and Master in Community Development.

The University of New Hampshire's uniquely designed lab has completed more than one million tests to detect and monitor the coronavirus. The cutting-edge lab not only performs specifically designed self-swab tests for students, faculty and staff but also plays an important testing role to help provide a safe environment for the greater community by processing tests for more than 125 other groups, including secondary schools, long term-care facilities and other colleges in the state.

Since joining the UNH Manchester faculty in 2015, Dr. Stephen Pimpare has inspired students with his passion and expertise on American politics and public policy.

NBC News interviewed Ken Johnson, Senior Demographer with the Carsey School, regarding 2021’s decline in the U.S. population growth rate – reportedly the largest decline since the nation’s founding. Impacts on the population growth rate included, most notably, COVID-19, along with lower birth rates among women of childbearing age.