The Valley News in West Lebanon, NH, recently reported on 2020 U.S. Census data showing an outward spread of the population in the New Hampshire-Vermont Upper Valley area. Ken Johnson, Senior Demographer at the Carsey School, noted in an interview in the Valley News that the population growth in the region "shouldn't be surprising given how given how Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth College are magnets for employees, many of them young and from elsewhere."

Researchers at the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University have received a four-year $650,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to conduct genetic analysis and research to unravel how these bacteria cause these costly infections. The grant is part of the federal agency's $14 million research investment to protect agricultural animals from disease.

UNH researchers have received a $1.62 million grant from NSF to study magnetic waves that impact Earth's radiation belts.

Ken Johnson, a Senior Demographer with the Carsey School, was recently mentioned in The Newport Daily News regarding his research on the 2020 Census results. New Hampshire saw an increase in Black, Asian, and Hispanic/Latino residence on the Seacoast, and the state owes this population growth to immigration from other countries and migration from other states, Johnson explained. 

Research published by the Carsey School and authored by Michael Kurtz, a professor at Lycoming College, and Karen Conway and Robert Mohr, Professors of Economics at UNH's Paul College of Business & Economics, was recently mentioned in the New Hampshire-based Carriage Towne News. Their research found that weekend backpack food programs – that provide easy-to-prepare meals to children to eat outside of school – help economically disadvantaged students and result in increases in math and reading test scores among primary school students.

Sam Harris earned his master of public health and a graduate certificate in data science from UNH, which led him to a career with the NH Bureau of Infectious Disease Control.

Laura Buchs will join UNH as the new director of the Affirmative Action and Equity Office and Title IX coordinator beginning Aug. 23.

The City of Nashua Health Department recently received funding from the Kresge Foundation that it will use to study why people of color trust/mistrust its health care system. As part of this effort, city officials will work with NH Listens to gather data that will help develop a marketing campaign and training and educational services.

It’s not unusual for college students to worry about paying for tuition, room, board and books, especially here in New Hampshire, where average student loan debt is among the highest in the country. But a recent survey shows that a surprising number of UNH students also struggle to afford day-to-day essentials – food, shelter and transportation to and from campus or a job.

Michael Ettlinger, Director of the Carsey School, recently joined a WGBH panel to discuss responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of those responses, and reactions from consumers and corporations around the world.