UNH's kiwiberry research gets a boost from a new NE SARE grant, advancing regional agriculture with innovative, sustainable farming practices.

“I live my life according to my personal values. My choices will never bring me great wealth or power but I am happy to be living my vocation.”

Those are the words of Jolan Rivera, who has been teaching at the UNH Carsey School of Public Policy since the community development program began in 2011 and currently serves as its program director. After exploring options in chemistry and engineering, he graduated from the University of the Philippines College Baguio with a Bachelor of Arts in social sciences with a double major in economics and psychology, and joined their faculty to teach western economic theory.

Whether it’s an employee in a highly collaborative workforce, a player on an athletic team or a position in the military, changes in team membership are inevitable. But, what is the ultimate impact of these changes? 

Research at the University of New Hampshire is focused on answering this question by gaining a deeper understanding of the ever-changing nature of teams and their compositions.  

UNH will increase its offerings of tuition-free early childhood education courses for New Hampshire childcare workers thanks to $1 million in grant funding through New Hampshire’s Preschool Development Grant.  

In finance, few scandals loom as large as the infamous Bernie Madoff $65 billion Ponzi scheme. It makes the perfect topic for students in a University of New Hampshire class focused on financial scandals, unheavals and crises. 

The course delves into the psychological and social factors that lead to financial scandals, providing students with a historical perspective on finance, covering both disruptions and innovations in the field.  

Margaret (Peggy) Ann Shea ’58, ’61G, ’18H was honored with the Charles Holmes Pettee Medal at this year's annual Evening of Distinction event at UNH.

Shea’s decades-long scientific career researching the interplay between cosmic rays, solar particles and Earth’s magnetic field has helped set standards used by NASA and the FAA in aviation and space exploration. And her investigations into contemporary and historic solar phenomena and cosmic ray events have yielded valuable insights that are still being explored today. 

Alyssa Stasse ’25G is the first member of her family to attend a four-year college. She’s also a self-proclaimed science convert, having found the subject matter “super boring” in high school before diving into research as an undergrad that completely changed her perspective.

The result? She’s now hoping to combine higher education and science to build a career in academia. Before she gets there, she’s also trying to open doors for other young students to follow in her footsteps.

As the time approached for final projects to be completed in the photography program Becky Field had enrolled in at the New Hampshire Institute of Art (now New England College), she knew many of her classmates were frantically scrambling to pull project ideas together.

She, though, was experiencing no such pressure.

“Many students probably started their final projects two weeks before we ended the program, but I had started mine two years ahead,” she laughs.

Gregory Forzley's day-to-day work is far from dull, whether he's feeding thousands of hungry Atlanta Falcons fans or planning the menu for "Swifties" attending a multi-day Taylor Swift concert. 

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities honored UNH's research fieldwork safety program with an award.