Pavan Kumar Dondapati shares what brought him from the small coastal town of Ongole to Manchester, NH 

This is an example of research at its best: Spark, UNH’s annual review of research and scholarship. Here for the first time in digital format. Take a look; have a read. Be inspired.

Timothy Fischer ’20 is the assistant brewer for Border X Brewing in Bell, California. Brooklyn Zielie ’21 works for Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack, New Hampshire, as a quality analyst running lab tests on beer to ensure it meets their high standards.

A national report from UNH shows close to one and a half million children each year visit a doctor, emergency room or medical facility as a result of an assault, abuse, crime or other form of violence. This is four times higher than previous estimates based only on data from U.S. emergency rooms for violence-related treatment.

“We should not be treating assaults as just a rite of passage for children.”

UNH research scientist Erik Hobbie has been awarded two fellowships to continue his stable isotope research abroad in China and Austria.

Ken Johnson,  a Senior Demographer with the Carsey School of Public Policy, was recently interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio regarding his research analyzing data that 20 states saw "natural decrease" – i.e. more deaths than births in the year – for the first time in about a century.

Travis Fischer ’21 is into research. Specifically, research into diseases like cancer. He wants to help stop them from devastating people’s lives by working to develop new therapies and possibly be among those researchers looking for a cure.

Ken Johnson, a Senior Demographer with the Carsey School of Public Policy, was recently cited in the New Hampshire Union Leader regarding new data that shows that more than half the states in the country, including NH, experienced more deaths than births in 2020 for the first time in American history. 

According to research published by Jess Carson, research assistant professor with the Carsey School, the pandemic has highlighted the fragility of New Hampshire's child care system. Many of the challenges that existed prior to COVID-19 have become magnified due to the limited resources and help available.