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UNH Manchester Announces Speakers for 2020 and 2021 Commencement Ceremonies

The University of New Hampshire at Manchester will celebrate its 2020 and 2021 graduates in two ceremonies Sunday, May 23, 2021. Motivational speaker and author Randy Pierce will deliver the commencement address to the 2020 graduates at 2 p.m. and Howard Brodsky, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of CCA Global Partners, will deliver an address to the class of 2021 at 5 p.m.

Seacoastonline: Why are rural New England renters getting more COVID assistance than more expensive places?

A recent article by Seacoastonline.com reports that struggling renters in rural Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are among those receiving the most COVID-19 rental assistance in the country. Jess Carson, Research Assistant Professor with the Vulnerable Families Research Program at the Carsey School, calls out the government's rental aid program as the opposite of an "equity-enhancing policy."

The Washington Post: Americans want police to release body-cam footage

According to research published by Dan Bromberg, Director of Academic Programs at the Carsey School, and Étienne Charbonneau, Canada Research Chair in Comparative Public Management at École nationale d'administration publique, how quickly the media and the public get access to recordings of fatal police shootings depends on local police department policies. People are willing to wait until after an internal police investigation — but then they want the footage made public.