UNH Today

Solving a Million Dollar Problem

A pesky little jellyfish-like animal is causing major problems—and major costs—for aquaculture everywhere by choosing to permanently live on aquafarming equipment, reducing production sustainability. New research from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire sheds light on ways to dissuade these animals at early, larval stage from calling aquaculture production systems home.

Local Flavor

Half of Granite Staters report buying food from local farms at least a few times a month but only 15% do so weekly, according to new research released by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.

Twice as Nice

Elizabeth Mamros '18  '23G, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, was recently awarded a pair of fellowships to conduct research at the Institut für Umformtechnik und Leichtbau (IUL) in Dortmund, Germany. 

The third-year student and Pennsylvania native received a Fulbright fellowship and a National Science Foundation Institute of International Education Graduate International Research Experiences (GIRE) fellowship. She plans to conduct research with novel manufacturing processes, particularly focusing on incremental forming technologies.

WMTW Channel 8: Birth rates drop in Maine, could bring long-lasting impacts

WMTW Channel 8 in Portland recently reported on dropping birth rates in Maine and around the country and interviewed Carsey School of Public Policy Senior Demographer Ken Johnson for the news story. "To have both the pandemic and economic shutdown occur at the same time is really unprecedented so we don't have much to compare it to," said Dr. Johnson.