For the second year running, the annual Graduate Research Conference (GRC) was held virtually, with some exciting updates.

For the second time, University of New Hampshire students took to Zoom to compete in the annual 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

UNH graduate students were the first to receive their degrees as UNH returns to in-person ceremonies. Undergraduate commencement takes place May 21– 23.

The New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative at the University of New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice has joined a national effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing care facilities. 

Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, recently spoke with The Washington Post about immigration and domestic migration in Texas. “Texas not only has a lot of immigrants, but it also gets a lot of domestic migration,” he said. If this pattern continues, Texas could soon overtake California as the nation's most populous state. 

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.