Andrew Smith, director of the UNH Survey Center and associate professor of political science, has been awarded this year’s Kennedy Achievement Award by the Association for Academic Survey Research Organizations.

Nominations are being accepted now through April 2 for a new award program to recognize students, faculty and staff doing innovative work in the broad area of sustainability.

There are 144 cities in the United States that the federal government is proposing to downgrade from the metropolitan statistical area designation, and it could be more than just a matter of semantics. In a separate proposal, the U.S. Census Bureau is considering a change to the definition of an urban area. Some demographers aren’t sold on the idea of changing the definition of a metro area. “It seems like everything is ad hoc, rather than having been determined by serious research,” said Ken Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School.

Like the rest of the United States, the diversity in New Hampshire continues to grow. The Carsey School of Public Policy’s latest “What is New Hampshire?” report shows that Hispanic, Asian and African-American residents all tripled in number between 2000 and 2017. Ned Helms and Betsy Paine believe that growth in diversity is an asset that will help New Hampshire's economy and communities flourish.

The University Student Awards committee is seeking nominations for the 11 undergraduate student awards given by the university.

UNH’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics has launched a new Business Analytics Initiative aimed at providing New Hampshire and regional businesses with the critical help they need to sustain a competitive advantage — graduates who can harness the power of big data, and support to help them employ analytics tools to create value for their business.

UNH's Power Play is featured in this article about how colleges are addressing DEI issues through theatre

Discover how UNH Manchester's majors in analytics and data science, computer information systems and computer science prepare you for a career in the high-demand tech industry at our virtual info session on March 9 at 5:30 p.m.

The New Hampshire interviews COLA's Tom Alsip about his first UNH production.

Jake Sullivan, Carsey School fellow, was recently the focus of an article published by Breaking Defense, a digital magazine that focuses on the strategy, politics and technology of defense.