The Concord Monitor reports on the New Hampshire Commission to Study School Funding's final report and recommendations for establishing a more equitable school funding model in the state. The Commission was supported in its work by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.

AP News recently covered a New Hampshire initiative aimed at replacing the current model for funding public schools with one based on student outcomes, such as assessment scores and graduate rates. The initiative is being spearheaded by the New Hampshire Commission to Study School Funding, which is being supported in its work by the Carsey School of Public Policy.

Memorial Field is known for hosting graduates and athletes. But the event that took place on Dec. 2 was likely a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence as members of the New Hampshire House and Senate met outside the Whittemore Center.

James Ramsay, professor of security studies and chair of the Department of Security Studies, has received the inaugural Dave McIntyre Homeland Security Educator Award by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security.

UNH Manchester biotechnology students spoke with WMUR about their work in the on-campus COVID-19 test processing lab.

An analysis by Dante Scala, Political Science professor at UNH, and Carsey School demographer Kenneth Johnson described the urban/rural divide as a continuum based on population. “At one pole are large, densely settled urban cores, where Democrats have consistently been the most successful,” the two wrote.

Midwest farmers experiencing more erratic rainfall and prolonged dry periods that have devastated crops now have new guidelines to help them manage the effects of climate variability. Researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have created a portfolio of strategic recommendations to guide future agricultural research, policy, and management specifically for the nation’s breadbasket, which are presented in the journal Nature Sustainability.

Towns that have implemented pay-as-you-throw and other user fee-based pricing policies to reduce municipal solid waste have seen a substantial reduction in trash disposal rates, some by more than 50 percent, according to new research from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.