Thanks to a generous gift from Granite State Development Corporation, this student and her family got an incredible surprise about her next three years at UNH. 

If everything goes according to plan for Krista Rodrigues ‘22G, you may come across her one day working on a trail in the Whites. If not there, then along another mountain belt. It doesn’t matter where exactly, so long as its connected to the outdoors.

Senior Demographer Ken Johnson was recently quoted in The Hill in an overview of what the 2020 Census will likely show us about the American population – that it's becoming older and more diverse. Johnson said there are 3 million more childless women in prime child-bearing years than demographers would have expected prior to the 2007-2009 recession.

Assistant professor of nursing Alyssa O’Brien was recently recognized by the New Hampshire Nurses Association with an Excellence in Nursing award for her teaching and research.

The Center Square reported on New Hampshire's modest population gains – largely through in-migration – for the third year in a row, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Carsey School of Public Policy Senior Demographer Ken Johnson reported that the country's overall growth rate was the lowest seen in 120 years and, because that, New Hampshire's population growth is surprising.

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. — Presidential Oath of Office

Peter Nieves, a patent attorney at Sheehan Phinney and former adjunct professor at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, has been working to create a scholarship program at the law school to raise the number of underrepresented students studying there.

The end goal is to create a more diverse population of lawyers in the Granite State, to ensure that BIPOC clients in need of legal assistance will be more likely to find an attorney who can relate to their personal experiences and heritage. 

A team of UNH scientists won first place in an international competition for virtual autonomous ocean-going robotics.

James Glennon '12, '20G became interested in cybersecurity during his time as an undergraduate at UNH, where he studied business administration and IT. While working full-time at a software company, Glennon decided to continue his education in the high-demand cybersecurity field through UNH’s online cybersecurity policy and risk management master's program.

Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare form of lymphoma, does not have any known cure and only one FDA-approved treatment, making it challenging to treat patients. But with the work being done at UNH, that may one day change.