Juliet Webber ’23G epitomizes patience and perseverance in her work in higher education. As the director of UNH Professional Development and Training, she has carefully built a skillset to support her unwavering commitment to the field.

Tamera and Tasmin Cookman of London, England have been playing field hockey since they were six years old. They were scouted by a handful of American colleges, but the Cookmans found their home and community at the University of New Hampshire. On and off the field, the sisters find a way to balance college life, academics and their passion for field hockey. They are raising the bar for everyone around them, says Robin Balducci '85, head coach of the field hockey team, with their unique combination of competitiveness, personality and leadership.

UNH's HCGS integrates PacBio Sequel lle & Nanopore GridION for advanced long-read DNA sequencing, boosting accuracy in plant and microorganism studies.

The American Physiological Society named UNH Manchester professor Patricia Halpin a Fellow.

Jerome Amedu, a postdoctoral Diversity and Innovation Scholar in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been selected for one of 15 highly competitive annual fellowships with the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), a resource network for STEM education researchers supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

“How can we build better support for our communities to thrive at an individual and collective level?” asks Carolyn Arcand, program director of the master of public administration (MPA) online program at UNH. “Public administration should support the caregivers of our society - anyone whose purpose enhances the overall community welfare. Creative leadership and public engagement can make this happen.”

Student and alumni innovators alike were celebrated last week at the culminating events of the NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge (SVIC), UNH’s annual idea competition. Paige Balcom ’16 (CEPS, mechanical engineering) was named the 2023 UNH Social Innovator of the Year during the festivities.

With support from the NHAES, UNH scientists are studying methods to better connect farmers to markets and consumers, and examining ways of improving local food access for Granite Staters.

The University of New Hampshire has contributed to a first-of-its-kind new report looking at carbon dioxide (CO₂) removal in the United States. Mark Ducey, professor of natural resources and the environment, is one of the researchers from more than a dozen institutions involved in the high-resolution assessment, “Roads to Removal: Options for Carbon Dioxide Removal in the United States,” which charts a path to achieve a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050.

Three members of the UNH community were selected to the NH Business Review’s New Hampshire 200 list, which recognizes individuals who have “made their mark on New Hampshire’s economy, business climate and the state as a whole,” according to the NHBR site.