UNH researchers have received an NSF grant to study the impacts of microplastics on the ocean's microbial food web.

Jeannette E. Riley ’91G will be the University of New Hampshire’s next Provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, the university announced April 22. She will assume her duties June 30.

Michele Dillion, a professor of sociology and expert in Catholicism, shares insights about the legacy of Pope Francis.

For as long as he can remember, Jon Carabello ’11 has had a knack for working with machinery and sleuthing out solutions. That combination made a career in engineering easy for him to envision, even years before he entered the field. What he never imagined, though, was a professional path that would enable him to watch a NASA rocket launch into space with components he helped build on board.

Selected accolades to our faculty and graduate students.

From their first business focusing on environmentally friendly car care products to their current venture, Therapy Clean, Anne Ruozzi and James Dudra have leaned on the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC) to grow and adapt.  

UNH undergraduate student Leandra Bryant ’25 has received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation. Awarded to students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support, with an annual stipend and tuition allowance.

UNH held its annual Pride and Pancakes breakfast to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community Tuesday, April 8, honoring the recipients of this year’s Bill Kidder LGBTQIA+ Awards and welcoming Sandra Denoncour, executive director of the Joan G. Lovering Health Center, to deliver a keynote speech.

The celebration – formerly known as the LGBTQ+ and Ally Pancake Breakfast – was held in the Granite State Room in the MUB and was streamed online for additional virtual attendees. This year’s event marked the 32nd annual gathering.

David Shaw ’73, an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose family funded the creation of the Shaw Innovation Explorers Program at UNH, visited campus April 1 for a lunch with students in the program and UNH president Elizabeth Chilton, as well as a fireside chat about his new book, “Wave Making: Inspired by Impact.”