NHPR: The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Jason Sokol talks about his new book and how America's fraught racial past has shaped current race relations. Read More

Casper Star Tribune: Defining 'small town' Wyoming: In the country's least populous state, what qualifies as rural?

University of New Hampshire professor Ken Johnson, an expert on rural life in America, said that the definition of “rural” varies significantly... Read More

The Concord Monitor: David Brooks: The significance – or non-significance – of New Hampshire’s first baby born in 2018

“New Hampshire does have a modest minority population, but it is greatest among children . . . and particularly in the bigger cities,” said Ken... Read More

Fosters.com: UNH Offers Support, Scholarships for STEM Students

The Finishers’ Program, developed by UNH, will help 30 students from Manchester West and Dover high schools attend college. Read More

The Boston Globe: Watch as Marlborough Native Bobby Butler Tells His Father He's Going to the Olympics

UNH alumnus Bobby Butler will be traveling to PyeongChang, South Korea, with the U.S. Olympic hockey team. Read More

UPI: UV Light Could Foil the Fungus Causing White-Nose Syndrome in Bats

Researchers with the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and UNH compared the fungus to six of its non-pathogenic relatives. Read More

The Daily Yonder: Pockets of Rural America At Risk Of Being Undercounted In Census

Rural communities with high levels of poverty and lack of access to internet could be undercounted in the 2020 U. S. Census, according to a report. ... Read More

The Union Leader: Looking back at 2017: A new threat in opioid crisis

This year also brought alarming findings about the incidence of infants born with symptoms of opioid addiction known as neonatal abstinence syndrome... Read More

Concord Monitor: Constitutional Barriers to Congressional Reform

John Greabe discusses term limits, campaign-finance regulations and restrictions on partisan gerrymandering in this editorial. Read More

New Hampshire Union Leader: New Scales Give UNH Scientists Clues About NH's Snowpack

Elizabeth Burakowski and her team aim to understand how much winters will continue to warm in response to human activities. Read More