Sociology
Dillon Named Recipient of 2025 Civitas Dei Medal
Michele Dillon, dean of the UNH College of Liberal Arts (COLA) has been named the 2025 recipient of Villanova University’s prestigious Civitas Dei Medal for her “exemplary contributions to the Catholic intellectual tradition.” Dillon is the first social scientist to receive this award and joins a... Read More
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12/01/22Keeping Kids Safe Online
UNH researchers were major contributors to the new World Health Organization report "What works to prevent online violence against children." -
10/26/22Brothers and Sisters
The Crimes Against Children Research Center is establishing a new initiative that will work to change the perception that sibling aggression and... -
10/18/22'On the Shoulders of Giants'
Stephanie Bramlett ’06G ’11G admits that she received a jolt of exhilaration when she first discovered more than 25,000 YouTube views on the TEDx... -
10/17/22Saluting Faculty Excellence
Every year, a chosen few of UNH’s outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their...
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10/10/13 - Sibling Aggression and Mental HealthWhen Corinna Jenkins Tucker learned that her study linking the effects of sibling aggression to poor mental health outcomes would be published in the journal Pediatrics, she was... Read More