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  • The Life of Images cover
    - UNH Magazine Fall 2015 Book Reviews
    Whippoorwill A New Hampshire teenager tries to save an abused dog Sixteen-year-old Clair Taylor lives in a house that has a junk-filled bathtub on its weedy lawn. She hates that... Read More
  • UNH students
    - Better Jobs, Better Lives
    Well-employed. Engaged in their work. Thriving. A recent Gallup survey has confirmed what many in the UNH community have long suspected: UNH graduates are, on the whole, more... Read More
  • Foley Foundation 5K runners in Hong Kong
    - Running for Jim
    When Martha Foley Jackson ‘76 told Craig Heisner ’88 she had a special project she needed his help on, he didn’t hesitate for a second. Heisner and Foley Jackson had known each... Read More
  • Shawn Jasper '89
    - Mr. Speaker, Public Servant
    Growing up on his family’s poultry farm in Hudson, New Hampshire, Shawn Jasper ’89 quickly learned about the pecking order. When new chickens are introduced to an existing flock,... Read More
  • Mike Vlacich '95
    - Coming Full Circle
    It was a few days before the 1992 presidential election, and Mike Vlacich ’95, a volunteer on Bill Clinton’s first campaign, needed $25 to rent a car. Vlacich and a friend planned... Read More
  • President Mark W. Huddleston
    - The View from T-Hall: Political Prime Time
    Every four years, our students can enjoy front-row seats for a uniquely New Hampshire tradition and one of the world’s most closely watched political events: the first-in-the-... Read More
  • Katherine "Kay" Frizzell Blaisdell '49 and Edward Blaisdell '50
    - In Memoriam—Katherine "Kay" Frizzell Blaisdell '49
    In an era when most women were homemakers, Katherine “Kay” Blaisdell was a Renaissance woman with a PhD in veterinary parasitology. She wrote books, went hang gliding, hiked in... Read More
  • Sean Billings McNamara '00
    - In Memoriam—Sean Billings McNamara ’00
    Twelve years older than his sister, Sean McNamara taught her a life lesson she has never forgotten. “I was a little girl and playing with a Magic 8 Ball,” says Nora Julia Vargas... Read More
  • John F. Kennedy speaking in New Hampshire Hall
    - Window of Opportunity
    On March 7, 1960, one day before the New Hampshire presidential primary, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy arrived at UNH to deliver a speech in New Hampshire Hall.  Lou D’... Read More
  • UNH Whittemore Center
    - Score!
    It happens to even the most devoted Wildcat hockey fan: You head to the concession stand at just the wrong moment and miss the go-ahead goal or the brilliant defensive move that... Read More