UNH Today

Accessing Nature

For any hiker, it’s important to know what to expect on the trail in front of them. The stakes are even higher for hikers with disabilities, yet often accessibility information is not available. That’s where Pierce Fernandez ’26 comes in. 

Joyful Acts of Writing

Those who happened to walk by Rooms 334–340 of the MUB on Oct. 30 might have noticed a group of younger-than-usual students deep in thought and creation — pens, markers, pages of text, pipe cleaners, and glue sticks spilling across their shared group tables. Every so often, one might have stood up to hang a poem-leaf on the “poet-tree” in the corner or deliver a molded clay creature to a display set up on a windowsill at the edge of the room.

Henn Honored With 2025 Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching

Meet Mark Henn, principal lecturer in the UNH psychology department, who was named the recipient of the 2025 Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching - UNH's highest level of recognition for excellence in the classroom. Henn has been a part of the psychology department at UNH since 1984, first as a graduate student and now as a principal lecturer.

A New Model for Care: IOD Program Grad Takes Innovative Approach to Disability and Health

A graduate of a neurodevelopmental leadership education program at UNH’s Institute on Disability (IOD) is blazing a new trail in primary care for New Hampshire families, placing individuals and their loved ones at the center of an innovative approach designed to ease the transition from pediatric to adult care for patients with chronic illness or disability.