College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
UNH's Harish Vashisth Awarded $780K NSF Grant to Advance RNA Research and Train STEM Workforce
A UNH researcher will work to advance our understanding of chemical changes in RNA molecules and train STEM workforce in innovative RNA technologies, thanks to a major new grant from the National Science Foundation. Harish Vashisth, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering at the... Read More
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08/26/25UNH Launches Initiative to Improve Outcomes for STEM Ph.D. Students
UNH is one of 10 graduate schools nationwide to partner in a National Science Foundation grant aimed at improving outcomes for STEM Ph.D. students. -
08/26/25In Memoriam: Eric Lund
Eric Lund, a UNH research scientist who recently passed away, is being remembered as a dedicated space scientist and valued colleague. -
08/19/25UNH Researcher Joins $152M Project to Advance AI for Scientific Research
Samuel Carton, assistant professor of computer science, in a co-principal investigator on a $152 million partnership between the National Science... -
08/11/25UNH Researchers Help Find WWII Shipwrecks in Solomon Islands
Researchers from UNH's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping helped find more than a dozen World War II shipwrecks in the Solomon Islands.
Recent Stories
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09/01/15 - UNH Welcomes New FacultyMembers of the class of 2019 aren’t the only ones who began their UNH careers this month. The university is welcoming 87 new faculty members to the community. Here is a list of... Read More -
08/26/15 - At Fidelity, UNH Interns Are a Wise InvestmentWhen one of the world’s leading investment firms goes looking for new talent, you can bet there’s a long line of eager college grads at hand, boasting high GPAs, polished resumes... Read More -
08/18/15 - Filling the STEM PipelineThree sessions of UNH Tech Camp provided the opportunity to build and launch model rockets at Boulder Field on the UNH campus. More than 150 students... Read More -
07/23/15 - Riding HighProject SMART high school students steady their scientific balloon as it fills with helium prior to launch. (Photo: Devin Thomas, University of British Columbia) Near space is... Read More -
07/10/15 - Strong BondsMargaret “Peg” Whittemore found chemistry at Portsmouth High School. It was 1941, her senior year, and she had just moved to New Hampshire from Newton, Mass. Two things helped... Read More -
07/10/15 - Inquiring MindsThe Big Burp Theory Geologists drill for climate clues About 55 million years ago, the Earth burped up a massive release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — an amount... Read More -
06/16/15 - Alternative EnergyIan Gagnon Last November, the presidents of China and the U.S. forged a commitment to reduce fossil fuel emissions. Other governments across the world are investing billions in... Read More -
06/10/15 - From Pokémon to the Real DealAdam Wong’s very first pair of dog tags had Pokémon on them. He doesn’t remember how old he was, just that he wanted to be a soldier someday. That was always the game he and his... Read More -
05/20/15 - A (Nuclear) Force To Be Reckoned WithUNH physicist Patricia Solvignon has received a prestigious Early Career Research Program grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Solvignon, an assistant professor of physics,... Read More -
05/19/15 - May-Win Thein: Focusing on Learning, Not FundraisingThe reason associate professor of mechanical engineering May-Win Thein gives back to UNH is simple: She wants her students to be studying, learning, experimenting and researching... Read More