College of Liberal Arts
Mayer Receives Distinguished Professor Award for 2025
Get to know John (Jack) Mayer, the recipient of UNH's 2025 Distinguished Professor Award, given out during UNH's annual Faculty Excellence celebration in November. Mayer was referred to as a "bit of a rock star" by a colleague in his nomination, lauded for his dedication to students and down-to-... Read More
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12/09/25A Space to Heal: How a ‘Lifeline’ of Support at UNH Helped Student Rebuild After Crisis
Mikaela Belanger ’26 knows better than most how dramatically life can change in the blink of an eye. For years, she dreamed of saving enough to... -
12/02/25New UNH Certificate Prepares Social Workers to Support Student Mental Health
UNH is launching a new online Trauma-Informed School Social Work Graduate Certificate in spring 2026 to help address New Hampshire’s shortage of... -
11/18/25Joyful 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... -
11/18/25Henn 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...
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05/10/16 - You Were That White Bird: Poemsby Shelley Girdner Bauhan (May 10, 2016) Shelley Girdner’s first full-length poetry collection looks at the lifespan of a relationship–from the beginning of love until its end,... Read More -
05/10/16 - The Quartz: Americans have stopped having babiesUniversity of New Hampshire demographer Kenneth Johnson says the recession resulted in 2.3 million fewer babies over five years. He says a similar thing happened during the Great... Read More -
05/10/16 - Time: Americans Hit Pause on Baby-Making and It's Going to Hurt the EconomyAccording to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire, the lower rates translate to about 3.4 million fewer births between 2008 and 2015. This... Read More -
05/09/16 - Celebrating the Life and Works of Professor Emeritus John RogersAn event to celebrate the life and works of Professor Emeritus John Rogers will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the Verrette Recital Hall of the Paul... Read More -
05/04/16 - Career GPSWhen Raul Bernal talks with students about their future, there’s one question he doesn’t ask. Read More -
05/04/16 - True NorthA psychologist, a geographer and a sociologist were barreling down Route 95 out of Jacksonville in search of a proper meal on their way to St. Augustine. Read More -
05/04/16 - Alumna Taylor Planz Wins National Science Teachers Association Award for New TeachersUNH alumna Taylor Langkau Planz '12 '13G was one of only 25 science teachers nationwide to receive the Maitland P. Simmons Memorial Award for New Teachers from the National... Read More -
05/04/16 - A Train Ran Through ItIt’s hard to believe it when gazing across the Thompson Hall lawn today, but back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a train ran through it. Engines chugged their way up... Read More