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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04/20/16 - SPARK 2016Flip through the most recent issue of SPARK, UNH’s annual research review. Read More -
04/20/16 - The People FactorWith climate change affecting resources as nearby as the coastal waters of southern Maine and New Hampshire and in regions as distant as Brazil and Egypt, UNH professors are... Read More -
04/19/16 - Sara Clarke-Vivier awarded 2016-2017 Dissertation Year Fellowship and 2016 Graduate Student Teaching Award!The Education Department is proud to announce that one of our own - Sara Clarke-Vivier took two major awards at this year's Graduate Research Conference! Sara has been awarded... Read More -
04/19/16 - UNH Theatre Goes to PortsmouthThe annual Undergraduate Prize Plays will be performed for one night only at the innovative 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, N.H. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. This special... Read More -
04/14/16 - Passing: Professor Emeritus of Music John RogersJohn E. Rogers, professor emeritus of music, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the age of 78. Read More -
04/14/16 - Chronicle Commentary: The Humanities Must Engage Global Grand ChallengesDr. Heidi Bostic, who will join UNH as dean of the College of Liberal Arts in June 2016, has published commentary in "The Chronicle of Higher Education" about the role of the... Read More
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04/13/16 - Associate Professor Judy Sharkey appointed member of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) English Language Learner Advisory TeamAssociate Professor Judy Sharkey has been appointed a member of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) English Language Learner Advisory Team, by the New Hampshire Department of... Read More
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04/13/16 - Will This Strategy Finally Put an End to Sexual Assault?Will This Strategy Finally Put an End to Sexual Assault? Read More
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04/12/16 - Live in the Big World: UNH challenges itself to double the number of students studying abroad by 2020Jim Parsons is a study abroad coordinator who never studied abroad as an undergraduate. Strange? Not really. As a first-generation college student at a small private university,... Read More -
04/12/16 - Humanities in the Digital Age: Collaboration is at the heart of a range of projects that explore the digital humanities landscapeWhen Scott Weintraub thinks about digital humanities, he thinks of conversations — and, sometimes, trees. The assistant professor of Spanish is working on a book titled “Latin... Read More