College of Life Sciences & Agriculture
Can Science Keep Produce Fresh Longer?
UNH scientist Duoduo Wang researches the complex process of ripening to uncover ways to extend ripeness and reduce food waste. Read More
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11/13/25Sustaining Striped Bass
A study led by Adrienne Kovach pinpoints where the striped bass caught off the northeast coast originally came from. -
11/12/25Why Do Ginkgo Trees Drop All Their Leaves at Once? A UNH Expert Explains
Why do ginkgo trees drop all their leaves at once? And what does UNH’s iconic James Hall ginkgo tell us about how frost is coming later in the fall? ... -
11/10/25Faculty Excellence Celebration Recognizes Outstanding UNH Educators
Every year, a chosen few of UNH’s outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their... -
10/28/25Pumpkin Pie Myth-Busting and More Cucurbit Knowledge From a UNH Expert
With Halloween right around the corner and Thanksgiving pie season close on its heels, we asked a UNH expert to drop some knowledge about pumpkins....
Recent Stories
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07/15/22 - Measuring Methane in StreamsDifferent aquatic bodies play different roles in the release of methane gas. Wetlands, lakes, and reservoirs all play large roles in releasing methane directly into the atmosphere... Read More -
07/13/22 - Sequencing VariantsWith new funding from the National Institutes of Health, UNH wilil continue its genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants in New Hampshire. Read More -
07/11/22 - Making a Living Producing Food?In New England, small- and mid-sized farms face numerous barriers to achieving viability. Many farmers across the region rely on a host of agriculture-adjacent enterprises, like... Read More -
07/06/22 - CAREER BuildersThree UNH assistant professors have received prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program, or CAREER, awards from the National Science Foundation. With the five-year... Read More -
07/05/22 - Passings: Robert PalmerRobert “Bob” Palmer, a former adjunct professor of soil and water science at the University of New Hampshire, died peacefully in his home in Ormond Beach, Florida, July 12, 2021... Read More -
06/28/22 - Serving New England FarmersThe global pandemic upended how we work and live, and the same was true for America’s farmers – especially those involved in direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales. Farmers’ markets... Read More -
06/21/22 - Dedicated to Health Disparities ResearchNutrition researcher Maria Carlota Dao, an assistant professor at the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and a New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES)... Read More -
06/21/22 - Repurposing Drug Compound Could Slow COVID SpreadKrisztina Varga, associate Professor of Molecular, cellular and Biomedical Sciences. Photo by Jeremy Gasowski. With the end of the pandemic seemingly nowhere in sight,... Read More -
06/14/22 - Raising the BarThe University of New Hampshire, recognized last year as a top producer of Gilman scholars in the country by the U.S. State Department as part of the 20th anniversary of the... Read More -
06/13/22 - EDALHAB 50 years laterIt was 1971 when Larry Harris, a professor of zoology at the University of New Hampshire, was approached by Jeff Savage, a professor of mechanical and ocean engineering, to... Read More