Health
New 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 school-based mental health professionals. The program trains social workers to support student well-being and collaborate with educators through trauma-... Read More
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11/20/25UNH’s Dementia Care Robot Project Enters Home Testing
UNH researchers have begun real-world testing of AI-enabled robot in the homes of families caring for loved ones with dementia, exploring how the... -
11/18/25For Older Adults Without Children, Friendship Can Be a Lifeline
UNH research finds older adults without children experience more loneliness, but strong friendships significantly reduce it. Marital status also... -
11/18/25A 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... -
10/28/25Keeping New Hampshire’s Outdoors Open and Accessible
UNH alum Ladd Raine ’06 is helping keep New Hampshire’s outdoors open, safe, and sustainable. As president of the Rumney Climbers Association, he...
Recent Stories
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04/21/17 - Research for the Scientific WorldBria Frehner ’17 first started conducting research on cancer cells in professor Charles Walker’s lab the summer after her freshman year. Yusuf Ebrahim ’17 met Walker during his... Read More -
04/19/17 - Focusing on Youth Suicide Prevention in New HampshireWhen senior Emily Carbonara started a summer internship at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire, she didn’t know it would launch her into research on youth suicide prevention... Read More -
04/17/17 - Regenerating Tissue, Revitalizing IndustryIn December, UNH was tapped to play a leading role in a major national public-private institute that aims to launch an industry, headquartered in New Hampshire, that will develop... Read More -
04/15/17 - Living Longer, Living StrongerAt the heart of exercise scientist Summer Cook’s research lies a deceptively simple question. Read More -
04/06/17 - UNH Institute on Disability Receives Grant from Christopher and Dana Reeve FoundationA $75,000 grant will fund the “iCreATe for Paralysis” program. Read More -
04/05/17 - Out in FrontSince 2001, April has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Long before then, however, UNH was already getting out in front as a leader among college campuses in its... Read More -
04/04/17 - Bigger and BetterThe expanded Hamel Rec center emphasizes fitness and wellbeing. Read More -
03/20/17 - Nutrition-FocusedAlana Davidson ’17 talks about nutrition and the Swipe It Forward program during her Snapchat takeover. Read More -
03/01/17 - Flesh and BloodMeet Xena, the synthetic cadaver who entered lab classrooms earlier this semester. Her guts, arteries, organs, blood flow and real-feeling flesh give the anatomy and physiology... Read More -
02/21/17 - IOD's Mary Schuh Receives Kennedy Public Policy FellowshipMary Schuh, director of development & consumer affairs at UNH's Institute on Disability (IOD), received the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Public Policy Fellowship. Read More