University of New Hampshire logo

UNH Today is produced for the UNH community and for friends of UNH.
The stories are written by the staff of UNH Marketing.
Email us: unhtoday.editor@unh.edu.

Manage Your Subscription     Contact Us

 

UNH Today  •  UNH Main Directory: 603-862-1234
Copyright © 2025  •  TTY Users: 7-1-1 or 800-735-2964 (Relay NH)
USNH Privacy Policies  •  USNH Terms of Use  •  ADA Acknowledgement

Health

Ladd Raine during the Directissima, a continuous 250-mile footpath that covers all 48 of the White Mountains’ 4,000-foot peaks.

Keeping 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 leads volunteer efforts focused on trail maintenance, access, and education while also helping launch the Pawtuckaway Climbers Coalition. Drawing on... Read More

Also in UNH Today...

Recent Stories

  • sarah vanhorn in video shot
    05/30/13 - Featured Video
    Marine biology major Sarah VanHorn '13, who created a blog called Fishues to promote local fishing in the state, is the most recent UNH student to be featured in the University's... Read More
  • tablet computer stand
    05/30/13 - Tablet Computer Stand Earns University’s First Design Patent
    Therese Willkomm, an assistant professor of occupational therapy at UNH and director of ATinNH, a statewide assistive technology program housed at UNH’s Institute on... Read More
  • women's lacrosse
    05/23/13 - Big Wins
    As the only team ever to lay claim to an NCAA title, women’s lacrosse has long been a point of pride for the UNH Athletics community. But until recently, it was also one of the... Read More
  • local farmers in UNH winter greenhouse with lettuce
    05/16/13 - A Lettuce in Winter?
    A UNH alumnus and co-owner of Demers Garden Center, a perennial and bedding plant mecca in the southeast corner of Manchester, Robert Demers has 22,000 square feet of greenhouse... Read More
  • catie perella
    05/16/13 - Meet Five UNH Life Savers
    Catie Perrella '11     Photo by Lisa Nugent The National Marrow Donor Program lists nearly 10 million people on its “Be the Match” registry. One in 20,000 of those will have the... Read More
  • oyster river middle schoolers at river's edge
    05/09/13 - Love That Dirty Water
        Students from Oyster River Middle School conduct water quality testing at several points on campus and then analyzed their samples. The event was part of the NH EPSCoR... Read More
  • relay for life participants
    05/02/13 - Relay for Life Marks 10 Years at UNH
    Senior Sarah Maskwa (4th from the left) with some of the 1,250 UNH Relay for Life participants who together raised more than $130,000 to fight cancer. Sarah Maskwa has the same... Read More
  • students drop stones into water as part of bullying prevention education
    04/25/13 - Sixth Graders Learn It Takes “Courage to Care”
    On an early April day that finds rural New Hampshire still lingering between snowbanks and mud puddles, 20 sixth-graders stand in a tight circle outside the Barnstead Elementary... Read More
  • elise beattie running
    04/25/13 - Thinking on Her Feet
    All student-athletes learn to balance the dual demands of academics and competition, but few do it in as dramatic fashion as Elise Beattie ’14 did earlier this year. Read More
  • researchers and participant in strength-training activity
    04/25/13 - Studying the Impact of Strength-Training on Older Adults
    The Grimes Family Fund is helping a student-faculty team to explore the effectiveness of two distinct strength-training regimens on older adults. The team hopes to present their... Read More