School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering
Urban Coast Institute Honors Mayer
Larry Mayer, professor and director of UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, received the National Champion of the Ocean Award from the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) of Monmouth University in New Jersey. The award was established in 2005 to honor individuals who have undertaken actions and... Read More
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09/23/25UNH Contributes to Two Teams Chosen as Finalists for NSF Innovation Program
Two teams featuring University of New Hampshire participants — one focused on sustainable seafood and another on precision forest management — are... -
09/02/25Take a Video Tour of Shoals Marine Laboratory
Take a tour of the Shoals Marine Laboratory, located on the rugged, beautiful Appledore Island off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. Aimee... -
08/26/25UNH Launches Initiative to Improve Outcomes for STEM Ph.D. Students
UNH is one of 10 graduate schools nationwide to partner in a National Science Foundation grant aimed at improving outcomes for STEM Ph.D. students. -
08/11/25UNH Researchers Help Find WWII Shipwrecks in Solomon Islands
Researchers from UNH's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping helped find more than a dozen World War II shipwrecks in the Solomon Islands.
Recent Stories
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10/16/15 - Island TimeEach summer, four college students spend the summer on Appledore Island as sustainable engineering interns for the UNH/Cornell University Shoals Marine Laboratory. It’s the... Read More -
09/01/15 - UNH Welcomes New FacultyMembers of the class of 2019 aren’t the only ones who began their UNH careers this month. The university is welcoming 87 new faculty members to the community. Here is a list of... Read More -
06/25/15 - More Than MappingSince its founding in 1999, UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), along with the complementary Joint Hydrographic Center (a NOAA partner), has established itself as... Read More -
06/10/15 - Save the ShrimpOn Saturday, June 13, a marine biologist and media technologist from UNH Cooperative Extension will board a plane in Boston and fly 21 hours to Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon,... Read More -
05/13/15 - Ph.D. Student Receives National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate FellowshipMeagan Wengrove ‘10, a Ph.D. student in ocean engineering from Arvada, Colorado, has received a prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship... Read More -
01/29/15 - Building a Better Oil Spill ResponseWhat happens to spilled oil on the bottom of a body of water? With a unique oil flume, UNH professor Nancy Kinner and undergraduates are working to find out. Their findings could... Read More -
10/30/14 - Crystal Clear VolunteersIt’s a good bet that the kids romping around Ellacoya State Park, the owner of a $49 million lakeside estate and even The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon share something in common... Read More -
10/14/14 - Seeking Surface DataYou might be surprised to find undergrads in a science class drawing and coloring, but that’s exactly what they were up to in a recent introduction to marine biology lab in the... Read More -
10/13/14 - Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon and Beyond: Experts and Witnesses Share Their ExpertiseThe Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, pictured in this image from NOAA, began in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, when the BP deep ocean well Macondo blew out. The blow-out... Read More -
09/10/14 - Marine Biology BootcampIt was an early move-in for a group of first-year UNH students who packed their bags and boarded a boat headed for Marine Immersion week at the Shoals Marine Lab. Marine Immersion... Read More