STEM

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N.H. Space Grant Trains Next Generation of Scientists

With $800,000 in funding for the first year of its four-year grant cycle, N.H. Space Grant continues its commitment to STEM education and workforce development. Read More

Recent Stories

  • Spaulding
    - Making Room for Science
    Spaulding Hall was built in 1960. Except for a partial renovation almost 40 years later, nothing has been done to the science building since then — making the in-progress... Read More
  • XPRIZE
    - Eyes on the XPRIZE
    Today, less than 10 percent of the world’s oceans have been mapped to high resolution. But efforts to map the remaining 90 percent could happen more quickly than previously... Read More
  • GLIMR infographic
    - OCEAN GLIMR
    In August, UNH received from NASA its largest-ever single research contract: $107.9 million to develop a space-based instrument to study coastal ecosystems near the Gulf of Mexico... Read More
  • John Snow '22
    - Innovation Scholar Builds Network
    When Jon Snow ‘22 learned about the opportunity to build a network, work in the UNH InterOperability Laboratory (IOL) and begin his college year with a unique experience through... Read More
  • Nine students study geosciences at UNH.
    - Closing the Gap
    Nine undergrads traveled from the Mid-Atlantic to take part in an intensive geoscience research program at UNH.  Read More
  • tall blades of kelp seaweed in the Gulf of Maine
    - Climate Change and Turf Seaweed Causing “Patchy” Seascape
    The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine to more frequent and severe storms and the increase of invasive turf seaweed. UNH... Read More
  • Reclaiming STEM: East Coast Edition
    - Reclaiming STEM: East Coast Edition
    “The day was one of excitement, vulnerability, and empowerment with over 70 participants and speakers,” said Tamara Marcus, Ph.D. student in UNH’s Natural Resources and Earth... Read More
  • Risks of Dot Gov
    - Risks of Dot Gov
    Maeve Dion, assistant professor of security studies, recently joined NHPR's Civics 101 podcast to discuss government cybersecurity in New Hampshire. Read More
  • Charlie Nitschelm ’20 in a lab with parts of a rocket he's made.
    - Space Exploration: The Audacity to Look Up
    Charlie Nitschelm had his job applications related to space exploration automatically rejected since he was a freshman. Then he had one of those chance life moments with just... Read More
  • Two male paleontologists collect rocks on a dusty hillside
    - Fossil Bonanza
    UNH researchers contributed to a major study that shows how life on Earth rebounded after an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Read More