Mind the (Data) Gaps

Gaps in available data impede our understanding of heavy metals in Alaskan soils that can harm human health, a team of UNH researchers have found.

Sage of the Sea

To celebrate World Oceans Day June 8, Jennifer Miksis-Olds will participate in an ocean-themed quiz bowl against high school champions.

Chasing What He Loves

Charlie Nitschelm ’20 has turned his hand at building rockets with UNH’s SED into a job at SpaceX, where he is working on the rocket Starship, being built with the goal of one day colonizing the moon...

Making History

For the first time since the Civil War, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will be meeting outside the State House when it convenes a session on June 11 at The Whittemore Center.

Playing Video Games Linked with Unhealthy Behaviors for College Men

Results from a new study by researchers at UNH suggest that college men who play video games tend to exercise less and have poorer eating habits compared to non-gamers.

Summer Youth Programs Canceled

Fulbright Scholarships Extended

Katherine Heaney ’20G just received her master’s degree in secondary education. Her plan for September had been to travel to Spain to teach English for the next academic year. She is one of five UNH...

Privilege of Breaking into Earth Honored

Meghan Howey, professor of anthropology has been named a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Fellows receive $200,000 to fund research and writing aimed at addressing some of the most important issues...

Donors Pay It Forward

‘When this is all over, one of the things people will remember is: Who is really out there helping? These donors gave with a generous spirit; they are part of that group.’

UNH Voices of Wildcats: Owen Kanter '20

Growing up adventuring in the outdoors with his parents helped Owen Kanter '20 develop a love for wildlife biology.

You Are Always on Our Minds

There's No Stopping Research

Twenty-one years ago, the inaugural UNH Undergraduate Research Conference fielded the work of some 159 students over the course of two days. Last year, on the 20th anniversary of the event, that...

New Hampshire's Trusted Partner

UNH research contributes to the well-being of the state’s citizenry

Innovation Station

UNHInnovation launches the university’s ideas into the world and invites the world to UNH

It's Instrumental

The University Instrumentation Center hosts technology to advance research on campus and off

Insider Wisdom

UNH president decodes academia for business people

Campus Essentials

Every Monday and Wednesday evening at 7 p.m., Peterson Hall director and former UNH football running back and co-captain Trevon Bryant ’18 leads a group of students through a 45-minute Wildcat-worthy...

A Closing Inquiry

Meet Marian McCord, UNH’s new senior vice provost for research, economic engagement and outreach

Doing It All

Dylan Wheeler ’20 has been described as a person who lives in a universe with 28-hour days. Here’s why: he’s founded two startups and he hasn’t even graduated yet. He launched the first one during...

Reduce, Reuse, Repeat

When Lauren Banker ’13, Alex Freid ’13, Emily Spognardi ’14, and Erica Vazza ’14 walked to the Gables community room in May 2011, they had no idea how much would be donated to their new program,...

Promoting a Right Not a Privilege

In her application to become a 2020 Truman Scholar, Abrita Kuthumi ’21 proposed an idea that would provide educational resources for the lowest caste group in Nepal. She mapped out a plan offering...

People and Place and Need

James Smugereski ’19 never planned on working for a nonprofit. He was a business major, with a focus in finance. He interned at one of the country’s largest insurance companies — twice — and thought...

UNH PodCats Talk With Erin Bell

 

Good Energy

There are times in the Pakistani neighborhood where Ali Asghar ’20 grew up that the electricity still goes out for hours; sometimes, half the day. It is estimated that some 50 million people across...

Making the Grade

CFAR mentors help peers “find their UNH."

The Culture of Learning

An exchange student hears a different language.

Voices of Wildcats: Donnett Sackie ’20

At an early age, Donnett Sackie ’20 was forced to leave Liberia during the civil war and spent much of his childhood in a refugee camp. His outlet was soccer and that passion led him to the UNH men's...

Vacation Activities for First Through Sixth Graders at Hamel Rec

Kool2Bfit camps are being offered during February and April vacations at the Hamel Rec Center for students in grades first through sixth.

A Village of Support

Advocates help a Somalian refugee attend college.

Provost of Invention

UNH provost Wayne Jones — also an inorganic chemist, materials scientist and patent-holder — has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Leading the Vote

First in the nation. It’s the role in presidential primaries that New Hampshire has held since 1920, one that made Granite Staters tighten their grip and pass new legislation when that position was...

Ensuring Bright Futures

In a collaborative effort to ensure that all New Hampshire’s children have a bright future, UNH has partnered with New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Department of...

Learning What She Didn’t Know

Before Lihy Buchbinder ’21 arrived at UNH, she had a cultural experience that few students have: In 2014, after finishing her last two years of high school, she returned to her homeland to serve in...

Expert: Not uncommon for voters to make up their minds at the last minute

Paul College Celebrates Accounting Professor for Excellence in Teaching

Jonathan Nash knew for years that he wanted to be a professor someday. But with accounting as his field of study and practice, he never expected he’d be popular among his students.

UNH Joins HathiTrust Digital Preservation Repository

UNH has become a member of HathiTrust, a global partnership of major research institutions and libraries that provides access to the largest set of digitized books managed by the academic, research ...

Distinguished Professor Known for Enthusiasm; Scholarship

After 32 years of impactful work in Paul College’s economics department, professor Karen Conway received the most prestigious faculty award UNH has to offer: the Distinguished Professor Award.  

Meet Baby McGregor

In December 2018, a few weeks before Christmas, a cow that’s part of the UNH dairy herd got her foot caught in a grate and fell into a manure trench at the Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research...

Golden Opportunity to Destress

Students took a break from cramming for exams with this “study buddy” during Frazzle Free Finals at the Dimond Library yesterday. Exams started at 6 p.m. Dec. 10.  

Love of Everything Outside Set Course

Editor's Note: This is the latest installment in a series featuring UNH faculty telling their stories in their own words. Mary Stampone, associate professor of geography, state climatologist "My...

Voices of Wildcats

A fascination with the secrets hidden beneath the sea and inside our brains led Megan Molinari ’21 to a dual major in neuroscience and marine biology.  

In This Issue...

Six years as editor of UNH Magazine have given me the opportunity to share a variety of stories: some fun, others inspiring, and many — I hope — thought-provoking. But I don’t think we’ve ever put...

Life After Jimmy

AS DIANE AND JOHN FOLEY ’70 settle into the bright and airy living room of their Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, home on a breezy, blue-skied August morning — Diane seated on the end of a semi-circular...

Honoring Service, Philanthropy and Excellence

A lifelong advocate for individuals living with disabilities and a couple committed to university athletics recently received UNH's most prestigious awards for their history of support and service to...

Highly Cited

Two UNH faculty members — professor of sociology David Finkelhor and professor of natural resources Serita Frey — are among the Web of Science Group’s 2019 Highly Cited Researchers. 

From Olson Center Intern to Slow Food Movement

Despite the rigorous course load that comes with being a mechanical engineering major, Sohani Demian ‘20 has had time to “dip her toes” into lots of different things.

Affirming Potential

Two UNH students are receiving help with their education through the Goldwater Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships of up to $7,500 a year.

For Teens, Outdoors Is Greater

A new study from UNH has found that adventure therapy is less expensive and more effecitve than traditional therapy.

Through Fear Comes Resilience

When Amada Guapisaca ’19 came to UNH, she was worried she might fail. And then she focused on what to do if she did.

Coming Full Circle

"Neither of my parents went to college, but they were insistent on two things: You were going to go to college ... You better like what you do...”