Local Leadership
A Path Forward for a New Hampshire Town
Walking trails can serve multiple purposes, including economic development. In Barrington, UNH Extension staff are working with the town to create a town center that incorporates many miles of existing trails. Read More-
12/18/25
Science Meets Shoreline
In New Hampshire, the wellness of freshwater bodies is largely managed by watershed associations. While those associations are often rich with... -
12/02/25
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... -
11/18/25
For 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... -
11/03/25
UNH Researchers Harness AI to Discover Magnetic Materials
Study authors Suman Itani, a PH.D. student in physics (left) and postdoctoral researcher Yibo Zhang. Photo by Jiadong Zang. Magnets are at the core...
Recent Stories
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10/28/14 - UNH Research: School Districts Continue to Restrain and Seclude Students with a DisabilityDespite numerous states making policy revisions in recent years, students with disabilities in some school districts are restrained and secluded at an alarming rates, according to... Read More
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10/23/14 - UNH Dining Services Receives N.H. Employment Leadership AwardJon Plodzik (fourth from left), director of UNH Dining Services, accepted theĚý2014 NH Employment Leadership Award last week at a ceremony in Manchester.Ěý(Courtesy photo) UNH... Read More
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10/22/14 - The Spirit and Sport of LumberjackingĚý Think about where the axe is going to hit. Don't overthink where the axe is going to hit. Be sure to exhale through your downswing, and follow through as the bone-cuttingly... Read More
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10/22/14 - Green and WhiteThe rate of winter warming has tripled in the U.S. since 1970. The northern hemisphere has lost one million square miles of spring snowpack in the last 50 years. As many as half... Read More
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10/16/14 - Fairchild Dairy Marks 25 Years of ResearchThe Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center, a facility of the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) at the Âé¶ąapp College of Life Sciences and... Read More
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10/13/14 - Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon and Beyond: Experts and Witnesses Share Their ExpertiseĚý The 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
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10/09/14 - Watch Tonight: UNH student appears on Jeopardy!Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek with UNH Ph.D. student Dan Tran Photo courtesy of Jeopardy! Productions, Inc. It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to win at Jeopardy! but UNH graduate student... Read More
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10/08/14 - Firsthand Experience in a Secondhand StoreYou hear it all the time from students, the value of taking what they’ve learned in the classroom out to the field to gain up-close experience while exploring possible career... Read More
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10/08/14 - It’s Alive!A new project led by UNH engineers will transform the Memorial Bridge over the Piscataqua River into a “living” bridge that could change the way we look at bridges and... Read More























































