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Sustainability

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International Changemaker Grant Sends Students to Work in Global Communities

The International Changemaker Grant will send five teams of UNH students to a variety of international locations this summer, where the students will work in native communities and collaborate with organizations working on sustainability initiatives ranging from energy insecurity and community... Read More

Recent Stories

  • Jordan Garrett '20 and Caitlin Burnett '20
    - The Everyday Life of Climate Change
    The big picture of climate change is often heralded in photos depicting melting ice caps and stranded polar bears or smokestacks tainting the sky with soot. Less well captured are... Read More
  • Assistant professor Tom Haines poses in front of dump trucks/
    - A Quest to Explore Renewable Energy
    Tom Haines’ spring break was a bit out of the ordinary. During the course of 10 days in March, Haines trekked 50 miles across the Texas Panhandle and slept at local farms. He... Read More
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    UNH researchers supported by the NH Agricultural Experiment Station have identified and described five new truffle species, including two that have been found only in New...
  • Underwater shot of reddish seaweed
    - Ocean Invasives
    UNH researchers looked at seaweed populations during the last 30 years in the Gulf of Maine. Read More
  • James Farrell and David Kaye at networking event
    - Sparking Solutions
    Many efforts within the College of Liberal Arts are addressing the pressing problems of our time. Read More
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    Flip through the most recent issue of SPARK, UNH’s annual research review.
  • UNH plant breeding
    - Breeding Success
    In 1951, the "New Hampshire Midget" watermelon, developed at UNH by Albert F. Yeager, then head of the university’s horticulture department, won a gold medal in the All-American... Read More
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    Updated daily, the dispatch highlights URC happenings and coming events.
  • Project O.A.S.I.S.
    - Engineering an Oasis
    Growing up in India, Sid Nigam ’16 saw plenty of food insecurity and malnutrition. At UNH, the mechanical engineering student channeled a passion for sustainable, affordable food... Read More
  • Graduate student Allison Leach in front of a research poster
    - How's Your Nitrogen Footprint?
    Sustainability leadership efforts have contributed to a groundbreaking initiative to measure and reduce the nitrogen footprint on campus. Read More