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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

  • A New Hampshire farmer
    - Field of Greens
    Many New Hampshire farmers view trading their tried-and-true full season silage corn variety for one with a shorter growing season as more than a little risky. But not Adam Crete... Read More
  • Professor riding a bike dressed for graduation, pulling Gnarlz in a trailer
    - Celebrating Cycling
    This month, UNH will join communities and workplaces across the nation in a celebration of car-free commuting with Bike to Work Week (May 16 – 20) and Bike/Walk to Work Day (May... Read More
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  • UNH-developed pumping varieties
    - Garden Time
    Shockwave, a new cantaloupe, is one of nineÌınew UNH-developedÌıcucurbitÌıvarieties now commercially available. (Courtesy photo) Gardeners getting ready to plant their fruits and... Read More
  • Adams Point on Great Bay
    - UNH Research: Towns Working Together Makes Clean Water Cheaper
    Communities addressing clean water regulatory requirements for the Great Bay Estuary would save over $100 million through greater collaboration and integrated planning. Read More
  • UNH archaeology students
    - A Train Ran Through It
    Ìı Ìı It’s hard to believe it when gazing across the Thompson Hall lawn today, but back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a train ran through it. Engines chugged their way up... Read More
  • UNH Student Body President Cameron Cook '17 and the Sustainability Institute's Jennifer Andrews
    - Taking Out the Trash
    Piles of waste lay in the Mills Road visitor parking lot as students, staff and community members sorted through bag after bag of discarded items, searching with gloves and trash... Read More
  • Paige Balcom '16 in Kingsbury Courtyard
    - Research Support
    A senior engineering student with an eye toward bringing reliable power to developing nations and a doctoral student looking at maternal care in carpenter bees are UNH recipients... Read More
  • UNH's Becky Sideman with peppers
    - Profitable Peppers
    UNH researchersÌıhave foundÌıthat many varieties of bell peppers grown in high tunnels produced excellent, high-quality fruit. Read More
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