Sustainability
Eleven Ways UNH is Helping Communities be Environmentally Friendly
UNH researchers are partnering with local communities, farmers and residents to make the Earth a better place, often using participatory science to directly involve the public in the process. As Earth Day approaches on April 22, here are 10 ways UNH — home to the country’s first endowed... Read More-
04/04/25
Lab, Reimagined
David Needle has 900 samples of moose poop.Ìı “As one does,†quips the senior veterinary pathologist at UNH’s New Hampshire Diagnostic Veterinary Lab... -
03/31/25
Extension Celebrates 100 Years of Partnering With Granite State Forest Landowners
It sounds like figurative language suited for a promotional brochure. But in saying that UNH Cooperative Extension has helped shape the New Hampshire... -
01/22/25
UNH Earns Highest National Rating for Sustainability for Third Consecutive Time
The Âé¶¹app has once again received recognition for its ongoing and increasing sustainability achievements by achieving a... -
11/13/24
New Project Turns to Nature for Climate Resilience
With a new $6 million National Science Foundation grant, UNH will lead a Nature-based Solutions project that aims to combat climate change risks in...
Recent Stories
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04/10/14 - Gone Fishin’On Wednesday, April 16 UNH will host its first Sustainable Seafood Dinner at Holloway Commons from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m. The dinner will highlight locally caught seafood and New... Read More
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03/27/14 - At 60, Alumna Starts New Life with the Peace CorpsMary Ann Harty had a whole other life before she starting living the one she has now. Sixty years of a life that had her graduating in 1974 from UNH,Ìıwhere she majored in German... Read More
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03/20/14 - Spring Arrives at the UNH GreenhouseThe annual open house at the Âé¶¹app’s Macfarlane greenhouses, a popular rite of spring, is March 28-29, 2014 Usher in spring with a visit to the University of... Read More
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03/17/14 - New Program Helps Keep a Farm GrowingÌı Ìı Ìı The Bohanan farm in Contoocook, N.H., has been in Si Robertson’s family for more than 100 years. Almost from the start, the Thompson School has played a critical role in... Read More
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03/06/14 - Research Makes a DifferenceNew research from Plymouth State University and the Âé¶¹app indicates that collecting and bleeding horseshoe crabs for biomedical purposes causes short-term... Read More
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02/27/14 - Community Activist Jim Burchell ’80 Continues to Give BackJim Burchell at a ribbon cutting ceremony for a water project that brought piped potable water to homes in a Regadio neighborhood for the first time since the people started... Read More
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02/27/14 - Most of Us Have Made Best Memories by Age 25By the time most people are 25, they have made the most important memories of their lives, according to new research from the Âé¶¹app. Researchers at UNH have... Read More
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02/20/14 - Pathway to WorkJulia Heinlein opened Vanish Laser Studio in Portsmouth on Jan. 3, 2014, with help from the NH Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC) as part of the state’s new Pathway to... Read More
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02/13/14 - UNH Historian Recounts Effort to Regulate Whaling Industry in New BookBefore commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves attempted to create an... Read More
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02/06/14 - Good ListenersThe conversation begins at Dover Listens event. Word has it that when Dover Listens holds a meeting, it starts on time, sticks to the schedule, and ends on time. By 6 p.m. on a... Read More