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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

  • jeffrey bolster and daniel zotos
    - Survival, a Fish Story
    Jeffrey Bolster and Daniel Zotos by the commercial fishing pier in Portsmouth, N.H. (Photo: Lisa Nugent) For two months during the summer of 2013, Daniel Zotos waited at docks... Read More
  • archeology collage
    - Open Archaeology Day at UNH April 17
    April 17th, 3:00 – 5:00p.m. Come and try your hand at flint knapping, atlatl throwing, and hand-forming pottery. There will also be prehistoric food to sample! Huddleston Hall,... Read More
  • local seafood
    - 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
  • mary ann harty
    - At 60, Alumna Starts New Life with the Peace Corps
    Mary 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
  • potted flowers in greenhouse
    - Spring Arrives at the UNH Greenhouse
    The 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
  • robertson family
    - New Program Helps Keep a Farm Growing
    Ìı 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
  • horseshoe crab
    - Research Makes a Difference
    New research from Plymouth State University and the Âé¶¹app indicates that collecting and bleeding horseshoe crabs for biomedical purposes causes short-term... Read More
  • jim burchell in community work
    - Community Activist Jim Burchell ’80 Continues to Give Back
    Jim 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
  • image of brain and memory
    - Most of Us Have Made Best Memories by Age 25
    By 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
  • julia heinlein
    - Pathway to Work
    Julia 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