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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

Recent Stories

  • 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
  • "whales and nations' book cover
    - UNH Historian Recounts Effort to Regulate Whaling Industry in New Book
    Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves attempted to create an... Read More
  • dover listens group activity
    - Good Listeners
    The 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