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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

  • dimitry harris on appledore island
    - Little Green Appledore
    On an island seven miles off the New Hampshire coastline in the midst of one of the soggiest summers in memory, worrying about enough water seems counter-productive. But for... Read More
  • fwendy klemperer outside pcac with sculptures
    - The Science of Art: Turning Used Metal into Sculptures
    Here’s proof that the career path we plan on is often not where life takes us. Wendy Klemperer is an artist--a sculptor who crafts animals out of twisted steel once used in... Read More
  • alaska mountains
    - Seven Hundred Feet Down, a Thousand Years Back
    UNH, Dartmouth College, UMaine ice core drill site on the Mt. Hunter plateau in Denali National Park, Alaska. The drill site is in the middle of the photograph, just left of the... Read More
  • solar panels being install on woodruff house in the minidorms, 1980's
    - Evergreen
    CATCHING SOME RAYS: In a 1980 photo from The New Hampshire, students adjust solar panels on the roof of Woodruff House. Long before UNH had a Sustainability Academy, there were... Read More
  • MINKE WHALE DISSECTION
    - Land Blubber
    Talk about a whale of a learning experience. Early this month, a long-dead and decomposing 10,000-pound minke whale provided hands-on learning for 10 undergraduates, including... Read More
  • students walking in front of thompson hall
    - UNH Reports Historic Fundraising Year
    The Âé¶¹app Foundation raised $35.8 million in FY13 (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013), making it the largest fundraising year in UNH’s history, beating the... Read More
  • mike middleton, ken fuld, irene peters, mark huddleston
    - Alums Honor Parents with Endowed Professorship in Education
    Irene Peters celebrates the creation of the John and H. Irene Peters Professorship in Education with, from left to right, Michael Middleton, associate professor of education who... Read More
  • sarah garstka with kids in garden
    - Garden Bounty
    From her early teens, Sarah Garstka was into food but not in the way some kids might be at that age. When she was 16, she read a book theorizing that what we eat impacts how we... Read More
  • governor hassan signing bill to create pathways to work program
    - NH Small Business Development Center Partners With State to Create ‘Pathway to Work’ Program
    Gov. Maggie Hassan recently signed SB 143, which created the Pathway to Work program. Celebrating the creation of the program with Hassan (center) are, from left to right, Rep.... Read More
  • passport
    - Independence Day
    At 34, after a degenerative nerve disorder left her unable to live on her own, Michelle Schladenhauffen entered a brain-injury rehabilitation center in Kennebunk, Maine.... Read More