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UNH Study Finds Walkable Neighborhoods Eased Pandemic Mental Health Declines

UNH economist Karen Conway’s new study finds that walkable neighborhoods helped buffer pandemic-related mental health declines. Using national data, she and collaborator Andrea Menclova showed that even modest increases in walkability reduced deterioration, suggesting investments in sidewalks and neighborhood design can serve as cost-effective public health interventions.

Four Recent Grads Secure Fulbright Grants to Study Internationally

Four recent UNH graduates were named Fulbright recipients this spring, earning grants that will allow them to further their education in Scotland, Jordan, Germany, and Taiwan, respectively.

Jake Gehrung ’20, Silas McIntire ’23, Sydney Seaver ’24 and Madison Smith ’23 received the recognition. Additionally, Lina Adjout ’21 was recognized as an alternate.

How to Make Hydrangea Bouquets Last Longer

How do you make your beautiful hydrangeas last in a bouquet? At UNH’s Woodman Horticultural Research Farm, Becky Sideman, UNH professor of horticulture, is growing 19 varieties of cold-hardy hydrangeas that florists could use as cut flowers: arborescens, like the one she cuts here, panicle and oak leaf. She’s found that arborescens and panicle varieties “basically grow themselves,” but she steers clear of the classic blue macrophylla hydrangeas, which don’t bloom reliably in our Northern New England climate.