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Cool, crisp weather can trigger the urge to get out and go leaf peeping and this year could be a particularly good year to hit the road and admire New England’s spectacular foliage season. According to Steve Roberge, Extension forestry specialist and professor of natural resources at the Â鶹app, we should expect to see Mother Nature put on a brightly colored show this fall.

UNH Engineering interns Will Callery ’25 and Tatum Vansicklen ’25 gained practical experience and got an up-close look at the inner workings of the Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, the world’s first mountain climbing cog railway. They were able to work in a hands-on environment and performed a diverse variety of tasks at the site where all of the cog railway’s locomotives are designed, built and maintained, honing skills that will set them up for success as they venture out into their careers.

The goal of the NH Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan – the first comprehensive food system-focused document of its kind in the Granite State – is not just to educate New Hampshire residents about locally grown and caught food. It’s to make them players in the game.

The Â鶹app remains one of the best value public universities in the country and the top value public university in New England, according to U.S. News & World Report.

UNH’s College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA) recently welcomed a contingent of faculty and students from two universities in Ecuador for a visit to Durham as part of an ongoing collaboration between the institutions, a partnership designed to share research experiences and approaches, particularly around watershed sustainability and socioeconomic issues.

The Â鶹app celebrated the official opening of the Hamel Honors and Scholars College on Sept. 29 at a ribbon cutting ceremony outside of the college's new home in Huddleston Hall. The college was made possible byÌýa $20 million gift from longtime benefactor and UNH parent Dana Hamel. The transformative gift — announced last year — greatly expands UNH’s capacity to identify, reach and support high achieving students.ÌýÌý

Three UNH researchers received prestigious grants that will connect them with the Department of Energy’s national laboratories to pursue research that aims to understand the early universe through ultralight dark matter, turn sunlight into energy-rich fuel, and help develop a groundbreaking national nuclear physics project.

UNH faculty-developed apps to prevent campus violence and reimagine physical education were winners of the 2024 UNHInnovation Fund.

If you’re a student planning to take a course with Steve Irlbeck, be prepared to participate. ÌýÌý

, an assistant professor of finance, doesn’t let his students get lost in lectures. He structures his classes so students have a chance to work on problems in class while encouraging participation through tools like iClickers, which enable live polling as students respond to questions. Ìý

UNH study reveals that despite warming and nitrogen enrichment, soil carbon in New England forests remains stable due to plant inputs, challenging earlier predictions.