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Grandfather and UNH Grad Goes Viral Thanks to Family Hockey Surprise

John “Bozo” Kennedy, 88-year-old UNH graduate and former goalie on the men’s hockey team, recently gained some national notoriety in a fashion usually reserved for people a couple of generations youngerÌę– he went viral online.

Kennedy is a proud Wildcat alumnus who tries to attend at least one hockey game per year. But this year his family surprised him by adding his name to the list of alumni recognized during the game – and flying almost the entire family out to share the special moment with him.

Immigrants fuel growth in major U.S. urban counties

In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024,Ìęthe Carsey School's Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson commentedÌę“A substantial excess of births over deaths has long been the primary driver of U.S. population growth, but as this surplus dwindled in the last four years immigration provided the bulk of the nation’s population increase...."Nationwide, last year’s natural growth was less than half the average gain of 1.2 million people that the country experienced in the five years before the pandemic.

The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate

CBS News’ 60 Minutes Overtime interviewed the Carsey School’s Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson to find out what’s happening with American women between the ages of 20-29 who are having fewer babies and may be opting out of having children altogether. 60 Minutes Overtime reports, “Johnson commented that finding out what’s happening among this particular age group is the "big question" and many factors are at play.

Are Americans Flocking to Low-Tax States?

In this Newsweek article, U.S. News Reporter Jordan King interviews experts to examine the reason Americans are moving to low-tax states. Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy and professor of sociology at the Âé¶čapp, told Newsweek: "We have found that people don't migrate or stay put for a single reason. Rather, and this is a key point, the decision to migrate or not is generally impacted by several different factors and the mix of factors and their relative importance varies by life-cycle stage." ÌęÌę

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 resilience to plastic waste and accessible sanitation at schools.

Students will be traveling to Senegal, Kenya, Cambodia and Uganda.