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Creating a Workforce

UNH will engage middle and high school teachers and students in Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, Dover and Barrington as well as Lawrence, Mass., to develop a pipeline to support the state’s biotechnology workforce needs through NH CREATES.

CNN: People who consume conservative media are less likely to wear masks, poll of New Hampshire residents finds

CNN.com reports on recent research released by the Carsey School of Public Policy and researchers Lawrence Hamilton and Thomas Safford on how a likely a person is to wear a mask or take COVID-19 seriously based on the type of media they consume. Fox News viewers and conversative talk radio listeners are – according to the poll data – less likely to take precautions regarding the virus.

The New York Times: Poll finds people who consume conservative media are less likely to wear masks

The New York Times recently reported on new research out of the Carsey School of Public Policy written by LawrenceÌýHamilton and Thomas Safford of the Âé¶¹app. Their report, Conservative Media Consumers Less Likely to Wear Masks and Less Worried About COVID-19, examines survey data that states that Fox News viewers and conservative talk radio listeners are less likely to wear masks during the pandemic.

The Simple Dollar: Has the Pandemic Made It Easier to Get a Personal Loan?

TheSimpleDollar.com reports that a growing number of people are taking out personal loans to relieve financial anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. TheSimpleDollar.com articleÌýreferences the Carsey School of Public Policy’s COVID-19 Economic Crisis: By State report, published by Michael Ettlinger and Jordan Hensley, which identifies job-loss numbers around the country.