Hype-the-Humanities Week Kicks off May 4-8
An end of semester celebration of student work moves to an online format.
An end of semester celebration of student work moves to an online format.
According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, he does not think that a baby boom will happen following this quarentine. "I really don't think they're saying, 'Oh let's have a baby in the midst of the greatest epidemic that the country has faced in 100 years,'" Johnson told the New York Times.Ěý
UNH's Michele Dillon discussesĚýworshipping during COVID-19.
According to research published by Carsey, between 2008 and 2015, nearly 2.3 million fewer babies were born in the US than would have been expected if pre-recession fertility rates had persisted. This is consistant with other data that shows that when the economy tanks, it takes birth rates with it.Ěý
Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School, says that rural people tend to be more interconnected with their neighbors. Massachusetts Senator Eric Lesser believes that this will help to carry rural Massachusetts through these hard times. However, no matter how high moral may be, rural Mass. still has cause for concern due to their lack of resources. Lesser worries about the region's health care system particularly as it relates to a population that tends to be older and more at -risk for COVID-19.
According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, a "baby boom" during the coronavirus pandemic is extremely unlikely. "There's no way that the number of births is going to go up." said Johnson to CNN, "This is not the kind of environment in which people say 'let's bring a child into the world'".Ěý
Molly George’s new neighbor in class doesn’t say much, tends to have a short attention span and is easily distracted by objects that make noise.
She also happens to be a 10-year-old pug mix named Miley.
George ’23, like all fellow UNH students, has traded the traditional classroom for a makeshift setup at home as the university has suspended all in-person classes through the rest of the spring semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting entirely to remote online learning.
During spring break, Laura Howard ’20 helped sew face masks for area healthcare workers. Her mother and sister helped, too.