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A 100TH BIRTHDAY IS A MILESTONE worthy of a parade 鈥� or, in the case of the Wildcat Marching Band, two. Last November, the 125-some member band traveled to Philadelphia to march in that city鈥檚 annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. Introduced by Gimbel鈥檚 department store in 1920, Philadelphia鈥檚 is the oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States. 鈥淲e try to do a parade or two every year,鈥� says band director Casey Goodwin 鈥�01, 06G. 鈥淲hen we got the invitation to apply to Philadelphia, I saw that 2019 would be a celebration of its 100th anniversary. It seemed fitting.鈥�

Wayne Jones, provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been elected to the rank of fellow by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an organization whose members include U.S. and international universities as well as governmental and nonprofit research institutes. The NAI has more than 4,000 members and fellows from more than 250 institutions worldwide.

Jeremy Clague '20 was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps when a major head injury ended his military career. With his service dog,听Buddy, by his side,听Clague is now听pursuing a听neuropsychology degree. He shares his story as part of "In Our Own Voices,"听a听photo and story gallery celebrating diversity.

LONG BONES CAN HELP determine a skeleton鈥檚 age. Skulls yield information about age, gender and even race. But what鈥檚 a forensic scientist to do when she encounters a torso without a head, arms or legs? When you鈥檙e UNH biological anthropologist Amy Michael, the answer is to apply the relatively new technique of genetic genealogy 鈥� and crack a decades-old cold case.

At UNH, SEAWEED has made itself useful as everything from a healthy platform for raising mussels and trout to a salty-sweet ingredient in a university-brewed beer. Now, it turns out, it may help limit the methane produced by the university鈥檚 dairy cows.

Becky Sideman: I grew up on a farm that was in my family for six or seven generations. My mom still runs it with my sister. Both my parents farmed; I鈥檝e been exposed to plants and animals since I was tiny.