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Alumna Taylor Planz Wins National Science Teachers Association Award for New Teachers

UNH alumna Taylor Langkau Planz '12 '13G was one of only 25 science teachers nationwide to receive the Maitland P. Simmons Memorial Award for New Teachers from theÌýÌýat their annual conference in Nashville, Tenn. last month. NSTA is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning.

Student Sculpture on the Great Lawn

Two students in Prof. Akiyama's sculpture workshop course have installed public sculpture on the Great Lawn on campus. These are temporary exhibits that will be taken down within the next few weeks.

Laurel Sargent created "This is my Ashtray," which, she says, was "inspired by the girl who threw her cigarette on the ground rather than in an open can."

Communication Professor Publishes Book on Motherhood Business

For the past eight years, the Souhegan High School Ethics Forum has taken the lead on organizing the statewide conference HYPE (Hosting Young Philosophy Enthusiasts), founded by SHS Ethics Forum students in 2009. More than 700 high school students attended the 2015 conference held at UNH Durham and as many as 1,000 students from New Hampshire and northern New England are anticipated for HYPE 2016.

UNH and Currier Museum of Art Celebrate 400 Years of Shakespeare, Featuring Exhibition of 1623 “First Folioâ€

The Âé¶¹app in conjunction with the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH is sponsoring a series of events in the winter and spring of 2016 to commemorate the 400thanniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Key among the activities is an exhibition of an original First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays, published in 1623, at the Currier Museum from April 9 to May 1, 2016. The exhibit and all related events are free and open to the public.