UNH Today

Ted and Christine Ristaino recall mentor, professor with Paul College scholarship

In the early 1970s, Ted Ristaino was an English major at Holy Cross about to graduate, with “no clue,†he says, of what his future held (aside from plans to marry his girlfriend Christine the week after graduation).

So just about to head out into the “real world,†he went into the Holy Cross placement office, looking for some direction. There he met Professor Bill Wetzel, visiting from UNH to talk to prospective students about going to the Graduate School here in Durham.

UNH Prioritizes Student Mental Health Through New Initiatives

Ranae Reardon ’24 doesn’t need to read any fancy reports to tell her that student mental health is a significant challenge on college campuses.

Those reports certainly exist, and they’re fairly convincing – according to one Healthy Minds Study cited by the American Psychological Association, more than 60% of college students met the criteria for at least one mental health problem during the 2020-2021 school year, and in another national survey, nearly three-out-of-four students reported moderate or severe psychological distress.

Flax to Linen Project Weaves History With Experience

The path to a deeper understanding of rural New England’s pre-industrial textile economy begins in a muddy field on the edge of UNH’s Woodman Horticultural Research Farm. There, a historian and an agriculture professor, along with students in UNH’s museum studies program, have joined forces for an intimate, experiential understanding of an iconic fiber: Linen.

Teaching Beyond Textbooks

For , every course is an opportunity for both himself and his students to learn and grow together.

Lemos, a lecturer in the management department, has developed a passion for research and curriculum development. His ability to do both effectively recently earned him the 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award for Lecturer Faculty.