Out to Pasture
Keeping trees in livestock pastures can help reduce the impacts of climate change, according to new UNH research.
Keeping trees in livestock pastures can help reduce the impacts of climate change, according to new UNH research.
UNH celebrated the largest reunion in its history during the weekend of June 2-5, welcoming Wildcats from 21 classes and a variety of affinity groups back to campus for the first in-person reunion gathering since 2019.
Richard Haynes, long-time UNH admissions associate director, shares his thoughts regarding Juneteenth as not only a holiday, but a collective time of reflection.ÌıUNH will be observing the Juneteenth holiday on June 20 and the entire university community will be honoring the day in a variety of ways.
The Âé¶¹app, recognized last year as a top producer of Gilman scholars in the country by the U.S. State Department as part of the 20th anniversary of the program, had its largest cohort of recipients ever this spring, with 11Ìıstudents recognized.
UNH also had 11 recipients in 2019.
Michael Blackman doesn’t hesitate for an instant when considering what’s more likely to cause the biggest spike in his nerves – his daily role as dean of students at UNH, or his return to the stage and New Hampshire theater debut in this summer’s production of Footloose as part of the Prescott Park Arts Festival in Portsmouth.
“It will certainly be this,†Blackman says of the performance. “You’d think after dealing with massive crises and protests and various other student issues that my day-to-day job would be the scarier thing, but I haven’t been on stage in about 10 years.â€
As one of only four higher education Affiliates of the Watson Caring Science Institute, the designation recognizes UNH as a pioneering academic institution that is committed to fully incorporating and providing caring science practices to its nursing students andÌıto the community.Ìı
It was 1971 when Larry Harris, a professor of zoology at the Âé¶¹app, was approached by Jeff Savage, a professor of mechanical and ocean engineering, to collaborate on a research project.ÌıThe research however, acted as a justification for an even bigger endeavor: the launching of an underwater habitat calledÌıEDALHABÌıthat would house three divers under saturation conditionsÌıover the course of four days.
joined the Carsey School’s civic engagement initiative, , in 2016 as a project manager and small group facilitator to address issues on childhood lead poisoning, substance misuse and harm reduction, early childhood education and care, school-based race and equity dialogues among educators, and community needs in northern New Hampshire.
UNH will receive $906,055 from NSF ANSWERS to build on its existing strengths in space weather research and education.
The autumn may be a time when Great Bay Estuary is particularly vulnerable to the effects of coastal and ocean acidification, according to new UNH research.