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UNH President Elizabeth Chilton was in Milford last week, visiting the Boys and Girls Club of Souhegan Valley’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Program Room. Chilton was joined by Amy Loader, interim director of UNH Extension.ÌýÌý

Innovation thrives at UNH, where companies come from around New Hampshire and across the globe to accelerate and collaborate. UNHInnovation (UNHI) makes that work possible, enablingÌýbusiness and industry to partner with the university and the community in pursuit of new and better ideas.

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The Â鶹app was prominently represented on the Union Leader’s annual award list for 2025, with eight Granite State residents with ties to UNH earning recognition in the recently released feature.

Richard Haynes, director of admissions, recruitment and access at the Â鶹app, attended a Feb. 21 TRIO Day event led by the New Hampshire Educational Opportunity Association (NHEOA) assuming his only role would be as keynote speaker. He left the celebration as a celebrated honoree.

Yashwant Prakash Vyas, director of UNH’s Aulbani J. Beauregard Center for Equity, Justice, and Freedom, was honored with two awards from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) – College Student Educators International at its 2025 annual convention in Long Beach, California.

Sarah Nicholls ’25 has been awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, becoming the first UNH student to ever receive the award. Approximately 25 such scholarships are offered to U.S. students each year.

While the gender gap has shrunk in some industries, there remains a significant disparity in tech, with women accounting for only 35 percent of jobs in the information technology (IT) sector and even fewer in senior leadership roles.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Researchers at the Â鶹app used a newly designed device called a skimmer to test samples of foam formed on the top of local waterways for the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Preliminary findings show levels of the so-called forever chemicals were seven to seventy times higher in the foam than levels in the underlying surface water.

Nine UNH students earned the chance to see and study in different parts of the world as recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship during the recent fall cycle. The students will be making the trek to landing spots that include France, Italy, New Zealand and Japan.

Alexis Piñero-Benson, director of community standards at UNH, was the recipient of this year’s Dixon-McFadden Award from the Association of Student Conduct Administrators. Piñero-Benson received the award during the 2025 ASCA Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon on Feb. 7.