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Alexis Simpson has joined UNH as the university’s new chaplain. Simpson is also serving as the executive director of the Waysmeet Center. She has lived in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire for nearly 15 years and has used her passion for social justice and sustainable food systems to support the local food systems in the area.

Even as a child, Alex Carbone knew he wanted to pursue a career in the medical field. Fast forward 15-plus years, and the senior nursing major from Exeter, New Hampshire isÌýpreparing to graduate from UNH in May.

Data from the 2020 U.S. Census shows an increase in diversity among the adult population in rural counties. The Daily Yonder recently examined this change and included insight from Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, who explained how people of color and Hispanics are contributing to the growing population in over 95% of rural America.

An overall decline in the number of people residing in rural U.S. counties, accompanied by more deaths and fewer births, can be explained by difficult economic conditions, according to Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson in a recent article from The Daily Yonder.

Claire FitzMorris '17 was a UNH undergradate studying abroad in SpainÌýwhen an excursion to a new location changed her life. After serving in the Peace Corps in Morocco, FitzMorris is now pursuing her master's in global conflict and human security throughÌýUNH Online.

The Akwaaba Traditional African Drum and Dance Ensemble performed a routine in the MUB Granite State Room on Friday, Feb. 18 as part of UNH's 2022 celebration of Black History Month.Ìý

Abrita Kuthumi ’21,Ìýthe first Marshall Scholar in UNH's history,ÌýdiscussesÌýthe path she took to arrive at UNH and ultimately earn the prestigious distinction.

While many students remain free of the burden of food insecurity, a growing number of others – perhaps as many as 20 percent of students, based on results of a recent survey – are not. The newly opened Cats’ Cupboard, a food pantry exclusively for students in room 140A of the MUB, is hoping to close that gap.

Researchers in UNH’s Surface Enhanced Electrochemical Diagnostic Sensors (SEEDS) Lab have received an EPSCoR grant from the National Science Foundation for close to $6 million to lead a team in developing sensors to promote quality control in biomanufacturing — the production of important biomaterials used in medicine, food and even engineered human organs — a field that is becoming a significant sector of the economy.

UNH researchers have been selected to lead a NASA mission with a budget of $250 million to understand how the sun impacts the space environment around the Earth.