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UNH student Leandra Bryant posing outside in gray shirt and blue jeans

UNH Student Awarded Prestigious Graduate Fellowship

UNH undergraduate student Leandra Bryant ’25 has received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)Ìıfrom the National Science Foundation. Awarded to students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the five-year fellowship includes three... Read More

Recent Stories

  •  Laura Kloepper and her winged research assistant collect data on bat movement.
    - Hawks on the Hunt
    A study by UNH researcher Laura Kloepper recently published in Nature CommunicationsÌıaids our understanding of how predators select and track a target among thousands of potential... Read More
  • A photo of a new england cottontail hiding in its natural shrubland habitat
    - Cohabitating with New England Cottontails
    New research by the NHAES researchersÌıfinds that habitat restoration efforts for the at-risk New England cottontail will also benefit a number ofÌıshrubland-obligate birds. Read More
  • Kelsey Herold works with a fox.
    - Getting Back to Nature
    Kelsey Herold ’23 is completing an internship at the Millstone Wildlife Center in Windham, New Hampshire, this summer. Read More
  • Ray Grizzle (right) works with a student on measuring oysters
    - Oysters as Nitrogen Bioextractors
    Oysters filter particles that contain nitrogen (and carbon) from the water. Wild oysters cycle small amounts of that nitrogen back into the environment, however farmed oysters,... Read More
  • Hand holding a live fish, Arctic charr
    - Fish Out of Cold Water?
    Nathan Furey, assistant professor of biological sciences. Arctic charr, true to its name, is a cold-water fish that makes its southern-most home in Maine lakes, putting it at... Read More
  • Download the NHAES 2022 Inspired Horticultural Research Report today!
    - Download the NHAES 2022 Inspired Horticultural Research Report today!
    The latest edition of the NH Agricultural Experiment Station’s Inspired magazine and research report is here! The latest edition explores station research into horticulture... Read More
  • Keeping Up the Good Work
    - Keeping Up the Good Work
    For Ashley Carnes ’23, one of the perks of her summer gig that she looks forward to every day is the opportunity to set up an afternoon scavenger hunt. The participants? A trio of... Read More
  • Sizing Up Cover Crop Seeding Rates
    - Sizing Up Cover Crop Seeding Rates
    The use of cover crops is becoming more and more widespread in New Hampshire and across the country as farmers, agriculturalists, political leaders and the public recognize the... Read More
  • Measuring Methane in Streams
    - Measuring Methane in Streams
    Different aquatic bodies play different roles in the release of methane gas. Wetlands, lakes, and reservoirs all play large roles in releasing methane directly into the atmosphere... Read More
  • Researcher in full PPE works beneath a hood
    - Sequencing Variants
    With new funding from the National Institutes of Health, UNH wilil continue its genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants in New Hampshire. Read More