Âé¶ąapp

College of Life Sciences & Agriculture

Recent Stories

  • 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
  • A photo of a farmers' stand, which is an example of an alternative food network
    - Making a Living Producing Food?
    In New England, small- and mid-sized farms face numerous barriers to achievingĚýviability. Many farmers across the region rely on a host of agriculture-adjacent enterprises, like... Read More
  • aerial photo of sun setting over T Hall
    - CAREER Builders
    Three UNH assistant professors have received prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program, or CAREER, awards from the National Science Foundation. With the five-year... Read More
  • Passings: Robert Palmer
    - Passings: Robert Palmer
    Robert “Bob” Palmer, a former adjunct professor of soil and water science at the Âé¶ąapp,Ěýdied peacefully in his home in Ormond Beach, Florida, July 12, 2021... Read More
  • A middle-aged white woman shops at a farmers' market, picking produce from a stall
    - Serving New England Farmers
    The global pandemic upended how we work and live, and the same was true for America’s farmers – especially those involved in direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales. Farmers’ markets... Read More
  • A photo of Marie Carlota Dao (center) with research students Brandy Moser (left) and Jason Hansen.
    - Dedicated to Health Disparities Research
    Nutrition researcher Maria Carlota Dao, an assistant professor at the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and aĚýNew Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES)... Read More
  • Researcher Harish Vashisth stands with arms crossed in darkened hallway
    - Repurposing Drug Compound Could Slow COVID Spread
    Krisztina Varga, associate Professor of Molecular, cellular and Biomedical Sciences. Photo by Jeremy Gasowski. With the end of the pandemic seemingly nowhere in sight,... Read More