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A woman uses a tool to work on a sweetpotato crop in a farm field

Rooted in Research

The sweetpotato, a crop traditionally associated with the South, is making waves in New England, thanks to the collaborative efforts of researchers — including those from UNH — and local farmers. Read More

Recent Stories

  • UNH gymnastics youth camp
    - Wildcats in Training
    Photo: Tracy M. Sweet '92 They line up for autographs, selfies and high fives after UNH games. They imitate the techniques of their favorite players and look up to them as role... Read More
  • Karen Andreas '88, Jane Harrigan and David Olson '92
    - A Quiver of Quill Awards
    When longtime former professor Jane Harrigan received the Yankee Quill Award in October for contributions to New England journalism, she joined a procession of UNH Quill winners,... Read More
  • UNH assistant professor Iago Hale
    - Fresh, Local … Kiwis?
    If Iago Hale has his way, in a few years you may be topping your breakfast cereal with a handful of fresh kiwiberries you bought at your local farmer’s market. That’s right, local... Read More
  • UNH students
    - Better Jobs, Better Lives
    Well-employed. Engaged in their work. Thriving. A recent Gallup survey has confirmed what many in the UNH community have long suspected: UNH graduates are, on the whole, more... Read More
  • UNH students with Wild E. Cat and Gnarlz
    - Once a Wildcat...
    Cool temps and overcast skies couldn’t keep away thousands of UNH alumni, who returned to Durham the weekend of Oct. 2 to celebrate homecoming and fall reunions for the decade of... Read More
  • Foley Foundation 5K runners in Hong Kong
    - Running for Jim
    When Martha Foley Jackson ‘76 told Craig Heisner ’88 she had a special project she needed his help on, he didn’t hesitate for a second. Heisner and Foley Jackson had known each... Read More
  • Shawn Jasper '89
    - Mr. Speaker, Public Servant
    Growing up on his family’s poultry farm in Hudson, New Hampshire, Shawn Jasper ’89 quickly learned about the pecking order. When new chickens are introduced to an existing flock,... Read More
  • Mike Vlacich '95
    - Coming Full Circle
    It was a few days before the 1992 presidential election, and Mike Vlacich ’95, a volunteer on Bill Clinton’s first campaign, needed $25 to rent a car. Vlacich and a friend planned... Read More
  • President Mark W. Huddleston
    - The View from T-Hall: Political Prime Time
    Every four years, our students can enjoy front-row seats for a uniquely New Hampshire tradition and one of the world’s most closely watched political events: the first-in-the-... Read More
  • Katherine "Kay" Frizzell Blaisdell '49 and Edward Blaisdell '50
    - In Memoriam—Katherine "Kay" Frizzell Blaisdell '49
    In an era when most women were homemakers, Katherine “Kay†Blaisdell was a Renaissance woman with a PhD in veterinary parasitology. She wrote books, went hang gliding, hiked in... Read More