Health
New UNH Certificate Prepares Social Workers to Support Student Mental Health
UNH is launching a new online Trauma-Informed School Social Work Graduate Certificate in spring 2026 to help address New Hampshire’s shortage of school-based mental health professionals. The program trains social workers to support student well-being and collaborate with educators through trauma-... Read More-
11/20/25
UNH’s Dementia Care Robot Project Enters Home Testing
UNH researchers have begun real-world testing of AI-enabled robotÌýin the homes of families caring for loved ones with dementia, exploring how the... -
11/18/25
For Older Adults Without Children, Friendship Can Be a Lifeline
UNH research finds older adults without children experience more loneliness, but strong friendships significantly reduce it. Marital status also... -
11/18/25
A New Model for Care: IOD Program Grad Takes Innovative Approach to Disability and Health
A graduate of a neurodevelopmental leadership education program at UNH’s Institute on Disability (IOD) is blazing a new trail in primary care for New... -
10/28/25
Keeping New Hampshire’s Outdoors Open and Accessible
UNH alum Ladd Raine ’06 is helping keep New Hampshire’s outdoors open, safe, and sustainable. As president of the Rumney Climbers Association, he...
Recent Stories
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04/27/16 - Recognizing the Risks, Knowing the ResourcesIllustration by Brian Stauffer Imagine the entire student body of a small liberal arts college — 1,300 undergraduates — lost to suicide. Now imagine that same tragic loss taking... Read More
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04/21/16 - Health, Care and UnderstandingOne UNH senior who is part of this year's Undergraduate Research Conference has also taken her research off campus after being selected for the 20th Annual Posters on the Hill... Read More
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04/21/16 - People Are Learning HereSome of the best partnerships are those bred from need. Take the collaboration between the occupational therapy department and Friends in Action, a nonprofit that serves adults... Read More
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02/18/16 - This Is Your Brain on HeroinNews of the opioid crisis that has struck particularly hard in New Hampshire has included the number of deaths from overdosesÌý(385 in 2015) and the use of the lifesaving drug... Read More
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02/17/16 - Finkelhor: Child Abuse in Youth Organizations Is LowChild abuse at the hands of Scout leaders, priests or coaches is far less common than abuse of children or adolescents by family members or other adults. That’s the primary... Read More
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01/25/16 - UNH Researchers Invent Low-Cost Method to Monitor Lakes for Airborne ToxinsDoctoral student Amanda Murby monitors a lake aerosol collection system developed by UNH researchers on Lake Christine in Stark. Aerosolized cyanobacteria cells and toxins are... Read More
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12/21/15 - The Road Less TraveledUNH junior Jesse Ross took a semester off to hike the Appalachian Trail, raising funds for an organization near and dear to his heart. It is often said that life is a climb. We... Read More
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12/21/15 - UNH Research: Helmetless-Tackling Drills Significantly Reduce Head ImpactThe national debate around football-related head impacts, and their relationship to concussions and spinal injuries, continues to raise concern in the United States. Sparked by... Read More



















































