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UNH Study Shows Non-Competes Can Stifle Innovation

A UNH study cited by the Federal Trade Commission finds that stricter enforcement of non-compete agreements can lower the value of patents and discourage employee creativity, highlighting how these contracts may unintentionally hold back innovation. Read More

Recent Stories

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    - 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
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    - Research Snapshot: Pox
    “Pox was done in the fall of 2019 a few short months prior to the introduction of COVID 19 into the common lexicon. What had started as an introspective reflection on my own... Read More
  • Two elderly women, one white and one Black, toss a green balloon
    - Research Snapshot: Pastimes With a Balloon
    “Eunice and Elinah are residents of an old age home run by an Afrikaner women’s charity in small town South Africa. After white-minority rule ended in 1994, old age homes, like... Read More
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    - Granite State Warming
    UNH researchers have released the 2021 New Hampshire Climate Assessment. Read More
  • One man hands another an award
    - Canadian Kudos
    Larry Mayer, director of UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, received the Canadian Hydrographic Association’s Sam Masry Award at the 2022 Canadian Hydrographic Conference. 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
  • Woman with dark curly hair looks at the camera, painting of Black astronomers behind her
    - Particle Physics Progress
    UNH physics professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein will serve on the National Academies' Committee on Elementary Particle Physics. Read More
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    - UNH Researchers to Help Identify Barriers of Manufacturing in Space
    Imagine being tens or even hundreds of thousands of miles from Earth and needing a specific part vital for a space endeavor. Now imagine instead of having to return to Earth or... 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
  • Students work at desks and a white board in a clean, modern space
    - ECenter Honors
    The Deshpande Foundation awarded UNH's ECenter its 2022 Excellence in Student Engagement in Entrepreneurship Award. Read More