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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

  • High-frequency water quality sensor
    - Going With The Flow
    Climate change is expected to cause more droughts and stronger storms, and a new UNH study suggests that as these precipitation extremes grow more common the effect on water... Read More
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    "If not for the minority child population gain, New Hampshire would face even greater challenges in meeting the labor force demands of the future. Just as the parents of these...
  • UNH Manchester's STEM Teaching Fellows meet via Zoom with Boys and Girls Club STEM director Keith Darling to plan outreach activities
    - STEM Outreach Success
    The COVID pandemic provided no shortage of opportunities for organizations to adapt, and that’s precisely what fourÌýSTEM Teaching Fellows did when they developed outreach... Read More
  • Jennifer Griffith
    - Style Matters
    Researchers at the Âé¶¹app and the University of Nebraska at Omaha took a closer look at international leadership styles and found global leaders that had a... Read More
  • Meghan Howey works with student archaeology students on a dig near Great Bay.
    - Unearthing Great Bay's Past
    Researchers have summarized their findings about Great Bay's social and ecological history in an online StoryMap.Ìý Read More
  • Neutron Star merger
    - Origins of Heavy Metals
    Research published in part by UNH’s Francois Foucart, associate professor ofÌýphysics,Ìýshed more light on where heavy elements such as gold, platinum and silver found on Earth may... Read More
  • Two middle school students, a boy and a girl, work together on a computer.
    - The Language of STEM
    With $3.5 million from the Department of Education, UNH researchers will enhance STEM understanding among N.H.'s English learners. Read More
  • montage of book covers
    - On the Bookshelf
    Take a look at a roundup of books published by College of Liberal Arts faculty in 2021. Read More
  • cover image of facts and figures
    - IOD's Facts & Figures: 2021 Report on Disability in New Hampshire Now Available
    The IOD report Facts & Figures: 2021 Report on Disability in New Hampshire is now available on the IOD website. Facts & Figures is a regularly-occurring publication of the... Read More
  • Madagascar beach
    - Industrial Fishing in Distant Waters
    As global commercial fishing expands, concerns about both legal and illegal fishing in the marine waters of developing countries have also grown. New research studying Madagascar... Read More