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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

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    Research conducted by Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, has shown that more than half of the United States' rural counties have a singificantly higher...
  • Ecologist Serita Frey
    - Serita Frey Named Ecological Society of America Fellow
    UNH soil ecologist Serita Frey has been named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. Read More
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    Tom Safford, researcher at the Carsey School, and other researchers resently surveyed 650 Granite State residents and found that four out of five people who made significant...
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    Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, recently looked at the impact of age on the potential death rate in each county in the United States. In his study, heÌý...
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    Research done by Jessica Carson, research assistant professor at the Carsey School, showed that rural counties across the United States with high numbers of seasonal homes are...
  • headshot of history professory Michael Leese
    - NEH Award to Michael Leese
    Michael Leese, assistant professor of history, has received aÌýNational Endowment for the Humanities Summer StipendÌýaward to work on his second book, which will focus on the role... Read More
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    According to Jessica Carson, a research assistant professor at Carsey, rural counties that are attractive destination spots- either because they are near ski areas or beach fronts...
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    According to research published by Carsey, between 2008 and 2015, nearly 2.3 million fewer babies were born in the US than would have been expected if pre-recession fertility...
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    According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, a "baby boom" during the coronavirus pandemic is extremely unlikely. "There's no way that the number of...
  • Printing Protection
    - Printing Protection
    UNH's 3D printers are contributing to the COVID-19 effort by printing parts for medical face shields. Photo by Heather MacNeill. Read More