STEM
Urban Coast Institute Honors Mayer
Larry Mayer, professor and director of UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, received the National Champion of the Ocean Award from the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) of Monmouth University in New Jersey. The award was established in 2005 to honor individuals who have undertaken actions and... Read More-
09/24/25
Two UNH Space Weather Instruments Blast Off Toward the Sun
After years in the making, two UNH space weather instruments have blasted off toward the sun to study its influence on our solar system and monitor... -
08/19/25
UNH Researcher Joins $152M Project to Advance AI for Scientific Research
Samuel Carton, assistant professor of computer science, in a co-principal investigator on a $152 million partnership between the National Science... -
08/11/25
UNH Researchers Help Find WWII Shipwrecks in Solomon Islands
Researchers from UNH's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping helped find more than a dozen World War II shipwrecks in the Solomon Islands. -
07/18/25
UNH Faculty Members Secure a Record Six NSF CAREER Awards
Six early-career faculty members have received prestigiousĚýFaculty Early Development, or CAREER, awards from the National Science Foundation.
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07/10/15 - Strong BondsMargaret “Peg” Whittemore found chemistry at Portsmouth High School. It was 1941, her senior year, and she had just moved to New Hampshire from Newton, Mass. Two things helped... Read More
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07/10/15 - Inquiring MindsĚý Ěý The Big Burp Theory Geologists drill for climate clues About 55 million years ago, the Earth burped up a massive release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — anĚýamount... Read More
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07/09/15 - Sophomore Gets Hands On With Conservation GeneticsChristina DiMeo received a Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program award to spend 10 weeks conducting genetic research on the New England cottontail rabbit, an endangered... Read More
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07/07/15 - Yes, You Can Grow (Hardy) Kiwis in New EnglandThe first time Iago Hale popped a cold-hardy kiwifruit in his mouth, he was left speechless, amazed that he had never encountered the delicious fruit before. Now the researcher... Read More
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07/07/15 - Testing the WatersLed by UNH biogeochemical oceanographerĚýJoe Salisbury, a group of 15 scientists is currently aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Gordon... Read More
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06/26/15 - The Winds of (Climate) ChangeOn Thursday, June 18, 2015, Pope Francis made history in an encyclical — a papal letter that is distributed to all bishops in the Roman Catholic Church — entitled “Laudato Si,” in... Read More
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06/25/15 - More Than MappingSince its founding in 1999, UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), along with the complementary Joint Hydrographic Center (a NOAA partner), has established itself as... Read More
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06/16/15 - Alternative EnergyIan Gagnon Last November, the presidents of China and the U.S.Ěýforged a commitmentĚýto reduce fossil fuel emissions. Other governments across the world are investing billions in... Read More
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06/16/15 - Strong Muscles, Fleet FeetExercise scientist Summer Cook At the heart of exercise scientist Summer Cook’s research lies a deceptively simple question: What causes people to get stronger? But between her... Read More
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06/10/15 - From Pokémon to the Real DealAdam Wong’s very first pair of dog tags had Pokémon on them. He doesn’t remember how old he was, just that he wanted to be a soldier someday. That was always the game he and his... Read More