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  • Graduate student wearing protective clothing works with his hands in a large piece of scientific equipment.
    - National Lab Honors
    Chemistry Ph.D. candidate Nick Pollack has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy's prestigious Graduate Student Research Program. Read More
  • aerial photo of UNH College Woods in fall with football stadium in background
    - Funding for Forests
    UNH Extension received two grants that will support their work in managing and protecting the state's forests. Read More
  • Four people sit in a row boat on a lake surrounded by green vegetation.
    - Warming Waters
    A UNH postdoctoral researcher is studying impacts of climate change on methane-producing bacteria in Arctic lakes.? Read More
  • Aboubacar_Konate
    - Leading By Example
    In 2009, Aboubacar Konate ’17 arrived in Boston from his native Guinea not able to speak a single word of English. He had left his West African homeland in the midst of a military... Read More
  • Three elderly men stand on a beach holding measuring sticks to determine height of the sand.
    - Shifting Sands
    Data from the volunteer-based Beach Profiling Program indicates which N.H. beaches are most resilient to coastal storms. Read More
  • Nathan Schwadron sits in a room full of computer equipment and smiles at the camera.
    - Physics Fellow
    UNH physics professor Nathan Schwadron has been elected to the prestigious 2022 Class of Fellows of the American Geophysical Union.? Read More
  • Woman in plaid shirt holds whale baleen so library patrons can see
    - Outreach That’s Not Overdue
    ? A new program connects UNH Extension with New Hampshire's public libraries. Read More
  • Female graduate student on a boat holding a male blue crab
    - Crustacean Consternation
    UNH researchers have documented the first-ever pair of mated blue crabs in Great Bay Estuary, with potentially serious impacts on the ecosystem. Read More
  • Aerial image of Abisko, Sweden, with lakes and green land near mountains.
    - Carbon Gatekeepers
    Ruth Varner has received a $3.4 million grant from the Department of Energy to study the effects of climate change on methane emissions in Arctic lakes. Read More
  • Professor_Shawna_Hollen
    - Quantum Leap
    Shawna Hollen, an associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy, was recently awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create and... Read More