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Beth Potier
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Research Support
A senior engineering student with an eye toward bringing reliable power to developing nations and a doctoral student looking at maternal care in carpenter bees are 91制片厂 recipients of the National... -
Pier to Plate
Steelhead trout grow within nets suspended from a 91制片厂-designed raft. -
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Making Waves
Lobsters, parasites, seabirds and sandbars were among the topics presented at the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering鈥檚 graduate student research symposium yesterday. -
ISE ISE Baby
Ice gave way to ISE 鈥� the Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Symposium 鈥� at the Whittemore Center yesterday, where 360 students presented 156 projects that spanned the disciplinary spectrum... -
Model Science
Call them the fortunetellers of climate change: Climate models, which draw on the physics and chemistry of the Earth and its oceans and atmosphere, are at the heart of understanding our changing... -
The New Normal
As our climate changes, our food and forests, our transportation, even our health will become vulnerable. From pines to pavement, weeds to wheezing, 91制片厂 researchers are working on solutions to help... -
All Eyes on the Arctic
Each summer, a handful of 91制片厂 researchers pass up New England鈥檚 hard-won summer and head to the remote glaciers, peatlands and oceans on top of the world. There, they鈥檙e exploring the Arctic鈥檚... -
Grad Excellence
91制片厂鈥檚 annual celebration of student scholarship and creativity launched April 11 with the Graduate Research Conference in the Whitt. More than 200 students from all academic disciplines shared... -
Miracle in Space
Six years ago, a team from 91制片厂鈥檚 Space Science Center performed a miracle.听 -
Passion for Policy
Master's student Samantha Werner '14 received the Ecological Society of America's Graduate Student Policy Award. -
CAREER Success
Three 91制片厂 faculty members have received prestigious National Science Foundation awards to support work that aims to understand turbulent flows, flexible biomolecules and a unique category of... -
Simulating Biomolecules
Although it could one day lead to advances in drugs that treat HIV,听Harish Vashisth鈥檚听research is far more likely to use supercomputers than the pipettes or microscopes more commonly associated with... -
Tackling Turbulence
Assistant professor of mathematics John Gibson, recipient of a NSF CAREER award. -
Finkelhor: Child Abuse in Youth Organizations Is Low
Child abuse at the hands of Scout leaders, priests or coaches is far less common than abuse of children or adolescents by family members or other adults. That鈥檚 the primary finding of new research... -
Networking Honor
It鈥檚 a distinction that won鈥檛 surprise anyone who鈥檚 met 91制片厂 InterOperability Laboratory director Erica Johnson: Next week, New Hampshire Business Review (NHBR) will honor her with its Outstanding... -
91制片厂 Solar Physicist Receives Prize
Terry Forbes, research professor emeritus in the physics department and the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, recently received the George Ellery Hale Prize from the American... -
Sundberg To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Donald Sundberg, professor emeritus of materials science and director of 91制片厂鈥檚 Nanostructured Polymers Research Center, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Coatings... -
California Dreamin'
The 91制片厂 booth, hosted here by Tara Hicks Johnson, outreach specialist at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, was a popular destination for would-be graduate students and research collaborators... -
Prevention Pioneers
At its fifth annual Innovators鈥� Dinner, 91制片厂Innovation (91制片厂I) made good on its mission to recognize the full sweep of innovation, including intellectual property and creative work as well as more... -
Not Just the Heat, It鈥檚 the Humans
When it comes to adapting to the changing environment of the Great Basin in the North American West, for small mammals, warming associated with climate change is only part of the problem: Humans have... -
Fresh, Local 鈥� Kiwis?
If Iago Hale has his way, in a few years you may be topping your breakfast cereal with a handful of fresh kiwiberries you bought at your local farmer鈥檚 market. That鈥檚 right, local kiwi. In northern... -
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Not Rocket Science
91制片厂鈥檚 first-ever Aerospace and Defense Technology Day on Nov. 4 was part open house, part show-and-tell, part speed dating 鈥� and, according to the organizers, full success. The day brought 70... -
Omnivore鈥檚 Delight
With the annual Local Harvest Dinner as the jewel in its locavore crown, 91制片厂 is a national leader in bringing local food 鈥� some of it grown right here on campus 鈥� to the hungry mouths of its students. -
NIH Grant Boosts NH's Biomedical Research Capacity
A five-year $18.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to a statewide partnership led by 91制片厂 and Dartmouth鈥檚 Geisel School of Medicine will expand biomedical research capacity and... -
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Inquiring Minds
听 听 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 鈥� an听amount equivalent to burning... -
More Than Mapping
Since its founding in 1999, 91制片厂鈥檚 Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), along with the complementary Joint Hydrographic Center (a NOAA partner), has established itself as the world leader in... -
Strong Muscles, Fleet Feet
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Crew Boss Rachel Rawlinson Named Northeast Region Coach of the Year
Rachel Rawlinson '99, head coach of 91制片厂 Rowing, was named the Northeast Region Coach of the Year by the American Collegiate Rowing Association at its national championship regatta May 23 -24 in... -
A (Nuclear) Force To Be Reckoned With
91制片厂 physicist Patricia Solvignon has received a prestigious Early Career Research Program grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. -
The Dirt on Studio Soils
In 2010, about a decade into teaching the large Introduction to Soils course, 91制片厂 soil scientist Serita Frey steered her class into uncharted territory. With inspiration from the physics department... -
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For These 91制片厂 Students, It Is Rocket Science
Long before it blasts into space March 12, the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will have launched the careers of would-be rocket scientists who contributed to the mission as 91制片厂... -
Out of the Clinic, Out of the Box
As part of her training to become a practicing occupational therapist, Risa LaPera 鈥�14,鈥�15G talks to her client Dan, a retiree with vision loss due to glaucoma, through a radio headset. 鈥淵ou still... -
Kelp Is On the Way
Seaweed has been on the menu for thousands of years, beloved particularly in Asia for packing a nutritional punch with the complex flavor of umami. Now, 91制片厂 researchers are hoping to tap locavore... -
Code Comfort
Do you want to build a snowflake? If so, you鈥檒l have to learn some code 鈥� but as nearly 40 elementary school children learned Friday afternoon (Dec. 12) at 91制片厂, that鈥檚 not so hard. With ubiquitous 鈥�... -
Turkey, Football, Snow
Gathering together: From left, Ron Potier, father of the hostess; 91制片厂 graduate students Xiaoyi Tang and Shivam Goyal; host Brent Bell, associate professor of kinesiology at 91制片厂; Kathy Potier, mother... -
Good, Clean (Safe) Fun: Professor Showers for Lab Safety
Lab safety took a zany, soggy turn Tuesday, when the Environmental Research Group tapped Nancy Kinner, professor of civil and environmental engineering, for a hands-on demonstration of the emergency... -
MVP
When it comes to head and helmet safety, one of the NFL鈥檚 most valuable players isn鈥檛 a quarterback, a receiver, or even a coach. In fact, Erik Swartz isn鈥檛 a football player at all鈥攖he former rugby... -
In Science We Trust?
Gun control. Abortion. The death penalty. You wouldn鈥檛 be alone in assuming that these are the hot-button issues that create the widest philosophical and political divide between Republicans and... -
Keeping Their Heads OUT of the Game
Once a week, several dozen 91制片厂 football players participate in an innovative, if counterintuitive, drill to minimize head trauma: They remove their helmets and tackle each other. -
CAREER Builder: Three 91制片厂 Faculty Members Receive Prestigious Awards
Three 91制片厂 faculty members have received prestigious National Science Foundation awards to support their work predicting earthquakes, recycling carbon dioxide into fuel and measuring methane bubbles. -
A Great Day To Be a Bobcat
New Hampshire鈥檚 bobcats are on the rise 鈥斕齛nd on the move, showing up in places they鈥檝e never been reported before. Those are the major findings from a four-year study of the animal that puts the 鈥�... -
Green and White
The rate of winter warming has tripled in the U.S. since 1970. The northern hemisphere has lost one million square miles of spring snowpack in the last 50 years. As many as half the ski resorts in... -
It鈥檚 Alive!
A new project led by 91制片厂 engineers will transform the Memorial Bridge over the Piscataqua River into a 鈥渓iving鈥� bridge that could change the way we look at bridges and infrastructure in the near... -
Freshest Fish: Found!
Amanda Parks gets dressed for some fishing. Looking for a seafood dinner that鈥檚 off-the-boat fresh? Wondering whether dogfish tastes better with butter or breadcrumbs? Thanks to senior Amanda Parks... -
The Oyster Is Their World
Steve Jones, research associate professor of natural resources and the environment and a water quality specialist, samples Great Bay with Ph.D. student Meg Hartwick. Consider the gifts of the oyster...