/unhtoday/feed/22/rss.xml 91��Ƭ�� Today Articles en /unhtoday/2025/10/history-professor-explores-wars-impact-global-societies The impact of war on societies across the globe from the third to sixteenth centuries is the subject of a new book by David Bachrach, professor of history. “Warfare in the Global Middle Ages” (Routledge Press, 2025) explores how societies in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas organized for war, engaged in conflict, and coped with its aftermath.   The book, intended for academic historians as well as for an interested lay public, treats warfare in the context of world history by examining both parallel developments and interactions between societies across the globe during this time period. “Humans have always engaged in war,” Bachrach says. “One key, therefore, to understanding how human beings organize themselves socially, politically, economically, religiously, and in every other... ]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:30 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/10/history-professor-explores-wars-impact-global-societies /unhtoday/2025/10/history-professor-pens-canal-dreamers Associate professor of history Jessica Lepler's new book "Canal Dreamers" tells the story of an 1820s attempt to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Nicaragua. ]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:45 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2025/10/history-professor-pens-canal-dreamers /unhtoday/2025/08/unh-researchers-help-find-wwii-shipwrecks-solomon-islands Researchers from 91��Ƭ��'s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping helped find more than a dozen World War II shipwrecks in the Solomon Islands. ]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 08:30 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2025/08/unh-researchers-help-find-wwii-shipwrecks-solomon-islands /unhtoday/2025/05/international-changemaker-grant-sends-students-work-global-communities The International Changemaker Grant will send five teams of 91��Ƭ�� students to a variety of international locations this summer, where the students will work in native communities and collaborate with organizations working on sustainability initiatives ranging from energy insecurity and community resilience to plastic waste and accessible sanitation at schools. Students will be traveling to Senegal, Kenya, Cambodia and Uganda. The International Changemaker Grant, a program of the 91��Ƭ�� Sustainability Institute and a partnership with 91��Ƭ�� global, is a unique immersive opportunity at 91��Ƭ�� for interdisciplinary student teams to collaborate with international NGOs and social enterprises to create global sustainability solutions. The teams, mentored by 91��Ƭ�� faculty and staff, will be “fostering long-... ]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 10:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/05/international-changemaker-grant-sends-students-work-global-communities /unhtoday/2025/04/next-nasa-artemis-launch-send-components-built-carabello-11-space For as long as he can remember, Jon Carabello ’11 has had a knack for working with machinery and sleuthing out solutions. That combination made a career in engineering easy for him to envision, even years before he entered the field. What he never imagined, though, was a professional path that would enable him to watch a NASA rocket launch into space with components he helped build on board. ]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:00 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2025/04/next-nasa-artemis-launch-send-components-built-carabello-11-space /unhtoday/2025/04/career-written-stars Many moons before Harlan Spence became the director for the 91��Ƭ�� Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), his father, an amateur astronomer, instilled in Spence a curiosity and excitement about the universe. This was the era of the Space Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and space exploration was on everyone’s minds, televisions and airwaves; it was especially captivating for Spence during his youth.  ]]> Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:30 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/04/career-written-stars /unhtoday/2025/04/ccoms-brian-calder-elected-hydrographer-hall-fame CCOM's Brian Calder has been elected to the Hydrographer Hall of Fame for his remarkable contributions to seafloor mapping technologies.  ]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:00 -0400 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2025/04/ccoms-brian-calder-elected-hydrographer-hall-fame /unhtoday/2025/02/nine-students-study-abroad-thanks-gilman-scholarships Nine 91��Ƭ�� students earned the chance to see and study in different parts of the world as recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship during the recent fall cycle. The students will be making the trek to landing spots that include France, Italy, New Zealand and Japan. ]]> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:00 -0500 /unhtoday/2025/02/nine-students-study-abroad-thanks-gilman-scholarships /unhtoday/2025/01/technology-helps-students-create-3d-models-ancient-roman-buildings Walking through Pompeii as part of a study abroad opportunity, one of the ancient Roman buildings looked decidedly more familiar to Tegan Lajoie ’26 than the others. ]]> Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:00 -0500 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2025/01/technology-helps-students-create-3d-models-ancient-roman-buildings /unhtoday/2025/01/unh-expert-weighs-earthquake-shook-new-england A 3.8 magnitude earthquake originating off the coast of Maine on Monday morning rumbled throughout the New Hampshire Seacoast region and was felt as far south as Boston and portions of coastal Rhode Island and Connecticut. The earthquake’s epicenter was less than 10 kilometers southeast of York Harbor, Maine. ]]> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:30 -0500 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2025/01/unh-expert-weighs-earthquake-shook-new-england /unhtoday/2025/01/can-old-racists-change Associate professor of anthropology Casey Golomski talks to The Conversation about his new book, "God’s Waiting Room: Racial Reckoning at Life’s End." ]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2025/01/can-old-racists-change /unhtoday/2024/12/phytoplankton-monitoring-gulf-maine-signal-climate-change-impacts 91��Ƭ�� researchers study phytoplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Maine to understand climate change impacts, marine biodiversity shifts, and sustainable ecosystem management. ]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:30 -0500 Nicholas Gosling '06 /unhtoday/2024/12/phytoplankton-monitoring-gulf-maine-signal-climate-change-impacts /unhtoday/2024/12/trip-ireland-provides-transformative-experiences-social-work-students Mikayla Tobin was one of 12 social work students from 91��Ƭ��’s College of Health and Human Services who spent almost two weeks in Ireland last summer as part of a social work department bi-annual trip, visiting social service agencies, trauma centers and universities. ]]> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:30 -0500 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2024/12/trip-ireland-provides-transformative-experiences-social-work-students /unhtoday/2024/10/unh-awarded-24-million-build-solar-wind-sensors-noaa The 91��Ƭ�� has been awarded $24.3 million by NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to build sensors for a high-priority alert system that will monitor the effects of space weather and the solar wind — caused by explosions on the sun — for potential interruptions to key technology like satellite communications, electric power grids and GPS systems. ]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:15 -0400 Robbin Ray ’82 /unhtoday/2024/10/unh-awarded-24-million-build-solar-wind-sensors-noaa /unhtoday/2024/10/could-storms-hurricanes-helene-and-milton-eventually-impact-new-hampshire A pair of devastating hurricanes battered the southeastern U.S. over the last three weeks, leaving in their wake enormous swaths of flooding and destruction. While hurricanes are hardly atypical at this time of year, storms like Helene and Milton are becoming increasingly more intense, thanks in large part to the changing climate and warming seas. Given that trend, is there a world where storms of that magnitude make their way to New England in the not-too-distant future? The short answer is no – Category 5 hurricanes as Milton was initially designated are unlikely to become an issue in the region, fended off by colder temperatures, says Mary Stampone, associate professor of geography at 91��Ƭ�� and New Hampshire state climatologist. But the longer answer is a bit more nuanced. While New... ]]> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:15 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2024/10/could-storms-hurricanes-helene-and-milton-eventually-impact-new-hampshire /unhtoday/2024/10/ecuadorian-researchers-and-students-visit-unh-part-ongoing-partnership 91��Ƭ��’s College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA) recently welcomed a contingent of faculty and students from two universities in Ecuador for a visit to Durham as part of an ongoing collaboration between the institutions, a partnership designed to share research experiences and approaches, particularly around watershed sustainability and socioeconomic issues. The collaboration blossomed out of a connection made in 2018 by COLSA’s Heidi Asbjornsen, professor and program coordinator for forestry, during her four-month sabbatical as a Fulbright scholar in Ecuador. Thanks to a recent NSF grant to Asbjornsen and several 91��Ƭ�� colleagues, 91��Ƭ�� groups – including 18 students – have made three visits to Ecuador over the past three years. This was the first time participants from Ecuador were... ]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:00 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2024/10/ecuadorian-researchers-and-students-visit-unh-part-ongoing-partnership /unhtoday/2024/08/unh-ocean-mappers-make-history-navigating-north-greenland-arctic Scientists from the 91��Ƭ�� have made history as part of a team aboard the Swedish icebreaker ODEN, which is the first vessel to navigate the remote and icy Victoria Fjord in North Greenland and collect data in this uncharted area. The information they are gathering will provide insight into the rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and enhance scientists’ understanding of the effects of climate change on global sea-level rise. “No other ship has been to this part of the Arctic before,” said Larry Mayer, a professor and director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) at the 91��Ƭ��. “In getting here we have encountered some of the most remarkable scenery and lighting I have ever seen while collecting data that will inevitably have... ]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:15 -0400 Robbin Ray ’82 /unhtoday/2024/08/unh-ocean-mappers-make-history-navigating-north-greenland-arctic /unhtoday/2024/08/fulbright-grants-send-unh-alums-finland-and-kazakhstan 91��Ƭ�� graduates Anh Nguyen and Taylor Nydam are traveling to Finland and Kazakhstan, respectively, this summer and fall thanks to a pair of Fulbright grants. ]]> Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:30 -0400 /unhtoday/2024/08/fulbright-grants-send-unh-alums-finland-and-kazakhstan /unhtoday/2024/08/poteet-96-pilot-historic-spacex-polaris-dawn-mission-set-launch-aug-26 Lt. Col. Scott “Kidd” Poteet ’96 and three fellow astronauts are preparing for an historic space mission that will take them closer to the moon than anyone has been since NASA's Apollo missions in the 1970's. ]]> Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2024/08/poteet-96-pilot-historic-spacex-polaris-dawn-mission-set-launch-aug-26 /unhtoday/2024/08/5-ways-wildcats-are-staying-cool-summer Summer of ’24 has already broken heat records here in New England, but some in our 91��Ƭ�� community are staying cool. Here are five ways our ’Cats are beating the dog days of summer. Cruising on an icebreaker. Three researchers from 91��Ƭ��’s world-renowned Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping — director Larry Mayer, associate director Brian Calder, and affiliate assistant research professor Liz Weidner ’23G — are in northern Greenland on board the Swedish icebreaker Oden. They’re mapping the seafloor of this unexplored region, contributing to our understanding of the melting Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on sea level rise. Chilling above the Arctic Circle. At Sweden’s Abisko Research Station, professor of Earth sciences Ruth Varner and a team of researchers, including 91��Ƭ�� students,... ]]> Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:15 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2024/08/5-ways-wildcats-are-staying-cool-summer /unhtoday/2024/04/10-ways-unh-helping-save-earth Sustainability and a planet-friendly ethos have long been core 91��Ƭ�� values. The university is home to the country’s first endowed Sustainability Institute, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2023, and was one of only three institutions of higher education in the U.S. to earn the STARS Platinum rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in 2017, the highest rating available and one 91��Ƭ�� can still proudly claim. Those values are embodied in the work being done at the university on a daily basis. 91��Ƭ�� expertise continues to help society confront some of the most pressing challenges facing the planet today, including rising sea levels, plastic pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, extreme weather and many more. As Earth Day approaches April... ]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2024/04/10-ways-unh-helping-save-earth /unhtoday/2024/04/easton-white-named-united-nations-world-ocean-assessment-working-group 91��Ƭ�� COLSA faculty joins UN to assess global oceans for WOA III, focusing on sustainability and leveraging new technologies for ocean management. ]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:15 -0400 Nicholas Gosling '06 /unhtoday/2024/04/easton-white-named-united-nations-world-ocean-assessment-working-group /unhtoday/2024/02/anthropology-researcher-helps-unearth-major-site-andes 91��Ƭ�� postdoctoral researcher Alex Putnam-Garcia was part of the team that excavated one of the earliest-known circular plaza sites in the Americas. ]]> Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:00 -0500 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2024/02/anthropology-researcher-helps-unearth-major-site-andes /unhtoday/2024/02/how-can-we-increase-success-lion-conservation-plans New 91��Ƭ��-supported research explores strategies for lion conservation, focusing on ecological and sociopolitical factors to protect vulnerable African lions effectively. ]]> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 08:45 -0500 Maeve Gifford /unhtoday/2024/02/how-can-we-increase-success-lion-conservation-plans /unhtoday/2023/11/poteet-96-preparing-pilot-historic-space-mission Lt. Col. Scott “Kidd” Poteet ’96, retired from the U.S. Air Force, has patrolled the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, flown combat missions over Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq, and even soared with the Thunderbirds, the Air Force’s elite precision team. As the pilot for SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, he will head closer to the moon than anyone has been since NASA’s Apollo missions of the 1970’s. A native of Durham and a proud alum of the 91��Ƭ��, hear from Poteet as he shares some of the places and programs on campus that helped shape his career path, including his experience in the outdoor education program. ]]> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:00 -0500 /unhtoday/2023/11/poteet-96-preparing-pilot-historic-space-mission