/unhtoday/feed/31/rss.xml 91制片厂 Today Articles en /unhtoday/2025/11/faculty-excellence-celebration-recognizes-outstanding-unh-educators Every year, a chosen few of 91制片厂鈥檚 outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. University-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. The 2025聽award recipients include: Melissa Aikens, 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award, COLSA Aikens exemplifies excellence in teaching through her dedication to transforming the student experience in the life sciences. She has been the cornerstone of Biology 412, a large Discovery D-Lab course, reshaping it into a model of evidence-based pedagogy. Through active learning, peer instruction, and innovative group work, she has created a welcoming and rigorous classroom environment that deepens student... ]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2025/11/faculty-excellence-celebration-recognizes-outstanding-unh-educators /unhtoday/2025/06/institute-health-policy-and-practice-keeps-new-hampshire-healthy To analyze the data at the root of high-quality health care and inform policy and practice, the state of New Hampshire often turns to 91制片厂鈥檚 Institute for Health Policy and Practice. ]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:30 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2025/06/institute-health-policy-and-practice-keeps-new-hampshire-healthy /unhtoday/2025/05/weekend-commencement-festivities-celebrates-2025-graduates The 91制片厂 celebrated commencement weekend with three ceremonies on the Durham campus and one at the 91制片厂 Franklin Pierce School of Law May 16 and 17, bringing huge crowds of family and friends together to send the graduates off. The three Durham ceremonies filled the Whittemore Center with capacity crowds, beginning Saturday morning with a celebration for the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics. That was followed by a ceremony for the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Professional Studies and the Carsey School of Public Policy and a ceremony for the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and the College of Health and Human Services. The 91制片厂 Franklin Pierce School of Law kicked the weekend off with a... ]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 10:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/05/weekend-commencement-festivities-celebrates-2025-graduates /unhtoday/2025/04/honors National Science Foundation Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Awards聽聽 Aleksey Charapko聽聽 Assistant professor of computer science聽 Linqing Li聽聽 Assistant professor of chemical engineering聽 Tracy Mandel聽聽 Assistant professor of mechanical engineering聽 Faculty Honors Shawna Hollen聽聽 Associate professor of physics聽 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator聽 Stuart Grandy Professor of soil biogeochemistry and fertility聽 Soil Science Society of America Fellow聽 Soil Ecology Society Professional Achievement Award聽 Christopher Bauer聽聽 Professor of chemistry聽聽 American Chemical Society Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry Award聽 Michael McCann聽 Associate dean and professor, 91制片厂 Franklin Pierce School of Law聽 Association of American Law... ]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/04/honors /unhtoday/2025/03/unh-announces-2025-commencement-speakers-and-honorary-degree-recipients Retired Lt. Col. Scott 鈥淜idd鈥� Poteet 鈥�96, who recently rocketed into space as the pilot for the Polaris Dawn mission, will deliver the 91制片厂 commencement address across all three ceremonies on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at the Whittemore Center Arena at the Key Auto Group Complex. ]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:30 -0400 Robbin Ray 鈥�82 /unhtoday/2025/03/unh-announces-2025-commencement-speakers-and-honorary-degree-recipients /unhtoday/2025/03/unh-graduates-faculty-featured-prominently-annual-40-under-forty-list The 91制片厂 was prominently represented on the Union Leader鈥檚 annual 40 Under Forty award list for 2025, with eight Granite State residents with ties to 91制片厂 earning recognition in the recently released feature. ]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2025/03/unh-graduates-faculty-featured-prominently-annual-40-under-forty-list /unhtoday/2024/11/outstanding-unh-educators-celebrated-faculty-excellence-2024 Every year, a chosen few of 91制片厂鈥檚 outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. University-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. The 2024 award recipients include: Benjamin Chandran, 2024 Award for Excellence in Teaching, CEPS Benjamin Chandran, fellow of the American Physical Society, is a world-renowned scholar with expertise in theoretical plasma physics and astrophysics. In simple terms, he uses complex mathematics and fundamental principles to understand the nature of the sun and how it influences space and our solar system. This more recent area of study is also known as heliophysics, a strength in our research portfolio at 91制片厂,... ]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2024/11/outstanding-unh-educators-celebrated-faculty-excellence-2024 /unhtoday/2024/03/unh-announces-2024-commencement-speakers The 91制片厂 today announced the speakers for its聽commencement ceremonies聽this May. ]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:30 -0400 Tania deLuzuriaga /unhtoday/2024/03/unh-announces-2024-commencement-speakers /unhtoday/2024/03/unh-once-again-well-represented-40-under-forty-list The 91制片厂 was once again strongly represented on the Union Leader鈥檚 annual 40 Under Forty award list this year, with eight state residents to have earned undergraduate or graduate degrees from 91制片厂 鈥� and another from Granite State College, now the 91制片厂 College of Professional Studies (CPS) 鈥� recognized. Those with direct 91制片厂 ties聽accounted for 20 percent of the list, and all three 91制片厂 campuses and CPS were represented by the 91制片厂 honorees. The recipients from 91制片厂 and the rest of the awardees were honored at a March 6 ceremony at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord. The list recognizes New Hampshire residents under the age of 40 who are making a difference in their communities and professions and who 鈥渆agerly give their time and talents to volunteer pursuits that... ]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:00 -0500 /unhtoday/2024/03/unh-once-again-well-represented-40-under-forty-list /unhtoday/2023/10/faculty-excellence-2023-honors-outstanding-unh-educators Every year, a chosen few of 91制片厂鈥檚 outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. University-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. The 2023 award recipients include: Alyssa O鈥橞rien, 2023 Award for Excellence in Teaching, CHHS Alyssa O鈥橞rien teaches Introduction to Professional Nursing; Maternal and Newborn Nursing; Making Babies; Human Development, Interaction and Learning Across the Lifespan; and Public Health Nursing in the undergraduate nursing program. Outside of her course work, in her six years at 91制片厂 she has mentored more than 35 students as they completed their minor, worked as teaching assistants or completed their honors theses... ]]> Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:30 -0400 /unhtoday/2023/10/faculty-excellence-2023-honors-outstanding-unh-educators /unhtoday/2022/10/saluting-faculty-excellence Every year, a chosen few of 91制片厂鈥檚 outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. University-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. The 2022 award recipients include: Anne Jamieson聽 (jeremy gasowski photo) Anne Jamieson, 2022 Award for Excellence in Teaching, CHHS Anne Jamieson teaches a wide range of health management and policy courses, including an introductory course, Survey of U.S. Health Care Systems and the senior level courses, Healthcare Ethics and Law and Healthcare Management. Across all these classes, a common theme emerges from her course evaluations: Jamieson has a significant, positive and enduring impact on students. Each... ]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:15 -0400 /unhtoday/2022/10/saluting-faculty-excellence /unhtoday/2021/12/leaders-granite-state Three members of the 91制片厂 community were recognized among the most influential business leaders in the state by NH Business Review as part of its New Hampshire 200 list ]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2021/12/leaders-granite-state /unhtoday/2021/11/celebrating-faculty-excellence Every year, a chosen few of 91制片厂鈥檚 outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. Universitywide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. 91制片厂 celebrates the 2021 recipients. ]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2021/11/celebrating-faculty-excellence /unhtoday/2021/08/helping-hands-abound It鈥檚 not unusual for college students to worry about paying for tuition, room, board and books, especially here in New Hampshire, where average student loan debt is among the highest in the country. But a recent survey shows that a surprising number of 91制片厂 students also struggle to afford day-to-day essentials 鈥� food, shelter and transportation to and from campus or a job. Of nearly 2,000 91制片厂 students surveyed last spring, 20 percent said they have skipped at least one meal because they couldn鈥檛 afford it, while 15 percent said they would use a food pantry if there was one on campus, and 11 percent reported that they were homeless, or close to homeless, in their past. 鈥淭here is a lot more need out there than people might imagine when they walk around and see this beautiful campus and all... ]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:00 -0400 Jim Graham /unhtoday/2021/08/helping-hands-abound https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielwallach/2021/05/14/false-fears-over-florida-sports-betting-constitutionality-created-a-bigger-legal-problem-a-federally-defective-gambling-compact/?sh=5f57b9ff701d ]]> Wed, 26 May 2021 14:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2021/05/false-fears-over-florida-sports-betting-constitutionality-created-bigger-legal-problem /unhtoday/2021/01/more-diverse-legal-landscape Peter Nieves, a patent attorney at Sheehan Phinney and former adjunct professor at 91制片厂 Franklin Pierce School of Law, has been working to create a scholarship program at the law school to raise the number of underrepresented students studying there. The end goal is to create a more diverse population of lawyers in the Granite State, to ensure that BIPOC clients in need of legal assistance will be more likely to find an attorney who can relate to their personal experiences and heritage.聽 Nieves, part of the SBA/Dean's Task Force on Racial Justice, Diversity and Inclusion at the law school, recalls an experience with a woman he鈥檇 met through Hispanic community events he鈥檇 attended that made him aware of this need for representation. Attorney Peter Nieves The woman had asked for a... ]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2021/01/more-diverse-legal-landscape /unhtoday/2020/12/informing-conversation-covering-care The latest Institute for Health Policy and Practice data and policy brief provides an overview of the health insurance landscape in New Hampshire.聽 ]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:15 -0500 Bridget Drake /unhtoday/2020/12/informing-conversation-covering-care https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-hampshire/articles/2020-08-04/no-decision-yet-on-dropping-pierce-name-from-law-school ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:15 -0400 /unhtoday/2020/08/no-decision-yet-dropping-pierce-name-law-school https://www.concordmonitor.com/91制片厂-law-students-fight-to-remove-Franklin-Pierce-name-34706363 ]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2020/06/some-students-want-franklin-pierce-dropped-unh-law-schools-name /unhtoday/2020/06/exploring-impact-nhs-medicaid-work-and-community-engagement-requirements 91制片厂's Institute for Health Policy and Practice and Franklin Pierce School of Law has released a new report assessing New Hampshire鈥檚 Medicaid Work and Community Engagement Requirements and their impact on the state鈥檚 community providers. ]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2020 08:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2020/06/exploring-impact-nhs-medicaid-work-and-community-engagement-requirements /unhtoday/2020/05/unh-faculty-appointed-state-disaster-medical-advisory-team Associate professor of health management and policy Marc Hiller and the Institute for Health Policy and Practice鈥檚 director of health law and policy programs Lucy Hodder have been appointed to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services鈥� State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee. They are part of an extensive statewide committee responsible for establishing crisis standards of care guidelines, in particular the triage of critical healthcare resources to ensure that appropriate and effective care is provided should the COVID-19 pandemic result in hospital surge that exceeds available resources. The committee will provide guidance to hospitals and healthcare facilities and will be making recommendations to Governor Sununu during the pandemic crisis period. ]]> Mon, 11 May 2020 09:00 -0400 Callie Carr /unhtoday/2020/05/unh-faculty-appointed-state-disaster-medical-advisory-team /unhtoday/2019/12/health-insurance-coverage-nh The Institute for Health Policy and Practice is pleased to release another installment of its 鈥淚nforming the Conversation 鈥� Covering the Care鈥� data and policy brief series.聽Health Insurance Coverage in New Hampshire | 2019 Update聽provides updated data on health insurance coverage in New Hampshire and updated policy explanations for shifts and changes in access.聽The brief highlights demographic details, including a break down of health insurance coverage types by age, county and income level, and highlights the transition from the New Hampshire Health Protection Premium Assistance Program to the Granite Advantage Program.聽 READ THE BRIEF ]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2019 07:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2019/12/health-insurance-coverage-nh /unhtoday/2019/11/law-degree-information-age When the 43 students enrolled in 91制片厂 Franklin Pierce School of Law鈥檚 newest JD program arrived in Concord in August, most of them didn鈥檛 spend too much time unpacking. That鈥檚 because the program 鈥� a hybrid JD in intellectual property, technology and information law 鈥� is a new kind of program, the first mostly online juris doctor in the United States focused on intellectual property and law for the information age. Following a 5-day residential session and orientation at the law school鈥檚 Concord campus, the students in the inaugural class returned to homes and jobs across the country to continue their coursework online. 鈥淲e鈥檙e reversing the law school/ student relationship,鈥� explains Megan Carpenter, dean of 91制片厂 Franklin Pierce School of Law. 鈥淩ather than students moving to Concord for a... ]]> Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:15 -0500 Jennifer Oles /unhtoday/2019/11/law-degree-information-age https://www.nhpr.org/post/hospital-mergers-new-hampshire#stream/0 91制片厂 Franklin Pierce School of Law professor Lucy Hodder speaks on NHPR's The Exchange ]]> Thu, 30 May 2019 09:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2019/05/hospital-mergers-nh /unhtoday/2019/05/positive-change 91制片厂 law integrates Franklin Pierce into its name. ]]> Wed, 29 May 2019 10:15 -0400 /unhtoday/2019/05/positive-change