Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

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The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, integrates the applied social sciences and natural resources sciences, enabling a more holistic, integrated approach to education, research, and outreach about use and conservation of resources.  

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  • UNH student Abbie Molodetz '20 and Socks the red fox at the Ecotarium in Worchester, Massachuetts
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    Abbie Molodetz '19
    A summer internship at the Ecotarium
    Abby Molodetz ’20 spent the summer interning at the Ecotarium in Worcester, Massachusetts thanks in part to a grant she received from COLSA’s donor-supported SOAR fund.
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    Abbie Molodetz '19
    A summer internship at the Ecotarium
    Abby Molodetz ’20 spent the summer interning at the Ecotarium in Worcester, Massachusetts thanks in part to a grant she received from COLSA’s donor-supported SOAR fund.
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  • Kathryn Bennett '19 presents research at the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference
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    Sustainability
    Kathryn Bennett '19
    UNH alum on the front lines of the climate crisis
    Kathryn Bennett '19 is working to understand what will happen to our planet as millennia-old permafrost thaws, releasing methane into the atmosphere.
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    Sustainability
    Kathryn Bennett '19
    UNH alum on the front lines of the climate crisis
    Kathryn Bennett '19 is working to understand what will happen to our planet as millennia-old permafrost thaws, releasing methane into the atmosphere.
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  • UNH Doctoral Candidate Andrea Jilling at Examines Samples
    Doctoral Candidate
    Andrea Jilling ‘19G
    A Soil Scientist Pulls Up Roots
    Andrea Jilling will graduate with her doctorate in Earth and Environmental Sciences in September 2019. Her thesis topic is the potential bioavailability and agronomic relevance of mineral-associated organic nitrogen, and her advisor is Stuart Grandy.
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    Doctoral Candidate
    Andrea Jilling ‘19G
    A Soil Scientist Pulls Up Roots
    Andrea Jilling will graduate with her doctorate in Earth and Environmental Sciences in September 2019. Her thesis topic is the potential bioavailability and agronomic relevance of mineral-associated organic nitrogen, and her advisor is Stuart Grandy.
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  • UNH alum Lee Kantar receives award
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    Lee Kantar '95
    Moose Biologist and UNH Alum Honored With International Award
    Lee Kantar ‘95, a moose biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), was honored with the Distinguished Moose Biologist Award by his peers at the 53rd North American Moose Conference.
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    Lee Kantar '95
    Moose Biologist and UNH Alum Honored With International Award
    Lee Kantar ‘95, a moose biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), was honored with the Distinguished Moose Biologist Award by his peers at the 53rd North American Moose Conference.
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  • UNH social innovation interns show off their changemaker t-shirts
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    Social Innovation Internship Showcase
    UNH Changemakers Apply Their Skills in the Field
    Twenty-five students who were selected to participate in the 9th annual social innovation internship presented a summary of their accomplishments to an audience in Hamilton Smith Hall on July 24.
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    Sustainability
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    Social Innovation Internship Showcase
    UNH Changemakers Apply Their Skills in the Field
    Twenty-five students who were selected to participate in the 9th annual social innovation internship presented a summary of their accomplishments to an audience in Hamilton Smith Hall on July 24.
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Nov
22

NRESS PhD Dissertation Defense: Ashley Norton 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Dec
04

NRESS PhD Program Environmental Sciences Seminar Series 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

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