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  • Photo of the drone used for this study sitting on ground in front of the corn field.
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024
    Drone technology offers promising potential for earlier disease identification in corn
    Seeing the last leaves hanging on to trees in late Fall is a telling sign that New England dairy farmers have wrapped up the year’s field crop operations and are starting to think about what seeds to purchase and plant next spring. For many, the Brown MidRib (BMR) corn variety is an enticing choice because it is highly digestible by dairy cows and can improve milk production. However, it is also...
  • A coyote looks into a game camera while in the forest.
    Tuesday, November 05, 2024
    Nationwide coyote surveys highlight how hunting by humans may increase, rather than reduce, local coyote numbers
    Key Finding Human hunting may unintentionally boost coyote populations by increasing reproduction and immigration rates, while competition with larger predators affects coyote numbers depending on habitat. Once a rare sight in the northeastern United States, the eastern coyote has become a common presence across New Hampshire’s forests, farms and suburbs. First arriving in the state in the...
  • Two women look at a specimen from the Albion Hodgdon Herbarium. The specimen is an extinct form of crabgrass collected in 1902.
    Monday, August 12, 2024
    Highlighting the role of herbaria in documenting and preserving plant species
    In 1901, several peculiar specimens of crabgrass were discovered on the rocky slopes of Rock Rimmon in Manchester, New Hampshire. Initially thought to belong to the species known as slender crabgrass (Digitaria filiformis), the slender, wiry plants with small, delicate spikelets were only known from this single location. But by 1931, they were last collected from the area, and the grass has not...
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    Kaley Dupont ’25, ’26 is pursuing both her associate degree in veterinary technology and her bachelor’s degree in animal science. COLSA: Why did you choose UNH? Kaley Dupont: I was enrolled in another college in Boston majoring in biology when I realized…
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    Choosing UNH for the incredible resources
    Christopher Martinez graduated from UNH in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences: medical laboratory sciences and a minor in sociology. He is now in medical school.
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    UNH education was strong foundation for medical school
    Samantha Ansart graduated from UNH in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and a minor in sociology. She is now attending medical school.
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    Kaylee Hawkes graduated in 2021 with her bachelor’s degree in marine, estuarine and freshwater biology. She minored in Spanish. In 2022, she earned her master’s degree in secondary education, also from UNH.
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