Spotlight

Alexia Gianoulis’s love of wildlife and exotic animals began with her childhood pets, a hedgehog and gecko, and led to a recent summer internship at the New England Wildlife Center in South Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology major Marissa Cartee ’21 relays the exciting details of her recent summer internship at Whale and Dolphin Conservation. 

Gabriella Angelini graduated in 2017 with a master’s degree in genetics. She is now a research associate at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Nicole Lee ‘17, a nutrition and wellness alumna, is now a WIC nutritionist in Boston and is enjoying UNH vicariously through her brother Anthony, who is a sophomore at the university.

Listen to wildlife and conservation biology major Jenna O'del '20 talk about what the unique opportunities to  conduct research and work with faculty on their research projects while an undergrad means to her.

Meet another one of COLSA’s 2019 SOAR Fund recipients, Timothy Readdean ’19. Timothy used the stipend to take an unpaid summer internship at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut.

Meet Lucy Williams, a veterinary technology major from Derry, New Hampshire, who knows that veterinary nurses play a significant role in animal care and well being.

The UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture is now offering a culinary nutrition and food studies minor that provides practical skill and knowledge building in nutrition and the culinary arts for a wide range of students.

Marisa Gazzola ’20 is a marine, estuarine and freshwater biology major from Harrison, New York. She spent summer 2019 interning at the Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center on Hutchinson Island, Florida.

Amber McElhinney '19 was a UNH Create Your Own Story (CYOS) award recipient for the 2018-2019 academic year. In this video produced by the CYOS team, the equine studies major talks about what she loved most about her UNH experience. 

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.

Kathryn Bennett '19 is working to understand what will happen to our planet as millennia-old permafrost thaws, releasing methane into the atmosphere.