Spotlight

An Education that Helps Others
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.
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Wildlife and Conservation Biology Major Talks Research & Working with Faculty
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.
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An Internship Changes An Outlook
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.
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Preparing for a Career Caring for Animals
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.
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Curriculum builds nutritional knowledge and culinary skills
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.
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An Internship Caring for Marine Animals Includes Lessons in Adaptability
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.
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Create Your Own Story (CYOS) Award Recipient
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. 
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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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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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Part of $2M Sea Grant award to advance understanding of American lobster
The Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve will receive about $250,000 over two years to study how warming coastal waters are affecting lobsters in the Gulf of Maine, the National Sea Grant Office announced on Tuesday.
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Realizing Her Childhood Dream
Amber McElhinney graduated in May 2019 with a degree in equine science and is now earning her doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of California at Davis.
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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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