Announcements
ENACTS
A new $6 million NSF project, Equitable Nature-based Climate Solutions (ENACTS), will focus on three common types of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) -- tree programs, public parks, and stormwater control – in three medium-sized cities with vulnerable populations who suffer from climate-related flooding and heat island problems.
Led by the University of New Hampshire, ENACTS will create a partnership between researchers and residents in Providence, RI, Louisville, KY, and Manchester, NH to design and implement socially equitable NbS for these communities.
Major NSF funding will advance New Hampshire’s science and technology leadership
$8M grant boosts research capacity of community colleges, undergraduate-serving institutions, industry
New Hampshire will advance its leadership as an innovator in science and technology and increase its STEM workforce with investments across the state’s institutions of higher education, funded by a major National Science Foundation grant. The $8 million cooperative agreement award to UNH, one of just three of its type in the nation, aims to increase research opportunities, mentoring, training, and partnerships between New Hampshire’s community colleges, four-year colleges and universities and industry.
Congratulations
BIO-SENS student selected to present her research
BIO-SENS 2024 summer Academic Research Technology Scholar (ARTS) intern Maylee Valentin was selected to participate in the undergraduate student poster competition at the October 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. More than 400 students nationally are selected for this honor. This poster session is designed to highlight undergraduate student research that resulted from university internships or co-ops. Maylee enjoyed her summer intern experience so much, she has continued her research in Dr. Halpern's SEED lab. Congratulations Maylee!
UNH undergraduate student Maylee Valentin presents her research poster
Project Highlights
NH Creates Success Story
Last year, Karen McAlpine, a middle school teacher at Moultonborough Academy, was the subject of a great piece in the Laconia Daily Sun focused on the new curriculum she has developed around regenerative medicine. A graduate of the Tech for Teachers Institute, Karen is introducing her students to the extraordinary powers of planaria and sea slugs—both of which can regenerate lost body parts.