The project, funded by an EPSCoR Track-2 award, brings together scientists from Montana, Rhode Island and Nebraska to investigate the neural basis of attention.

EPSCoR researcher Scott Ollinger will lead a team of UNH researchers on a new $1.25 million NSF grant to understand the impact of forest biodiversity on climate change.

Speaker: Alix Contosta, Ecosystems & Society researcher

Presentation Title: A longer vernal window: the role of winter coldness and snowpack in driving spring transitions and lags

All ESci Brown Bag Seminars are on Thursdays at 12:40-2:00 p.m. in James 254. Feel free to bring your lunch.

NH has significant untapped potential to improve its economy by developing synergies between its industry and university research enterprises. A new plan suggests evidence-based strategies to capitalize on those opportunities.

Natural services, such as flood mitigation and water filtration, can not only be cost effective compared to engineered methods but also tend to come with other benefits. What's your natural capital?

2:30-3:30pm, University of New Hampshire, McConnell Hall, Room 220

Title: Will Dam Removal Increase Nitrogen Flux to Estuaries?

Speaker: Dr. Arthur J. Gold, Professor and Chair, Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island

2:30-3:30pm, University of New Hampshire, McConnell Hall, Room 220

Title: River Restoration by Dam Removal in New England

Speaker: Dr. Francis Magilligan, Professor of Geography, Dartmouth

Students: Deadlines are approaching for many of the graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship opportunities available from the Insitute for Broadening Participation. Visit PathwaystoScience.org to browse scholarship listings and sign up to receive notifications about programs.

CS4NH is about expanding K12 access to Computer Science education. Launch Day will be a gathering of multiple stakeholders to build consensus and provide FREE professional development for educators.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program (SRP) invites you to join us for a free webinar on Funding Opportunities for U.S. Small Businesses developing environmental technologies. This webinar is designed to help small businesses and academic researchers better understand the different agencies that fund environmental technologies, and the fundamental goals of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.