Points of Interest

"Despite the pandemic, in 2020 the UNH PAWS Veterinary Clinic served 81 low-income pet owners with 120 pets, including dogs, cats, rabbits and even a couple of birds. UNH veterinary technology students participate in this service-learning opportunity to develop important hands-on skills."

- SARAH PROCTOR, clinical associate professor and veterinary technology program coordinator

"UNH was the first university federally and state licensed to sell student-made beer, produced at COLSA’s brewing science laboratory. In non-COVID times, beer made by UNH students is sold to local restaurants and growlers are sold right from the brewery a couple times a month (location and dates posted at @UNHbrewlab on Facebook). The money goes back into ingredients for the next student-generated idea. Three of the most popular brews to date are Irish Upon A Maple, an Irish stout with maple syrup from a student’s farm; Harvest Thyme, a brown ale that included upcycled bread ends from the UNH dining halls; and Arguta Sour, an ale with kiwiberries and strawberries from UNH’s Woodman Farm."

- CHERYL PARKER ’00, UNH Brewing Science Laboratory manager and brewing science instructor

UNH student uses maple syrup during brewing process of Irish Upon Maple, an Irish stout produced in the UNH Brewing Science Laboratory.

"In 2021, the UNH equine program celebrates the 50th anniversary of the UNH Horse Trials, the only licensed eventing competition held on a college campus in the country and one of the oldest eventing competitions on record. With COVID suspending external activities, students in the equine program hosted the first ever UNH Virtual Dressage Show this fall. Nearly 100 riders from North Carolina to Colorado entered the virtual competition, submitting videos of rides that were compiled into playlists and shared with the judge. Coordinating the virtual show gave students an opportunity to gain practical skills in competition management despite the pandemic."

- CHRISTINA KEIM, senior lecturer in equine program and coach of the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association hunt seat team

"UNH, home to the first organic dairy research farm at a land-grant university, also has the only commercial-scale, heat-generating, aerated, static-composting system."

- JOHN ABER, professor of environmental sciences with a focus on sustainable ecosystem management

"Of the four new hagfish species research partner Doug Fudge from Chapman University and I discovered in the Galapagos last year, one is completely albino. It was named Eptatretus phantasma. Hagfish slime, which is used to clog predators’ gills, might be one of the most unique biomaterials in existence, and understanding how the slime is produced could provide valuable information for efforts to develop bio-inspired textiles."

- DAVID PLACHETZKI, associate professor of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences with focus on evolutionary biology