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The Magazine of the University of New Hampshire | Winter 2017
Contents UNH, Connected
No ivory tower here: Whether it’s science or social change, for UNH researchers, the best answers to academic questions often arise from community partnerships.
24 150 UNH Moments
“Dulcy” and Duke Ellington. Pepkittens and pat that ‘cat. Part two of our three-part sesquicentennial series looks at some of the defining moments in UNH’s 150-year history.
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Departments 5 | Editor’s Desk 7 | Letters
A Legal Leg-Up
10 | Current
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52 | Class Notes
State Champion
77 | In Memoriam
From the military’s elite Judge Advocate General’s corps to private practice, the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program puts UNH Law grads ahead of the curve.
What has UNH done for New Hampshire lately? Quite a bit, it turns out.
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, GIFT OF HERMAN WENDELL PARKER ’36
high spirits at Homecoming ◆ water wizards ◆ a place for vets ◆ a new black hole ◆ two Bill Bowes(es) ◆ and more Francis DiNuzzo ’78, ’81G Tate Aldrich ’08 Kendall Kunelius ’15 John Lawson ’49 Elizabeth Stewart ’88
80 | Parting Shot
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