COLSA News
Woodsmen Competition Photo Gallery
The UNH woodsmen team, under the tutelage of coach/team alum A.J. Dupere and assistant coach Chris Robarge, horticultural manager for the Thompson School of Applied Science, hosted the annual spring meet last week. Story >>>
UNH Horticultural Tech Students Create Sustainable Landscape
This week, students in a horticultural technology class at the University of New Hampshire's Thompson School for Applied Science completed a final project that will live on long after grade books are closed and the students themselves have graduated. Story >>>
UNH Intercollegiate Dressage Association Team Competes In Nationals April 25 - 27
The University of New Hampshire's Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) team has won the northeast regional championships for the second time. Five riders from the team will compete in the IDA national championships this weekend, April 25 - 27, 2008, at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. Story >>>
UNH Student Volunteers for Relay for Life, Earns Credit
Kristen Morgovonik wants to help people. In particular, the University of New Hampshire freshman from Exeter has chosen the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event at UNH, April 19 - 20, 2008, to work with. Cancer is an issue that has touched her life personally since her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. Unlike other volunteers, Morgovonik is earning college credit through three courses at the Thompson School of Applied Science's community leadership program at UNH. Story >>>
UNH Large Pelagics Public Seminar Series Launches April 8
The University of New Hampshire's Large Pelagics Research Center (LPRC) launches its Nelson "Hammer" Beideman Public Seminar Series April 8 with a lecture on the fate of Atlantic billfishes. The seminar series, named for a successful swordfish boat captain and advocate of fisheries research and conservation, presents internationally acclaimed researchers on billfish, tuna, swordfish and sharks. Story >>>
UNH Thompson School to Launch Culinary Arts Program in Fall '08
Beginning fall 2008, the University of New Hampshire will offer a culinary arts program in its Thompson School of Applied Science (TSAS). This unique chef training program will allow students to partner with University Hospitality Services, where they will have the opportunity to cook meals at Holloway Commons dining hall and the university-run New England Center. It is the only such program in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire. Story >>>
UNH Lilies Ready by Greenhouse Open House March 28 - 29
Chris Robarge and horticultural technology students at the Thompson School of Applied Science at the University of New Hampshire have been planning since December to force spring flowering bulbs, herbs, cyclamen, and Easter lilies into bloom for the earliest Easter in nearly 35 years. Story >>>
Nature: Streams Remove Significant Amounts Of Nitrogen, Preventing Downstream "Dead Zones"
Small streams play a significant role in retaining human-generated nitrogen, serving as the kidneys of watersheds by removing nitrogen before it ends up in estuaries and oceans, finds a paper published this week in the journal Nature. University of New Hampshire professor William McDowell and research scientist Jody Potter, both in the department of natural resources, are among the co-authors of the study, led by Patrick Mulholland of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tenn. Story >>>
UNH Scientists, Students Help Lead Global Change Meetings
At two simultaneous national and international meetings this week, faculty and students from the University of New Hampshire are helping lead efforts focused on improving humanity's understanding of and ability to predict the carbon balance, biome pattern, and effects on biodiversity of global climate change. Story >>>
