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Senators head to Portsmouth Middle School to promote education in STEM

Bret Belden April 27, 2015

By Ken Johnson Former Staff Writer PORTSMOUTH – Friday morning Portsmouth Middle School (PMS) was awash with the sounds of cheering, laughter and hip-hop, all in the name of Sir Isaac Newton.  The students...

Dorfsman ruling overturned and professor terminated from UNH

Bret Belden February 26, 2015

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer The Strafford County Superior Court has dismissed former associate professor of Spanish Marco Dorfsman from his position at the University of New Hampshire, overturning the...

Search for the next UNH provost begins

Bret Belden February 12, 2015

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer University of New Hampshire President Mark Huddleston announced the beginning of the search for the new provost for the university and the vice president for enrollment management...

MacFarlane speaks on decision to leave UNH

Bret Belden February 10, 2015

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer The University of New Hampshire announced via a statement in an email to the UNH community on Jan. 30 that Provost Lisa MacFarlane would be leaving her position at UNH to...

Historic downtown Durham gets a face-lift

Bret Belden February 2, 2015

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer Downtown Durham is bustling with construction activity. On Madbury Road, work on Madbury Commons is going strong. When completed, Madbury Commons will hold student apartments,...

UNH Manchester set to change location

Bret Belden January 26, 2015

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer MANCHESTER — When students attending The University of New Hampshire at Manchester return from Spring Break, they will be seeing a new look for the commuter college. The...

Car crashes claim the lives of student, alumnus

Bret Belden January 26, 2015

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer Sadly, over the winter break two Wildcats passed away in separate car accidents. Riley Leavitt, 21 of Dover, who was taking classes at the Thompson School passed away on the...

Durham glowing with holiday spirit

Bret Belden December 5, 2014

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer On Thursday evening, Durham was awash in holiday colors, Christmas decorations and the sound of Christmas music filtering through the air. The Durham Business Association...

Lecturers outnumbering tenured professors on campus

Bret Belden December 5, 2014

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer Lecturers have been increasing in numbers over the years, and some wonder how their working conditions compare to tenure-track professors and how fair they are. So far, the...

Can Confucius Institute lecturers speak their mind?

Bret Belden November 18, 2014

By Ken Johnson and Tom Spencer Some fear that the University of New Hampshire has foreign lecturers and teaching staff who are not free to speak their own minds. The teachers are part of the Confucius...

Sigma Alpha event raises funds for Heifer International

Bret Belden November 18, 2014

By Ken Johnson, Staff Writer The sisters of Sigma Alpha brought a night of retro game shows and laughs to collect money for their philanthropy. The sorority put on a University of New Hampshire version...

UNH Anthem: Student focused music video

Bret Belden November 4, 2014

Information compiled by Ken Johnson, Staff Writer Representing UNH “This is a student-focused piece, [it] was not conducted by any department,” UNH senior Vinny Mwano said. He said he did, however,...

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