2023 Sustainability Awards Funding Recipients

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All nominees for the 2023 UNH Sustainability Awards were invited to submit a proposal for funding between $250 and $2500 to extend their sustainability work or projects. These proposals—and over 40 were submitted—ran the gamut from working toward climate-resilient food production, to sustainable printing practices, to applied waste management in our own labs, and to structural environmental racism. Thanks to our partnership with Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project () in the College of Liberal Arts, a pool of $32,000 in support of these initiatives is being awarded. In different, but mutually beneficial ways, RGSCP and the Sustainability Institute seek to ensure sustainable and ethically responsible responses to the challenges we face today. Ìý

In the spirit of helping support emerging efforts to advance sustainability, we are proud to announce the recipients of the 2023 Sustainability Financial Incentive awards—awards that look to support the future expansion of sustainability-related research, curriculum, and engagement in the next academic year.Ìý Congratulations to all!


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Faculty

±á±ð¾±»å¾±ÌýAsbjornsen​,ÌýProfessor, Natural Resources and theÌýEnvironment​

³§±ð³¾°ù²¹ÌýAytur​,ÌýProfessor, Department of Health ManagementÌý​and Policy​

Thomas P. Ballestero​,ÌýUNH Coastal Habitat Research Team andÌý​UNH Stormwater Center​

Bonnie Brown​,ÌýProfessor and Chair, Department of BiologicalÌýSciences​

CristinaÌýFaiver-Serna​,ÌýPostdoctoral Diversity and Innovation Scholar​

Kaitlynn Liset​,ÌýClinical Assistant Professor, DepartmentÌý​of Nursing​

Judy Sharkey​,ÌýJohn & H. Irene Peters Professor of Education; Core Faculty, Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Liberal Arts​

Sherri Simmons-Horton​,ÌýAssistant Professor, Department of Social Work​

Mary Stampone​,ÌýAssociate Professor and NH State Climatologist,ÌýDepartment of Geography​

Amy Taetzsch​,ÌýClinical Assistant Professor, Department ofÌýAgriculture, Nutrition and Food Systems​

StaffÌý

Katharine Duderstadt​,ÌýResearch Scientist, Earth Systems Research Center​

ZeannyÌýEgea​,ÌýProgram Manager, Health and Well-being,Ìý​UNH Cooperative Extension

Katherine Gaudet​,ÌýAssociate Director, Hamel Honors and Scholars College andÌýAffiliate Professor, Department of Classics,ÌýHumanities, and Italian Studies​

Darleen Smith​,ÌýGraphic Designer, UNH Printing Services​

Students

Roozbeh Ghasemi '24G​,ÌýPhD student, Department of Civil andÌýEnvironmental Engineering​

Kayla Landino '25​,ÌýDepartment of Occupational Therapy​

Samantha Pearson '25​,ÌýDepartment of Physics & Astronomy

Clara Richards '23​,ÌýDepartment of Economics​

Sydney Rollins '24G​,ÌýBiotechnology Master's Program

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