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  • poinsettias
    - Popular Poinsettia Open House
    The popular Poinsettia Trials Open House is at the Â鶹app Dec. 5 – 7, 2013. The Macfarlane Greenhouses, the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, and... Read More
  • earth from space
    - Back to the Future
    This image shows a future view of the world in equilibrium at 2,000 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide (current level is 393 ppm). Sea level is higher by some 260... Read More
  • yellow pumpkin named Sunlight
    - The Great (Yellow and White) Pumpkin
    There’s a new pumpkin in the patch and consumers have Brent Loy to thank. A professor of plant biology and genetics, Loy is a plant breeder. During his 45 years doing research at... Read More
  • moose infected by ticks
    - Tick, Tick, Moose
    Up to 100,000 winter ticks can live on a moose, causing severe hair loss and reduced reproductive productivity. Photo courtesy Daniel Bergeron In New Hampshire, the mighty moose... Read More
  • bee
    - The Bees and Dinosaurs Connection
    For the first time ever, scientists have documented a widespread extinction of bees that occurred 65 million years ago, concurrent with the massive event that wiped out land... Read More
  • bobtail squid
    - Creature Feature
    Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes UNH microbiologists have received a $716,000 to study the evolution of beneficial microbes by examining the relationship between the... Read More
  • vikki rodgers
    - Schooled Here, Alum Wins Teaching Excellence Prize at Babson College
    Vikki Rodgers studying how plants respond to climate change at the Boston Area Climate Experiment in Waltham, MA. (Photo credit: Webb Chapel). As an undergraduate studying biology... Read More
  • students on ireland study abroad trip
    - The Luck of the Irish Scholars
    The Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the College of Life Sciences (COLSA) at the Â鶹app (UNH), Kim Babbitt, is no stranger to student requests that she... Read More
  • betty sideman
    - Moving Right Along
    Becky Sideman, a vegetable and berry specialist with UNH Cooperative Extension, will use cutting edge technology to assist with crop research and classroom teaching. Read More
  • students participating in project smart
    - Smart Students Study Cutting-edge Science with Project Smart
    In the crowded atrium of Morse Hall, large posters mounted on easels described cutting-edge science ranging from genetically engineered plants to 3-D bio-printing to an ultra-low... Read More