News, Events & Announcements

Graduate Events

Please consider signing up for one of our many useful and educational events being provided this fall; get more information, and register now, using our online registration form. Here is a list of upcoming events:

Preparing Future Faculty Mailing List

Please consider joining our PFF mailing list for information on all the upcoming PFF events for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010; sign up using our online registration form.

Cornucopia Care Baskets Fall 2009 Drive: This Thanksgiving season, Cornucopia is looking at the challenging prospect of organizing and distributing over 150 requests for baskets. We will be organizing food baskets for the winter holidays as well, and expect the same need. We would appreciate any donations that will help us to reach this goal. For complete details visit the Cornucopia Website.

We'd like to thank all those who have contributed in the past, and hope that we can count on your help and the help of many new contributors this year. We wish you all a wonderful autumn and Thanksgiving holiday.

From Conflict to Pluralism: Early American history seems pastoral at first glance, but as one history doctoral student delves into the records, she finds a more complex story.

When Mary Fuhrer noticed how popular the tour guide playing the gossipy “old biddy” character was at Old Sturbridge Village, she had a “click” experience. As a post-M.A. research fellow at the museum, Fuhrer had recently discovered a riche cache of diaries, letters, account books, and school copybooks from a Worcester County farming town. This cache documented intense feuding between religious sects, quarreling with hired help, ostracizing problem drinkers, condemning bastard births, bickering over reform organizations, and tensions between fathers and sons—tensions indicative of rapid social change in the Jacksonian period.    Read more ...

New Graduate School Website: We updated our website this Fall with a fresh new look.  The entire website has been redone from scratch which means many of the old links will no longer work.  If you are having trouble finding something try the search form (upper right hand corner of site), the site index (which is still being developed), send us email, or give us a call at 603-862-3000.

We are also looking for feedback.  If you have suggestions, comments, or can't find something please let us know. 

Stone Wall Critters: Graduate students Ben Tupper and Annie Schulzinger studied the residents of old stone walls as part of their Summer Institute in Environmental Education research project.  Read about it at their Stone Wall Critters Wikispace.

Research/Scholarship/Creativity Award: This award is designed to recognize graduate student research/scholarship and other creative works that represents the best overall contribution to the discipline. 2008-2009 Awards.

Graduate Student Teaching Award: Graduate Teaching Assistants contribute significantly to the teaching mission of the University. These awards are designed to recognize graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in teaching. 2008-2009 Awards.

Dissertation Year Fellowship Interviews: This Fellowship is awarded annually to doctoral students who have exhibited quality academic performance and exhibit future promise. These interview were conducted to familiarize you with their research and their work in the community.

Award Nominations Now Online

As of October 30th, 2009, the Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, Graduate Student Research/Scholarship/Creativity Award and the Graduate Student Teaching Award nomination forms are now available online.  You can also download the applications from our forms page.

Part-time Scholarhip Applications Available

As of October 16th, 2009, the Part-time Tuition Scholarships, for Semester II, 2009-2010, applications become available at the Graduate School.  You can also download the applications from our forms page.

Dissertation Year Fellowships Available

As of October 16th, 2009,The Graduate School is pleased to announce the opening of competition for Dissertation Fellowships for the 2010-11 academic year. The purpose of these fellowships is to recognize and support outstanding UNH doctoral students in the final year of their Ph.D. programs. A committee of graduate faculty representing the colleges/schools of the University will evaluate the applications and make recommendations for awards.