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Unh Kicks Off 150th Anniversary, Erika Mantz

UNH Today Archive

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Patent Law, Copyright Law, And The Girl Germs Effect, Ann Bartow

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] "Inventors pursue patents and authors receive copyrights.

No special education is required for either endeavor, and nothing

precludes a person from being both an author and an inventor.

Inventors working on patentable industrial projects geared

toward commercial exploitation tend to be scientists or engineers.

Authors, with the exception of those writing computer code, tend

to be educated or trained in the creative arts, such as visual art,

performance art, music, dance, acting, creative writing, film

making, and architectural drawing. There is a well-warranted

societal supposition that most of the inventors of patentable

inventions are male. Assumptions about the genders …

Public Awareness Of The Scientific Consensus On Climate, Lawrence C. Hamilton

Sociology

Questions about climate change elicit some of the widest political divisions of any items on recent U.S. surveys. Severe polarization affects even basic questions about the reality of anthropogenic climate change (ACC), or whether most scientists agree that humans are changing the Earth’s climate. Statements about scientific consensus have been contentious among social scientists, with some arguing for consensus awareness as a “gateway cognition” that leads to greater public acceptance of ACC, but others characterizing consensus messaging (deliberate communication about the level of scientific agreement) as a counterproductive tactic that exacerbates polarization. A series of statewide surveys, with nationwide benchmarks, …

Acm/Ieee-Cs Information Technology Curriculum 2017: A Status Update, Mihaela C. Sabin, Svetlana Peltsverger, Cara Tang, Barry M. Lunt

Applied Engineering and Sciences Scholarship

The IT2008 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Technology has been showing its age, and in 2014, the ACM Education Board agreed to oversee the creation of a revision, now being referred to as IT2017. Much progress has been made, and a version 0.6 will be ready by Oct 2016. All proposed panel members are members of the IT2017 Task Group.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 106 [107], No. 07 (Sep. 26, 2016), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 106, but it is the 107th volume in the series.

Twenty-Four Years Of Teaching Science Has Its Rewards, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

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One Hundred And Fifty Remarkable Wildcats, Kristin Waterfield Duisberg

UNH Today Archive

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Comparison Of Permanganate-Oxidizable Carbon And Mineralizable Carbon For Assessment Of Organic Matter Stabilization And Mineralization, Tunsisa T. Hurisso, Steve W. Culman, William R. Horwath, Jordon Wade, Deandra Cass, Joshua W. Beniston, Timothy M. Bowles, A. Stuart Grandy, Alan J. Franzluebbers, Meagan E. Schipanski, Shawn T. Lucas, Carmen M. Ugarte

Faculty Publications

Permanganate-oxidizable C (POXC) and mineralizable C (as determined by short-term aerobic incubation of rewetted soil) are measures of active organic matter that may provide early indication of soil C stabilization and mineralization processes. To date, the relationship between these two promising active organic matter tests has not been comprehensively evaluated, and little is known about their functional role in the soil ecosystem. Here, we examined the relationship between POXC and mineralizable C across a wide range of soil types, management histories, and geographic locations across the United States (13 studies, 76 total sites; n = 1071) and the ability of …

Aptitude For Discovery, Carrie Sherman

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Unh Alumna Honored With Presidential Award For Outstanding Math And Science Teachers, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

News, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Slowed Biogeochemical Cycling In Sub-Arctic Birch Forest Linked To Reduced Mycorrhizal Growth And Community Change After A Defoliation Event, Thomas C. Parker, Jesse J. Sadowsky, Haley Dunleavy, Jens-Arne Subke, Serita D. Frey, Philip A. Wookey

Faculty Publications

Sub-arctic birch forests (Betula pubescens Ehrh. ssp. czerepanovii) periodically suffer large-scale defoliation events caused by the caterpillars of the geometrid moths Epirrita autumnata and Operophtera brumata. Despite their obvious influence on ecosystem primary productivity, little is known about how the associated reduction in belowground C allocation affects soil processes. We quantified the soil response following a natural defoliation event in sub-arctic Sweden by measuring soil respiration, nitrogen availability and ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) hyphal production and root tip community composition. There was a reduction in soil respiration and an accumulation of soil inorganic N in defoliated plots, symptomatic of a slowdown …

The Ability Model Of Emotional Intelligence: Principles And Updates, John D. Mayer, David R. Caruso, Peter Salovey

Psychology

This article presents seven principles that have guided our thinking about emotional intelligence, some of them new. We have reformulated our original ability model here guided by these principles, clarified earlier statements of the model that were unclear, and revised portions of it in response to current research. In this revision, we also positioned emotional intelligence amidst other hot intelligences including personal and social intelligences, and examined the implications of the changes to the model. We discuss the present and future of the concept of emotional intelligence as a mental ability.

Eleven Years Of Crop Diversification Alters Decomposition Dynamics Of Litter Mixtures Incubated With Soil, M. D. Mcdaniel, A. Stuart Grandy, Lisa K. Tiemann, Michael N. Weintraub

Faculty Publications

Agricultural crop rotations have been shown to increase soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and microbial biomass. The mechanisms behind these increases remain unclear, but may be linked to the diversity of crop residue inputs to soil organic matter (SOM). We used a residue mixture incubation to examine how variation in long-term diversity of plant communities in agroecosystems influences decomposition of residue mixtures, thus providing a comparison of the effects of plant diversification on decomposition in the long term (via crop rotation) and short term (via residue mixtures). Three crop residue mixtures, ranging in diversity from two to four species, were …

Union Fellow, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Space Physicist Professor Honored As American Geophysical Union Fellow, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Precision Control Of Soil Nitrogen Cycling Via Soil Functional Zone Management, Alwyn Williams, Adam S. Davis, Patrick M. Ewing, A. Stuart Grandy, Daniel A. Kane, Roger T. A. Koide, David A. Mortensen, Richard G. Smith, Sieglinde S. Snapp, Kurt A. Spokas, Anthony C. Yannarell, Nicholas R. Jordan

Faculty Publications

Managing the soil nitrogen (N) cycle is a major component of agricultural sustainability. Soil functional zone management (zonal management) is a novel agroecological strategy for managing row-crop agroecosystems. It may improve the efficiency of soil N cycling compared with conventional and no-tillage approaches, by managing the timing and location (crop row vs inter-row) of key soil N cycling processes. We compared N mineralization and availability during the period of maize peak N demand in crop rows and inter-rows in zonal management and conventional chisel plow tillage systems at four sites across the US Corn Belt over three growing seasons. Under …

Latin American Perspectives To Internationalize Undergraduate Information Technology Education, Mihaela C. Sabin, Barbara Viola, John Impagliazzo, Renzo Angles, Mariela Curiel, Paul Leger, Jorge Murillo, Hernan Nina, Jose Antonio Pow-Sang, Ignacio Trejos

Applied Engineering and Sciences Scholarship

The computing education community expects modern curricular guidelines for information technology (IT) undergraduate degree programs by 2017. The authors of this work focus on eliciting and analyzing Latin American academic and industry perspectives on IT undergraduate education. The objective is to ensure that the IT curricular framework in the IT2017 report articulates the relationship between academic preparation and the work environment of IT graduates in light of current technological and educational trends in Latin America and elsewhere. Activities focus on soliciting and analyzing survey data collected from institutions and consortia in IT education and IT professional and educational societies in …

Granite State College Graduate Studies 2016-2017 Catalog, Granite State College

Granite State College Catalogs

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Granite State College Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017, Granite State College

Granite State College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Using Social Media To Enhance Student Learning, Patricia A. Halpin

Life Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Use of Twitter for asynchronous discussions on selected science topics.

Industry And Faculty Surveys Call For Increased Collaboration To Prepare Information Technology Graduates, Mihaela C. Sabin

Applied Engineering and Sciences Scholarship

Academic and industry collaborations can help improve computing curricula and student learning experiences. Such collaborations are formally encouraged by accreditation standards. Through the auspices of ACM and IEEE-CS, the IT2017 task group is updating curriculum guidelines for information technology undergraduate degree programs, similar to the regular updates for other computing disciplines. The task group surveyed curriculum preferences of both faculty and industry. The authors, with the group's cooperation, compare US faculty and US industry preferences in mathematics, IT knowledge areas, and student workplace skill sets. Faculty and industry share common ground, which supports optimism about their productive collaboration, but are …

Unh Manchester Celebrates Class Of 2016 At 31st Annual Commencement Ceremony, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Ten Ways To Mark Success, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

"Always Strive To Learn": Donald Plante Delivers Faculty Address At Honors Convocation, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Manchester Celebrates 264 Students At May 19 Graduation Ceremony, Kim Wall

UNH Today Archive

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Donald Plante, Sonic Woytonik Recognized For Excellence In Teaching, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Celebrating Student Achievement At Annual Honors Convocation On May 17, Kim Wall

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Teachers Gather For Second Annual Stem Educators Summit, Kyle Belmont

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

The Arc And Architecture Of Private Enforcement Regimes In The United States And Europe: A View Across The Atlantic, Jason Rathod, Sandeep Veheesan

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

The United States and Europe have traditionally taken very different approaches to the regulation of harmful conduct. Previously, European nations relied almost entirely on the public enforcement of laws, whereas the United States relied on a mix of public and private actors. In the United States, private rights of action have played a central role deterring illegal conduct—and, in fact, provided greater deterrence than public enforcers in some areas of law. They have also allowed injured parties to obtain compensation. Despite their very different histories, the private enforcement systems in the United States and Europe are showing signs of convergence …