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Most Connecticut Residents Disapprove Of Trump Foreign Policy, See Decision To Start Iran Conflict As Wrong 6/29/2026, Unh Survey Center Jun 2026

Most Connecticut Residents Disapprove Of Trump Foreign Policy, See Decision To Start Iran Conflict As Wrong 6/29/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Nearly two-thirds of Connecticut residents disapprove of President Trump's handling of foreign policy and the economy, along with his overall job performance. A similar percentage of Connecticut residents believe the decision to attack Iran was wrong, very few expect the recent memorandum between the U.S. and Iran to produce a full agreement to resolve outstanding issues, and a majority oppose restarting military operations if no deal is reached regarding Iran's nuclear program.


The Rise Of Options Contracts In Sports, The Post-Murphy Regulatory Conundrum, And Implications On Federalism, Scott Barboza Jun 2026

The Rise Of Options Contracts In Sports, The Post-Murphy Regulatory Conundrum, And Implications On Federalism, Scott Barboza

UNH Sports Law Review

The Supreme Court’s decision in Murphy v. N.C.A.A. dismantled the federal prohibition on state-authorized sports betting and returned its primary regulatory authority over to the states. Following Murphy, states adopted widely varying sports-betting regimes. At the same time, advances in financial technology and the growing popularity of prediction markets created a new form of event-based speculation operating outside the traditional sportsbook model. Platforms such as Kalshi began offering “yes-no” contracts tied to sporting outcomes through federally regulated exchanges overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, framing such products not as wagers, but as financial derivatives governed by the Commodity Exchange …


New Playbook: How The Modern College Sports Legal Landscape Shapes The Women Athlete Experience And Future, Hannah Martin Jun 2026

New Playbook: How The Modern College Sports Legal Landscape Shapes The Women Athlete Experience And Future, Hannah Martin

UNH Sports Law Review

This Article examines how the emergence of Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) rights and the approval of the House settlement have transformed the experience and future of women college athletes. For the first time in modern college athletics, athletes are permitted to profit from their personal brands through endorsements, sponsorships, social media promotions, and institutional revenue-sharing opportunities. These developments have created unprecedented visibility and economic opportunity for women athletes, particularly in sports such as basketball, gymnastics, and volleyball, where athletes have demonstrated significant commercial value and audience engagement. At the same time, the rapid commercialization of college sports has introduced …


Doing Away With The Ncaa’S Duration Of Eligibility Rules, Michael Lewis Jun 2026

Doing Away With The Ncaa’S Duration Of Eligibility Rules, Michael Lewis

UNH Sports Law Review

The NCAA imposes durational eligibility limits restricting a student athlete’s eligibility to compete in college sports. Under NCAA rules, an athlete is granted four-seasons of competition in any single sport and no more than five-years of eligibility commencing at matriculation. These rules have come under increasing scrutiny in federal court, as the law acknowledges commercial realities. In numerous cases, federal district courts have enjoined their enforcement against Division I football players under the Sherman Act. On the eve of the Final Four, 2026, the White House weighed in, expressing support for durational limits, and arguing (without support) that imposing limits …


Immigration Law Meets College Athlete Pay: How U.S. Immigration Law Excludes International College Athletes From The Compensation Revolution, Jeff Justiz Jun 2026

Immigration Law Meets College Athlete Pay: How U.S. Immigration Law Excludes International College Athletes From The Compensation Revolution, Jeff Justiz

UNH Sports Law Review

When the House v. NCAA settlement authorized up to $20.5 million in annual direct revenue-sharing payments to college athletes, it resolved one century-old injustice and quietly created another. For the approximately 15,000 international student-athletes competing on F-1 visas, the same payments that enrich their domestic teammates may constitute unauthorized employment under federal immigration law, threatening deportation and visa revocation. This Note argues that the House settlement has exposed a structural collision between NCAA compensation policy and F-1 immigration doctrine that existing visa categories – the P-1A, the O-1, and various permanent-residency pathways – are individually incapable of resolving. Using Poa …


Editor's Foreword, Isabelle Silva Jun 2026

Editor's Foreword, Isabelle Silva

UNH Sports Law Review

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Institutional Influences And The Governance And Administration Of The Programa Produtor De Água Payment For Ecosystem Services Program In Brazil, Thomas G. Safford Jun 2026

Institutional Influences And The Governance And Administration Of The Programa Produtor De Água Payment For Ecosystem Services Program In Brazil, Thomas G. Safford

Faculty Publications

Payment-for-Ecosystem-Services (PES) has been promoted as an innovative approach to environmental governance capable of simultaneously advancing conservation and sustainable development objectives. While studies commonly assess the ecological and economic performance of PES schemes, less attention has been given to their organizational and administrative effectiveness. This study examines these governance dimensions of one of Latin America’s most prominent PES initiatives—the Water Producer Program (WPP) in Brazil. Drawing on a meta-synthesis of 125 publications, the analysis investigates how regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive institutional forces shaped WPP implementation. Guided by neo-institutional theory and institutional bricolage, findings show that WPP governance operated through hybrid …


Research And Innovation Update, June 10, 2026, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation Jun 2026

Research And Innovation Update, June 10, 2026, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Granite Staters See Artificial Intelligence As Negative For U.S. But Ai Use At Home & Work Increases 6/4/2026, Unh Survey Center Jun 2026

Granite Staters See Artificial Intelligence As Negative For U.S. But Ai Use At Home & Work Increases 6/4/2026, Unh Survey Center

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Nearly two-thirds of New Hampshire residents believe artificial intelligence will have a negative effect on the country over the next ten years, particularly young people. New Hampshire residents are very pessimistic about the effect of AI on jobs, elections, the cost of utilities, personal relationships, the environment, and the news. Working Granite Staters increasingly report using AI at work, but a majority say it has not affected their work productivity and one in five think it is likely that they will lose their job due to AI within the next ten years. Two-thirds of state residents report using AI in …


Mainers Remain Wary Of Artificial Intelligence But Positive Feelings And Use Of Ai Have Increased 6/4/2026, Unh Survey Center Jun 2026

Mainers Remain Wary Of Artificial Intelligence But Positive Feelings And Use Of Ai Have Increased 6/4/2026, Unh Survey Center

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A majority of Maine residents think artificial intelligence (AI) will have a negative effect on the country over the next ten years, and many are pessimistic about the effect of AI on news, elections, the environment, and personal relationships. A majority of working Mainers report using AI at their job, particularly those with a college degree or more education, and a majority say it has made them more productive. Chat GPT is the most popular large language model (LLM) among AI users in the Pine Tree State, but Claude is the highest rated LLM among users. Following Governor Mills' veto …


Aging Actively, Jada Lindblom, Guangzhou Chen Jun 2026

Aging Actively, Jada Lindblom, Guangzhou Chen

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.


Guide: How To Set Up And Manage Your Google Business Profile, Jesse Wright Jun 2026

Guide: How To Set Up And Manage Your Google Business Profile, Jesse Wright

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.


Research And Innovation Update, May 27, 2026, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation May 2026

Research And Innovation Update, May 27, 2026, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.


Belknap County 4-H Fair Handbook 2026, Alison Coleman May 2026

Belknap County 4-H Fair Handbook 2026, Alison Coleman

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.


Durham Police Captain Discusses Safety, Transparency And The Importance Of Community Outreach, Valerie Reynolds May 2026

Durham Police Captain Discusses Safety, Transparency And The Importance Of Community Outreach, Valerie Reynolds

Digital Edition

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Research And Innovation Update, May 13, 2026, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation May 2026

Research And Innovation Update, May 13, 2026, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.


4-H Exhibit Hall Packet For The 2026 North Haverhill Fair, Extension May 2026

4-H Exhibit Hall Packet For The 2026 North Haverhill Fair, Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.


Jeffrey Sohl Named Unh Paul J. Holloway Entrepreneur Of The Year, Katherine Keenan May 2026

Jeffrey Sohl Named Unh Paul J. Holloway Entrepreneur Of The Year, Katherine Keenan

UNH Today Archive

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Granite Staters See Social Media As Harmful To Society But Most Still Use It At Least Occasionally 5/5/2026, Unh Survey Center May 2026

Granite Staters See Social Media As Harmful To Society But Most Still Use It At Least Occasionally 5/5/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Social media users in New Hampshire on average report using social media platforms nearly 17 hours per week, with YouTube and Facebook being the most popular. A majority say their social media usage has stayed about the same over the past 12 months but just over half want to use social media less often. About a third of users in the state believe social media has a negative effect on their mental health and overall life, particularly those under the age of 35, women, and those with a college degree or more education. Granite Staters overall are quite critical in …


Massachusetts Users Split On Personal Impact Of Social Media But Most See Negative Effect For Society 5/5/2026, Unh Survey Center May 2026

Massachusetts Users Split On Personal Impact Of Social Media But Most See Negative Effect For Society 5/5/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Social media users in Massachusetts report using social media platforms just over 18 hours per week and nearly half want to use social media less often. YouTube is the most commonly used platform, though the small number who use Snapchat and Discord report using it quite frequently. Democrats and those under the age of 35 report being the most prolific users of social media. Three in eight users in the state believe social media has a negative effect on their mental health, but a plurality of the heaviest social media users say it improves their mental health. Bay Staters are …


More Than A Quarter Of Social Media Users In Rhode Island Feel Addicted, Most Young Users Want To Use It Less 5/5/2026, Unh Survey Center May 2026

More Than A Quarter Of Social Media Users In Rhode Island Feel Addicted, Most Young Users Want To Use It Less 5/5/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Social media users in Rhode Island report using social media platforms nearly 22 hours per week. More than half of social media users want to use it less, particularly those under 50, and more than a quarter feel addicted to social media. YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram are used by the most Rhode Islanders, but the fifth of state residents who use TikTok report using it most frequently. Heavy users of social media report higher feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress. Most Rhode Islanders believe social media has a negative effect on productivity, mental health, and on society in general, and …


Connecticut Residents Report Higher Social Media Use Than Neighbors, Most Say Social Media Negative For Society 5/5/2026, Unh Survey Center May 2026

Connecticut Residents Report Higher Social Media Use Than Neighbors, Most Say Social Media Negative For Society 5/5/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Social media users in Connecticut report using social media platforms just over 24 hours per week, higher than residents of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. More than half of social media users want to use it less, particularly those under 50, and a quarter feel addicted to social media. YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram are the most popular platforms among Connecticut residents, with YouTube used most frequently. Connecticut residents generally believe social media has a somewhat positive effect on creativity, but most feel it has a negative effect on productivity, mental health, and on society in general, and bipartisan majorities …


A Comprehensive Sustainability Assessment Of The Unh Wildcat Transit System: Integrating Environmental, Economic, And Social Dimensions, Nicholas Andrew-Jin Eagan May 2026

A Comprehensive Sustainability Assessment Of The Unh Wildcat Transit System: Integrating Environmental, Economic, And Social Dimensions, Nicholas Andrew-Jin Eagan

Master's Theses and Capstones

The transportation section remains one of the largest contributors of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions due to private vehicles being the dominant mode of transit. Pushing for increased usage of public transit offers significant potential for decarbonization. This study provides a sustainability assessment of the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Wildcat Transit System across environmental, economic, and social dimensions aimed at providing education on low-emission fleet strategies. Life Cycle Analysis LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) were used to measure environmental and economic impacts in the fleet of 30 vehicles operating on compressed natural gas (CNG) and biodiesel B20 fuel. …


Permeability And Mechanical Response Of Propped Fractured Rocks Under Varied Fluid Viscosities, Hebatalla A. Ghoneim May 2026

Permeability And Mechanical Response Of Propped Fractured Rocks Under Varied Fluid Viscosities, Hebatalla A. Ghoneim

Doctoral Dissertations

Hydraulic fracturing relies on proppants to preserve fracture conductivity under reservoir stresses. The long-term performance of propped fractures is influenced by grain crushing, redistribution of fines, pack rearrangement, proppant–rock embedment, and shear deformation. These mechanisms are not fully understood under combined compression and shear stress paths, particularly when viscous carrier fluids interact with fractured rock and proppant packs. This dissertation provides experimental data and device development to characterize proppant and rock behavior relevant to these coupled mechanical and hydraulic processes.Proppant grain-scale strength and pack-scale mechanical response were first examined through uniaxial grain tests, crushing tests, and drained and undrained triaxial …


J.R.R. Tolkien’S Creation Of The Modern Fantasy Genre As A Response To Modernity By Way Of A Return To A Past Inspired By The Middle Ages, As Revealed Through The Creatures Of Middle-Earth, Regarding Race, Gender, Empire, And Religion, Jonathan Levitt May 2026

J.R.R. Tolkien’S Creation Of The Modern Fantasy Genre As A Response To Modernity By Way Of A Return To A Past Inspired By The Middle Ages, As Revealed Through The Creatures Of Middle-Earth, Regarding Race, Gender, Empire, And Religion, Jonathan Levitt

Doctoral Dissertations

Fantasy authors existed well before and during J.R.R Tolkien’s time, but he brought a new gravitas to the genre, building upon but disposing of and reconceptualizing conventional notions (such as the presence of fairies) to earn his moniker as the father of the modern fantasy genre. Although Tolkien’s stories are inspired by Northern myths, the world he creates is to be understood as historically real, as it incorporates authentic linguistic and cultural underpinnings of a society informed by his experience as a philologist and professor of Anglo Saxon. The intensity and longevity of Tolkien’s influence on the literary world and …


Who Works From Home, What Is It Worth, And Where Do They Live? Occupational Classification, Work Arrangement Preferences, And Residential Location Choice, Logan Robert Malone May 2026

Who Works From Home, What Is It Worth, And Where Do They Live? Occupational Classification, Work Arrangement Preferences, And Residential Location Choice, Logan Robert Malone

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation examines work-from-home (WFH) arrangements through three complementary lenses: occupational feasibility, worker preferences, and residential location choice. The first chapter develops a continuous tools-based measure of WFH potential using the Department of Labor's O*NET Tools and Technology Supplement, which documents the tools used in each occupation. By categorizing tools according to their consistency with remote work and aggregating to the occupation level, I construct a measure that closely aligns with existing classifications while offering finer-grained distinctions than the binary categorizations common in the literature. The tools-based measure agrees with a widely cited task-based measure for approximately 80% of occupations …


Gli2-Mediated Regulation Of Immunoglobulin Class Switching And Heavy Chain Locus Activity, Casey Paige Baumann May 2026

Gli2-Mediated Regulation Of Immunoglobulin Class Switching And Heavy Chain Locus Activity, Casey Paige Baumann

Master's Theses and Capstones

Class switch recombination (CSR) enables B cells to generate antibodies with diverse effector functions through recombination at the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) locus. This process requires coordinated transcriptional activation and DNA repair, yet its regulation remains incompletely defined. The transcription factor GLI2, a mediator of Hedgehog signaling, has been implicated in transcriptional control, but its role in CSR and IGH regulation is not well understood. To investigate the contribution of GLI2 to CSR, splenocytes from WT and hematopoietic-specific Gli2-deficient (H-Gli2-/-) mice were stimulated ex-vivo to induce switching to IgG1. Analysis of germline transcription, DNA repair enzyme expression, and post-switch transcripts …


Ptap Online Municipal Tracking Tool Instructions, Unh Stormwater Center May 2026

Ptap Online Municipal Tracking Tool Instructions, Unh Stormwater Center

UNH Stormwater Center

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Designing Innovative Science Learning Activities: The Virtual Reality “Charge Playground” And Interdisciplinary Curriculum For Lightning Instrumentation Design, Gus Otto Eberlein May 2026

Designing Innovative Science Learning Activities: The Virtual Reality “Charge Playground” And Interdisciplinary Curriculum For Lightning Instrumentation Design, Gus Otto Eberlein

Master's Theses and Capstones

As the population of students learning introductory physics continues to grow and diversify, it becomes necessary to incorporate an equally diverse array of learning materials in these courses to suit the new dynamic of the physics classroom. In this thesis, I present my work designing, developing, evaluating, and refining instructional tools for science educators. First, I present the “Charge Playground,” an immersive Virtual Reality application for the Meta Quest VR headset. The Charge Playground abstractly visualizes the electric field, potential, and force generated by a configuration of electric charges in a novel, interactive way. I describe the motivation behind incorporating …


Have You Seen This? Impact Of Concussion And Memory On Narrative Retells Of Silent Animated Films, Lauren Kate Harrington May 2026

Have You Seen This? Impact Of Concussion And Memory On Narrative Retells Of Silent Animated Films, Lauren Kate Harrington

Master's Theses and Capstones

AbstractBackground: Concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that are often associated with short- and long-term cognitive impacts. Two specific cognitive skills people with concussion exhibit deficits in are working memory- the ability to retain and manipulate newly presented information- and episodic memory- memory of scenes that have occurred, similar to recalling a television episode. Previous studies have revealed mixed results in differences of narrative length between speakers with and without concussion; however, more information is needed on the relationship between memory and narrative production in speakers with concussion. Aims: This study compares the total number of utterances and mean …