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Unh Alum Sets His Sights On Space As Pilot For Spacex Polaris Dawn Mission, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Instructional Technology Tetrahedron And Network Visualization: Conceptualizing Online Teaching Through A Lens Of Reflective Noticing, Jinqing Liu, Orly Buchbinder

Faculty Publications

Online learning and teaching, accelerated by the global pandemic and rapid advancement of digital technology, require novel conceptual and analytical tools to understand better the evolving nature of online teaching. Drawing on the classical model of the instructional triangle and previous attempts to extend it, we propose the Instructional Technology Tetrahedron (ITT)—a conceptual framework that integrates technology into the instructional triangle to represent the role of technology, as a learning tool and a mediator between teachers, students, and content. Combining the ITT framework with network visualization strategies allowed for representing the intensity of interactions within the tetrahedron. We illustrate the …

Instructional Technology Tetrahedron And Network Visualization: Conceptualizing Online Teaching Through A Lens Of Reflective Noticing, Jinqing Liu, Orly Buchbinder

Faculty Publications

Online learning and teaching, accelerated by the global pandemic and rapid advancement of digital technology, require novel conceptual and analytical tools to understand better the evolving nature of online teaching. Drawing on the classical model of the instructional triangle and previous attempts to extend it, we propose the Instructional Technology Tetrahedron (ITT)—a conceptual framework that integrates technology into the instructional triangle to represent the role of technology, as a learning tool and a mediator between teachers, students, and content. Combining the ITT framework with network visualization strategies allowed for representing the intensity of interactions within the tetrahedron. We illustrate the …

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, August 14, 2024, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Dominant Role Of Grazing And Snow Cover Variability On Vegetation Shifts In The Drylands Of Kazakhstan, Venkatesh Kolluru, Ranjeet John, Jiquan Chen, Preethi Konkathi, Srinivas Kolluru, Sakshi Saraf, Geoffrey M. Henebry, Jingfeng Xiao, Khushboo Jain, Maira Kussainova

Faculty Publications

Decomposing the responses of ecosystem structure and function in drylands to changes in human-environmental forcing is a pressing challenge. Though trend detection studies are extensive, these studies often fail to attribute them to potential spatiotemporal drivers. Most attribution studies use a single empirical model or a causal graph that cannot be generalized or extrapolated to larger scales or account for spatial changes and multiple independent processes. Here, we proposed and tested a multi-stage, multi-model framework that detects vegetation trends and attributes them to ten independent social-environmental system (SES) drivers in Kazakhstan (KZ). The time series segmented residual trend analysis showed …

Dominant Role Of Grazing And Snow Cover Variability On Vegetation Shifts In The Drylands Of Kazakhstan, Venkatesh Kolluru, Ranjeet John, Jiquan Chen, Preethi Konkathi, Srinivas Kolluru, Sakshi Saraf, Geoffrey M. Henebry, Jingfeng Xiao, Khushboo Jain, Maira Kussainova

Faculty Publications

Decomposing the responses of ecosystem structure and function in drylands to changes in human-environmental forcing is a pressing challenge. Though trend detection studies are extensive, these studies often fail to attribute them to potential spatiotemporal drivers. Most attribution studies use a single empirical model or a causal graph that cannot be generalized or extrapolated to larger scales or account for spatial changes and multiple independent processes. Here, we proposed and tested a multi-stage, multi-model framework that detects vegetation trends and attributes them to ten independent social-environmental system (SES) drivers in Kazakhstan (KZ). The time series segmented residual trend analysis showed …

Unh Research Offers Better Measurement For Lethal Impact Of Marine Heatwaves, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Unh Research Finds Recent Urban Cities Are Expanding Up, Not Out, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Global Urban Structural Growth Shows A Profound Shift From Spreading Out To Building Up, Steve Frolking, Richa Mahtta, Tom Milliman, Thomas Esch, Karen C. Seto

Faculty Publications

We present a new study examining the dynamics of global urban building growth rates over the past three decades. By combining datasets for 1,550+ cities from several space-borne sensors—data from three scatterometers and settlement-built fraction based on Landsat-derived data—we find profound shifts in how cities expanded from the 1990s to the 2010s. Cities had both increasing building fractional cover and increasing microwave backscatter (correlating with building volume), but over the three decades, growth rates in building fraction decreased in most regions and large cities, while growth rates in backscatter increased in essentially all regions and cities. The divergence in rates …

Unh Selected For Inclusion In The Firstgen Forward Network, Tania Deluzuriaga

Media Relations

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Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, July 31, 2024, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Long-Term Warming In A Temperate Forest Accelerates Soil Organic Matter Decomposition Despite Increased Plant-Derived Inputs, Atzín X. San Román, Nivetha Srikanthan, Andreia A. Hamid, Thomas J. Muratore, Melissa A. Knorr, Serita D. Frey, Myrna J. Simpson

Faculty Publications

Climate change may alter soil microbial communities and soil organic matter (SOM) composition. Soil carbon (C) cycling takes place over multiple time scales therefore, long-term studies are essential to better understand the factors influencing C storage and help predict responses to climate change. To investigate this further, soils that were heated by 5 °C above ambient soil temperatures for 18 years were collected from the Barre Woods Soil Warming Study at the Harvard Forest Long-term Ecological Research site. This site consists of large 30 × 30 m plots (control or heated) where entire root systems are exposed to sustained warming …

University Of New Hampshire Launches Space Technology Hub, Tania Deluzuriaga

Media Relations

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Epa Picks Unh To Lead New Stormwater Center Of Excellence, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Expert Comment: Kamala Harris Could Shatter Highest Glass Ceiling, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Epa Picks Unh To Lead New Stormwater Center Of Excellence, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Researcher Develops Model For More Equitable Welfare Fund Distribution, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Most Rhode Islanders Feel State Headed In Wrong Direction, Disapprove Of Governor Mckee's Job Performance 7/18/2024, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Rhode Island residents are pessimistic about the direction of the state and cite housing, infrastructure, the economy, and corrupt or incompetent government as Rhode Island's most important problems. Less than one-third of residents, including less than half of Democrats, approve of Daniel McKee's performance as governor. Despite voting on the topic several times roughly every decade for many years, a majority of Rhode Islanders do not have a firm understanding of the meaning of the constitutional convention question on the general election ballot in November. Most Rhode Islanders have used the Washington Bridge or detours since the westbound portion of …

Healey's Popularity Declines, Housing & Immigration Seen As Most Important Problems 7/18/2024, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Massachusetts residents are divided on Maura Healey's performance as governor and her approval rating has declined since May. Housing and immigration are cited most often as the most important problems facing Massachusetts and half of state residents feel the commonwealth is headed in the right direction. A plurality support the 2021 MBTA Communities law requiring communities with access to the MBTA to zone for multifamily housing. Bay Staters show very little interest in renaming Logan Airport after Bill Russell, though many residents are ambivalent or have no opinion on the issue.

Granite Staters Disapprove Of Supreme Court; Half Oppose Ruling On Presidential Immunity 7/17/2024, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

In the wake of several high-profile decisions, majorities of New Hampshire residents disapprove of the Supreme Court and think Justices make decisions based on their personal opinions rather than the law. A plurality of Granite Staters oppose the Court's ruling in Trump v. U.S. which defined presidential immunity for some of their actions in office. On abortion policies, fewer Granite Staters than in 2022 say abortion should be legal in all circumstances and state residents remain divided on a 2021 law banning abortion after 24 weeks in New Hampshire.

Majority Of Nh Dems Want Biden To Go, Harris Tipped As Successor 7/17/2024, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

A majority of New Hampshire residents think President Joe Biden should withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, including a majority of Democrats. Granite Staters are less likely than in 2023 to think Biden is physically and mentally capable of being president and only a quarter think he will be capable of fulfilling his responsibilities for another four-year term. Despite this, relatively few think Biden will withdraw from the race. If Biden does withdraw, Biden supporters think Vice President Kamala Harris should succeed him.

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, July 17, 2024, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Exploring The Role Of Disciplinary Knowledge In Students' Covariational Reasoning During Graphical Interpretation, Nigar Altindis, Kathleen A. Bowe, Brock Couch, Christopher F. Bauer, Melissa L. Aikens

Faculty Publications

Background: This study investigates undergraduate STEM students’ interpretation of quantities and quantitative relationships on graphical representations in biology (population growth) and chemistry (titration) contexts. Interviews (n = 15) were conducted to explore the interplay between students’ covariational reasoning skills and their use of disciplinary knowledge to form mental images during graphical interpretation.

Results: Our findings suggest that disciplinary knowledge plays an important role in students’ ability to interpret scientific graphs. Interviews revealed that using disciplinary knowledge to form mental images of represented quantities may enhance students’ covariational reasoning abilities, while lacking it may hinder more sophisticated covariational reasoning. Detailed descriptions …

Unh Awarded $10 Million To Expand Climate Resilient Agriculture, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Resolving The Term "Offshore Aquaculture" By Decoupling "Exposed" And "Distance From The Coast", Bela H. Buck, Hans V. Bjelland, Abigail Bockus, Michael Chambers, Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, Tobias Dewhurst, Joao G. Ferreira, Heidi Moe Føre, David W. Fredriksson, Nils Goseberg, John Holmyard, Wolf Isbert, Gesche Krause, Till Markus, Nikos Papandroulakis, Tyler Sclodnick, Bill Silkes, Åsa Strand, Max Troell, Daniel Wieczorek, Sander W K Van Den Burg, Kevin G. Heasman

Faculty Publications

The terms “offshore” and “open ocean” have been used to describe aquaculture sites that are further from the coast or in higher energy environments. Neither term has been clearly defined in the scientific literature nor in a legal context, and the terms are often used interchangeably. These and other related terms (for example “exposed”, “high-energy”) variously refer to aspects of a site such as the geographic distance from shore or infrastructure, the level of exposure to large waves and strong currents, the geographic fetch, the water depth, or some combination of these parameters. The ICES Working Group (ICES, 2024) on …

Resolving The Term "Offshore Aquaculture" By Decoupling "Exposed" And "Distance From The Coast", Bela H. Buck, Hans V. Bjelland, Abigail Bockus, Michael Chambers, Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, Tobias Dewhurst, Joao G. Ferreira, Heidi Moe Føre, David W. Fredriksson, Nils Goseberg, John Holmyard, Wolf Isbert, Gesche Krause, Till Markus, Nikos Papandroulakis, Tyler Sclodnick, Bill Silkes, Åsa Strand, Max Troell, Daniel Wieczorek, Sander W K Van Den Burg, Kevin G. Heasman

Faculty Publications

The terms “offshore” and “open ocean” have been used to describe aquaculture sites that are further from the coast or in higher energy environments. Neither term has been clearly defined in the scientific literature nor in a legal context, and the terms are often used interchangeably. These and other related terms (for example “exposed”, “high-energy”) variously refer to aspects of a site such as the geographic distance from shore or infrastructure, the level of exposure to large waves and strong currents, the geographic fetch, the water depth, or some combination of these parameters. The ICES Working Group (ICES, 2024) on …

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, July 3, 2024, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Targeted Home Systems To Remove Pfas More Cost-Effective Than System-Wide Solutions, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Social, Civic, And Institutional Trust: Necessary Conditions For A Pluralistic Democracy, Bruce L. Mallory

Carsey Publications

In this perspectives brief, author Bruce Mallory discusses how trust in social, civic, and institutional structures is a necessary ingredient for a healthy democratic society. Erosion of trust in democratic societies has negative effects for individuals, communities, and public participation in political and civic matters. Data from surveys of New Hampshire residents as well as national samples over the past decade show declining levels of trust in social and political institutions. This has been exacerbated in recent years by the global pandemic as well as increasingly stark political and social divisions.

Drawing on resources such as the 2020 New Hampshire …

Prevention Innovations Summer 2024 News, Prevention Innovations Research Center

PIRC Newsletter

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