Leitzel Center News
- Leitzel Center Participates in
Preparing Future Faculty
UNH Leitzel Center staff participated in a workshop for students interested in a program of graduate study that includes engaged scholarship.
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- 2013 Advance Collaborative Scholarship Awardees
ADVANCE Collaborative scholarships were awarded to four UNH Faculty/Research teams…
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Campus Journal (3/06/13)...
- 2013 Karen Von Damm Leadership Development Grant
Jo Daniel, UNH Assoc. Professor, Civil Engineering, was awarded a Karen Von Damm Leadership Development Grant.
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Campus Journal (3/06/13)...
- UNH Receives $3.4m to Address STEM Faculty Gender Imbalance
UNH has received a $3.4 million ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant from the Natl. Science Foundation to address gender imbalance, primarily in STEM disciplines…
Foster's Daily Democrat (10/24/12)…
Seacoast Online (10/24/12)…
- Advance Collaborative Scholarship Applications
DUE NOV 16, 2012 Application information... - Karen Von Damm Leadership Development Grant Applications
DUE NOV 16, 2012 Application information... - 2012 Karen Von Damm Leadership Development Grants were awarded to three UNH faculty. Honoring the late Dr. Karen Von Damm, the grants provide funds for STEM women faculty to pursue leadership opportunities. Read more...
News announcement (UNH Campus Jol, 7/25/12)... - 2012 ADVANCE Collaborative Scholars announced. UNH's ADVANCE scholarships are designed to enhance collaboration of research and tenure-track faculty in STEM disciplines.
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News announcement (UNH Campus Jol, 7/25/12) ... - Engineering the Future
Summer camps offer hands-on experience to budding scientists. Read more... (UNH Today 7/26/12)
- 2012 NERU students completed their climate research introduction at UNH and Sweden in this first year of the program. Meet the students...
Read their blog... - 2012 Research to Inspire Science & Engineering (RISE) teacher, Sunny Sadana, Oyster River Middle School, shares her RISE experience in the Netherlands. Read the blog...
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) elected Dr. Karen Graham, Director of the Leitzel Center, to their Board of Directors. Her term begins April 2012. Read more...
- TESSE Fellow Erik Kelsey, an Earth Science Ph.D. candidate, was awarded a UNH Graduate School Dissertation Year Fellowship, providing him with funding for 2011-12 as he reconstructs sea-level pressure in the Northern Hemisphere back to 1000AD using Arctic region ice cores.
- TESSE faculty member Ruth Varner and graduate fellow Jill McDermott work at Oyster River High School. Read more (Campus Jol 2/4/09) ...
- TESSE 2008 Summer Institute was a great success!
Check out the Slide Show - UNH Campus Journal: Bit By the Science Bug in The Great Dismal Swamp
- Watershed Watch alum, Melissa Allen wins Award of Excellence at the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference. Read more...
- Northern New England Junior Science & Humanities Symposium at the University of New Hampshire, March 27-28, 2008. The Northern New England Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium is a day and a half meeting of selected high school students and their teachers in which the students compete for a variety of cash awards and scholarships by presenting the results of their scientific investigations. Students who make presentations at the Regional Syumposium have an opportunity to win scholarships and cash awards from $200 to $2000. There are no registration fees for this event. For more information contact Subhash Minocha or visit
http://www.unh.edu/nnejshs/
- TESSE faculty will present papers on their participation in the TESSE Summer Institute at the AGU Conference in San Francisco. Professor Liza Finkel will be presenting a paper, Supporting Inquiry-based Earth System Science Instruction with Middle and High School Earth Science Teachers, on Thursday, 13 December 2007. Read Abstract (pdf)
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TESSE faculty member Ruth Varner will present, Providing Authentic Research Experiences for Pre-Service Teachers through UNH`s Transforming Earth System Science Education (TESSE) a Poster
Presentation on Friday, 14 December. Read Abstract (pdf)
- Watershed Watch program is actively seeking undeclared freshmen for its fun and exciting 2008-2009 two course program. These courses put the student in charge of their own scientific investigation (with a faculty member to assist them) on some aspect of watershed ecology. Ask how this program can earn you $150, free room and board, and free tuition. See: Bit By the Science Bug in Tthe Great Dismal Swamp
- Transforming Earth System Science Education (TESSE) program is actively seeking undergraduate students interested in teaching science at the middle and/or high school level. TESSE provides research experience and training in Earth systems science education, an area rapidly growing in school curricula and societal relevance. TESSE offers both introductory advanced courses to match individual's needs.
UNH/ECSU partnership: The Leitzel Center hosted a luncheon, Tuesday, May 15, 2007, for UNH faculty and staff who have been working with Elizabeth City State University. Karen Graham, Director, summarized the history of the UNH/ECSU partnership. Ongoing projects with ECSU began in 2001. The event brought faculty and staff together to discuss their experiences and strategize for building future partnerships. Those attending were: Julie Williams, Karen Graham, Steve Hale, Julie Bryce, Elyse Sullivan, Jeff Schloss, Ruth Varner, Clara Kustra, David Bartlett, George Hurtt, and Toni Galvin.Julie Williams and Karen Graham 
- Watershed Watch alum Melissa Allen a psychology major from Rochester, NH wins Award of Excellence for the 2007 Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium
- Professional Partnerships Enrich Students and Teachers - GK-12 Pittsfield, NH
- Double Life of Grad Student Sparks Inquiry at Local High School - GK-12 Portsmouth, NH
- S.M.A.R.T. Turns Seventeen!
- Northern New England Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Thursday - Friday, March 22 - 23, 2007, at the Univeresity of New Hampshire, Durham. For more information: www.unh.edu/nnejshs
- 2007 Thacher Scholars Award - A National Competition for Grades 9-12. for official contest rules and entry form, visit: www.strategies.org/ThacherScholars
- Northeast section of the Geologic Society of America will hold it annual meeting at the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH). They will offer a program on Sunday March 11 for K-12 teachers (more info | register). posted Jan. 31, 2007
- Students as Researchers Conference to be held Monday February 6, 2007 in the upper-level classrooms of the Memorial Union Building on the UNH campus, Durham. The conference is sponsored by the Leitzel Center and the NSF PROBE GK-12 program. posted Jan. 28, 2007
- Fellowship competition announced for the program in Transforming Earth System Science Education (see Press Release). Fellowships are available for current and future teachers at the middle and high school levels, and for UNH Graduate Students in Earth Sciences. posted Jan. 28, 2007
- Program Dates announced for 2007 Project S.M.A.R.T. Program dates are July 2 - July 27. Application deadline is March 24, 2007. posted Jan. 28, 2007
- 2006-2007 GK-12 Graduate fellows
- UNH Program Allowing High Schoolers to Learn Science First-hand
- The Sky's the Limit - GK-12 PROBE in Salem
- Professional Partnerships Enrich Students and Teachers - GK-12 Pittsfield, NH
- Double Life of Grad Student Sparks Inquiry at Local High School - GK-12 Portsmouth, NH
- UNH Grad Students to Teach in Local High Schools with $1.9 Million NSF Grant
- Dr. Rita Colwell's remarks "Radiant Equations for Learning and Leadership in the 21st Century"
- Dedication Ceremony for Leitzel Center
- Graham Named Director of UNH's Leitzel Cener for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education
- Campaign Gift Honors Outgoing UNH President