UNH Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research

05/01/2026

04/21/2025

The spring issue of Inquiry journal is now online! Read about student research on diverse topics ranging from contra dance in New England to money rehabilitation in South Africa to lens regeneration in newts and much, much more!

Spring 2025 issue of Inquiry, UNH's online undergraduate research journal

04/11/2024

The new spring issue of Inquiry journal is now online! Read about student research on pancreatic cancer, artificial intelligence, gender and emotion perception, mercury in local watersheds, and more. Celebrating 20 years of continuous publication!

Spring 2024 issue of Inquiry, UNH's online undergraduate research journal

12/04/2023

The fall 2023 issue of Inquiry journal is now online! Read about student research on crossover fatigue in female athletes, bioacoustics of penguins, cataloging ancient myth, and more! www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal/fall-2023
Pictured: Exercise science major and author, Kelly Kaufmann

09/19/2023

Register or walk in today!
https://www.unh.edu/undergrad-research/students/writing-effective-research-proposal -proposal-writing-workshops

05/10/2023

As she gets ready to graduate, Emily Pratt reflects on what she gained through multiple undergraduate research experiences in the field of biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology. Read her new post in the UR Blog: https://www.unh.edu/undergrad-research/blog/2023/05/growing-through-research

05/02/2023

Violet Sullivan, who received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) from the Hamel Center in 2022 and recently published her research in Inquiry journal, tells more about her experience here: https://fb.watch/kgTxJUnmFk/

04/17/2023

The spring 2023 issue of INQUIRY, UNH's online undergraduate research journal, is now online! Read about important student research on removing toxins from wastewater, neurobiological mechanisms of addiction, echolocation in bats, climate resiliency of NH ski mountains, and much more! www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal
(Pictured: Alexis Eaton at the Exeter, NH, wastewater treatment facility.)

04/05/2023

The (603) Challenge Numbers Bonus Challenge is back – but for today only!

The first 1,000 donors who make a gift in any amount containing the numerals 6, 0 and 3 (in any order) will earn a $50 bonus on their gift. Whether you give $6.03 or $30.06 or $106.30, your gift activates the same bonus. This bonus challenge is ONLY for those who have not yet made an online gift during this year’s (603) Challenge. Please consider supporting the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research with a gift today! https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/34956/donations/new...

Thank you for your support!

04/04/2023

The (603) Challenge is on! Please help the Hamel Center raise more funds to support important undergraduate research taking place at UNH. Funded entirely by donors, the Hamel Center sponsors Undergraduate Research Awards (URAs), Summer Undergraduare Research Fellowships (SURF), the Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) and more. Please give today: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/34956/donations/new...

Thank you for your support!
Pictured below, Sam Comeau (SURF 2022)

04/02/2023

The (603) Challenge starts today and the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research needs your help! Please support our students by making a gift today—funds will be matched, up to $300 per donor, until $300,000 in matching funds run out.
https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/34956/donations/new?tc=5969&a=6427872&designation=hamelcenterundergraduateresearch

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