Jennifer Hunt, the new dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, is its first female dean. She starts her tenure Saturday.

Nearly 80% of educators surveyed said a "bell-to-bell" cellphone ban reduced distractions; warming ocean waters prompt at least three new species of shark to show up in New England.

This fall, students at UNH's College of Professional Studies will be able to get degrees in management and computer information technology in 90 credit hours.

The U.S. Department of Education launched a civil rights investigation into the Geisel School and four other medical schools last week, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Justice.

The newly designed position would oversee the entire state university system, including Plymouth State and Keene State.

80% of teachers say students are less distracted, according to a new report from the department of education.

The University of New Hampshire will lead the initiative and work with researchers from Keene State, Plymouth State, and state and industry partners.

The U.S. Department of Education announced July 22 that it is investigating five medical schools for alleged racial discrimination. The five schools are: Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, and William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The call follows another incident at the state-run youth detention center in which one youth was hospitalized with a broken femur.

Sara Tirrell, the mother of one of the teenagers who dropped her legal challenge against the state, spoke with NHPR about the decision and what the last two years have been like for her family.