University of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant research university whose main campus stands in Durham, New Hampshire, on the Oyster River near Great Bay, about an hour by road from Boston.新罕布什尔大学（UNH）是一所赠地、赠海与赠空公立研究型大学，主校区位于新罕布什尔州达勒姆，坐落在Great Bay附近的奥伊斯特河畔，距波士顿约一小时车程。

Founded in 1866 as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Hanover, it moved to Durham in 1893 and took its present name in 1923.该校于 1866 年作为新罕布什尔农业与机械艺术学院在汉诺威创办，1893 年迁至达勒姆，1923 年改用现名。

It is the flagship and largest institution of the University System of New Hampshire, enrolls more than 15,000 students across its campuses, and sits in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校是新罕布什尔大学系统的旗舰与最大成员，各校区合计注册学生逾 15000 人，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间。

History

• The Morrill Act of 1862 granted federal land to New Hampshire for an agricultural and mechanical college, the legal foundation on which the institution was later incorporated.1862 年《莫里尔法案》向新罕布什尔州拨赠联邦土地用于创办农业与机械学院，这构成了该校后来注册成立的法律基础。
• In 1866 the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was incorporated in Hanover in association with Dartmouth College, and it was directed by Dartmouth's president during its early decades.1866 年，新罕布什尔农业与机械艺术学院在汉诺威注册成立并与达特茅斯学院建立联系，其最初数十年由达特茅斯学院校长领导。
• Durham farmer Benjamin Thompson left his farm and assets to the state for an agricultural college, and after his death on 30 January 1890 the will became public.达勒姆农场主本杰明·汤普森把农场与财产遗赠给州政府以创办农学院，他于 1890 年 1 月 30 日去世后，遗嘱内容公之于众。
• Governor Hiram A. Tuttle signed an act accepting the terms of Thompson's will on 5 March 1891 and, on 10 April, a bill authorising the college's removal to Durham.州长海勒姆·A·塔特尔于 1891 年 3 月 5 日签署法案接受汤普森遗嘱的条件，又于 4 月 10 日签署法案授权学院迁往达勒姆。
• In 1892 the trustees hired Charles Eliot to plan the first five campus buildings, namely Thompson, Conant, Nesmith and Hewitt halls and the dairy barn.1892 年，董事会聘请查尔斯·艾略特规划首批五座校园建筑，即汤普森楼、科南特楼、内史密斯楼、休伊特楼与奶牛场。
• The Class of 1892 held its commencement in an unfinished barn on the new campus, and the Class of 1893 followed in unfinished Thompson Hall, the Romanesque Revival centrepiece designed by Dow and Randlett of Concord.1892 届学生在新校区一座未完工的谷仓中举行毕业典礼，1893 届学生则在未完工的汤普森楼中举行；这座罗马复兴式核心建筑由康科德的道与兰德利特事务所设计。
• Classes began in Durham in the autumn of 1893 with 51 freshmen and 13 upperclassmen, three times the projected enrolment, and graduate study was established in the same year.1893 年秋，达勒姆校区开课，共有 51 名新生与 13 名高年级学生，达到预计招生人数的三倍；同年学校还设立了研究生教育。
• The Thompson School of Applied Science was established in 1895 and later became a division of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, awarding associate degrees in applied science.汤普森应用科学学院创办于 1895 年，后来成为生命科学与农业学院的一个分部，授予应用科学副学士学位。
• Housing shortages shaped the early campus, prompting the completion of Smith Hall as the first women's dormitory in 1908 and Fairchild Hall for men in 1915.宿舍短缺塑造了早期校园，促使校方于 1908 年建成首座女生宿舍史密斯楼，并于 1915 年建成男生宿舍费尔柴尔德楼。
• Supervising architect Eric T. Huddleston prepared a master plan in 1919 that guided campus development for three decades, and he is credited with designing more than a dozen buildings.监造建筑师埃里克·T·哈德尔斯顿于 1919 年制定总体规划，指导了此后三十年的校园建设，他本人据信设计了十余座建筑。
• Governor Fred H. Brown signed the bill changing the college's name to the University of New Hampshire in 1923, and the university was incorporated on 1 July of that year.州长弗雷德·H·布朗于 1923 年签署法案，将学院更名为新罕布什尔大学，该校于同年 7 月 1 日完成注册。
• The Franklin Pierce Law Center was founded in Concord in 1973 by Robert H. Rines, operated independently for decades, and was incorporated into UNH in 2010 as the University of New Hampshire School of Law.富兰克林·皮尔斯法律中心由罗伯特·H·林斯于 1973 年在康科德创办，独立运营数十年，2010 年并入新罕布什尔大学，成为该校法学院。
• The Whittemore Center, a 6,501-seat arena that also hosts concerts, opened in 1995 and became the home of Wildcat men's and women's ice hockey.惠特莫尔中心于 1995 年启用，这座可容纳 6501 名观众的场馆也承办音乐会，成为野猫队男子与女子冰球的主场。
• The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics building opened for occupancy in January 2013, replacing facilities used by the former Whittemore School of Business and Economics.彼得·T·保罗商业与经济学院大楼于 2013 年 1 月投入使用，取代了原惠特莫尔商业与经济学院使用的设施。
• In the spring of 2015 the university received four million dollars from the estate of Robert Morin, a cataloguer at Dimond Library for almost fifty years who had lived frugally.2015 年春，该校收到罗伯特·莫兰遗产中的四百万美元；莫兰曾在戴蒙德图书馆编目近五十年，生前生活俭朴。
• The Manchester campus moved to the Pandora Mill at 88 Commercial Street on the Merrimack River in March 2015, expanding its physical plant by almost 50 per cent.2015 年 3 月，曼彻斯特校区迁入梅里马克河畔商业街 88 号的潘多拉磨坊，使校区建筑面积扩大近 50%。
• In 2016 news that the university was spending one million dollars on a football stadium video screen drew criticism, contrasting with the 100,000 dollars transferred to the library from the same bequest.2016 年，该校斥资一百万美元为橄榄球场安装大屏幕的消息引发批评，人们将其与同一笔遗赠中拨给图书馆的十万美元相对比。
• During the 2020-2021 academic year, at the height of the pandemic, students had to self-test twice weekly to enter campus buildings and use university buses.2020 至 2021 学年疫情最严重时，学生必须每周自我检测两次，才能进入校园建筑并使用校车。
• From the autumn of 2023 semester, first-year and transfer students under the age of 21 have been required to spend at least four semesters in on-campus housing.自 2023 年秋季学期起，未满 21 岁的一年级与转学学生须至少在校内住宿四个学期。
• Elizabeth S. Chilton became the university's twenty-first president in July 2024, arriving after serving as provost of Washington State University.伊丽莎白·S·奇尔顿于 2024 年 7 月出任该校第二十一任校长，此前担任华盛顿州立大学教务长。

Academics

• UNH is one of a small number of American universities holding land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant designations, the state's only land-grant institution, and it is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.新罕布什尔大学是美国少数同时拥有赠地、赠海与赠空资格的大学之一，也是该州唯一的赠地院校，并被列为研究活动极活跃的 R1 类博士大学。
• Its academic programme is organised into eleven colleges and schools, including engineering and physical sciences, liberal arts, life sciences and agriculture, health and human services, business, law and public policy.该校学术架构分为十一个学院与学校，包括工程与物理科学、文理、生命科学与农业、健康与人类服务、商学、法学与公共政策等。
• The full list runs from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts to the Graduate School, UNH Manchester, the Carsey School and the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering.完整名单从工程与物理科学学院、文理学院一直延伸到研究生院、曼彻斯特校区、卡西学院以及海洋科学与海洋工程学院。
• The university offers more than 100 majors and about 2,000 courses, and in the autumn of 2015 it enrolled 12,840 undergraduates and 2,500 graduate students.该校开设 100 多个专业与约 2000 门课程，2015 年秋注册本科生 12840 人、研究生 2500 人。
• In that semester 47 per cent of students came from New Hampshire, 49 per cent from other states and 4 per cent from abroad, and women made up 54 per cent of the student body.该学期学生中 47% 来自新罕布什尔州，49% 来自其他州，4% 来自海外，女性占学生总数的 54%。
• UNH spent 146 million dollars on research and development in 2018, ranking 137th nationally in National Science Foundation statistics.2018 年该校研发支出为 1.46 亿美元，在美国国家科学基金会的统计中位列全国第 137 位。
• The UNH Interoperability Laboratory tests networking and data communication equipment, employing more than 100 graduate and undergraduate students alongside full-time staff.新罕布什尔大学互操作性实验室测试网络与数据通信设备，除全职员工外还聘用 100 多名研究生与本科生。
• Marine and ocean science draws on the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory at Adams Point and the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island, which UNH operates jointly with Cornell University and where undergraduates take summer courses in marine biology.海洋与海事科学依托亚当斯角的杰克逊河口实验室，以及该校与康奈尔大学在阿普尔多尔岛共同运营的浅滩海洋实验室，本科生在此修读海洋生物学暑期课程。
• Students can choose from 22 university-managed study abroad programmes and more than 300 approved external programmes, including a summer school at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.学生可选择 22 个校方管理的海外学习项目与 300 多个获准的外部项目，其中包括剑桥大学冈维尔与凯斯学院的暑期课程。
• Three university-wide programmes support undergraduate research, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship and the International Research Opportunities Program.三个全校性项目支持本科生科研，即本科生科研机会项目、本科生暑期研究奖学金与国际科研机会项目。
• The School of Law, the only law school in New Hampshire, is known for intellectual property and in 2012 ranked fourth nationally in that field behind Berkeley, Stanford and George Washington.该校法学院是新罕布什尔州唯一的法学院，以知识产权见长，2012 年在该领域位列全国第四，仅次于伯克利、斯坦福与乔治·华盛顿。
• The Carsey School of Public Policy conducts research on vulnerable children, youth and families and on sustainable community development, supplying independent analysis to policymakers.卡西公共政策学院研究弱势儿童、青少年与家庭以及社区可持续发展，为政策制定者提供独立分析。
• The Thompson School of Applied Science confers associate degrees in seven applied programmes, including applied animal science, forest technology and veterinary technology, after four programmes were discontinued in 2018.汤普森应用科学学院在七个应用类项目中授予副学士学位，包括应用动物科学、林业技术与兽医技术；此前有四个项目于 2018 年停办。
• The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics offers degrees in business administration, hospitality and economics, and its 2013 building anchors the eastern side of the Durham campus.彼得·T·保罗商业与经济学院提供工商管理、酒店管理与经济学学位，其 2013 年落成的大楼构成达勒姆校区东侧的重要建筑。
• The Dimond Library seats 1,200 readers and houses the Dimond Academic Commons, the Connors Writing Center and the Parker Media Lab with its recording studio and lightboard.戴蒙德图书馆设有 1200 个阅览座位，内有戴蒙德学术共享区、康纳斯写作中心以及配备录音室与透明黑板的帕克媒体实验室。
• Admission is rated selective, and for the autumn 2019 freshman class UNH received 18,040 applications, admitted 15,159 for an acceptance rate of 84 per cent and enrolled 2,731 students.该校录取被评定为择优型；2019 年秋季新生班共收到 18040 份申请，录取 15159 人，录取率 84%，最终入学 2731 人。

Campus

• The Durham campus occupies a rural site in a small town on the Oyster River near Great Bay, served by the Amtrak Downeaster line that links the town to Boston and the Maine coast.达勒姆校区位于大湾附近牡蛎河畔一个乡村小镇，由美铁“东风号”线路服务，该线路把小镇与波士顿及缅因州海岸连接起来。
• The campus core is defined as university property within a ten-minute walk of Thompson Hall, the symbolic and near-geographic centre of the institution, with open land along the western edge.校园核心区被界定为距汤普森楼步行十分钟以内的校产，汤普森楼是该校的象征与近乎地理中心，校园西缘则保留着开阔土地。
• Thompson Hall, completed in 1892 to designs by the Concord firm Dow and Randlett, is a Romanesque Revival building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.汤普森楼于 1892 年按康科德道与兰德利特事务所的设计建成，是列入国家史迹名录的罗马复兴式建筑。
• Conant Hall, the first chemistry building on campus, housed the American Chemical Society's headquarters from 1907 to 1911 and the laboratories of Charles James from 1906 to 1928, and is a National Historic Chemical Landmark.科南特楼是校园首座化学楼，1907 至 1911 年间曾容纳美国化学学会总部，1906 至 1928 年间设有查尔斯·詹姆斯的实验室，现为国家历史化学地标。
• Stoke Hall is the largest residence building on campus, housing more than 700 undergraduates, while themed dormitories include substance-free, international and first-year-only houses.斯托克楼是校园最大的住宿建筑，可容纳 700 多名本科生；主题宿舍则包括无酒精宿舍、国际学生宿舍与仅限一年级学生的宿舍。
• Major athletics facilities include the Whittemore Center, which seats 6,501 for hockey and 7,500 for concerts, as well as Lundholm Gym, Wildcat Stadium and the Hamel Recreation Center, all within walking distance of the academic core.主要体育设施包括冰球赛可容纳 6501 人、音乐会可容纳 7500 人的惠特莫尔中心，以及伦德霍姆体育馆、野猫体育场与哈梅尔康乐中心，均位于学术核心区步行范围之内。
• Wildcat Stadium opened in 2016 on the site of the former Cowell Stadium and hosts football as well as the university's spring commencement ceremonies.野猫体育场于 2016 年在原考威尔体育场旧址上落成，既承办橄榄球比赛，也举行学校春季毕业典礼。
• The Manchester campus occupies the Pandora Mill at 88 Commercial Street in the Amoskeag Millyard, a move completed in March 2015 that enlarged its space by almost half.曼彻斯特校区位于阿莫斯基格磨坊区商业街 88 号的潘多拉磨坊，这一迁址于 2015 年 3 月完成，使校区空间扩大近一半。
• The School of Law sits in Concord, the state capital, and the Durham campus is served by the historic Durham-UNH station, home to the UNH Dairy Bar.法学院位于州首府康科德；达勒姆校区由历史悠久的达勒姆-新罕布什尔大学车站服务，车站内设有该校乳品吧。
• Other campus landmarks include the Memorial Union Building, the UNH Museum of Art and the Jesse Hepler Lilac Arboretum, while the observatory is run by the physics department for teaching.其他校园地标包括纪念联盟大楼、新罕布什尔大学艺术博物馆与杰西·赫普勒丁香园；天文台由物理系管理并用于教学。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 UNH is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a tied interval covering a large group of universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，新罕布什尔大学位列 1201-1400 区间，这是一个涵盖众多高校的并列区间。
• The university did not enter the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 and is therefore unlisted rather than ranked without a position.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，因此属于未上榜，而非榜内无名次。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027, UNH is placed 856th.在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球大学排名中，该校位列第 856 名。
• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities places UNH in the 601-700 band, its strongest result among the major global rankings.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名把该校列入 601-700 区间，这是其在主要全球榜单中的最好成绩。
• U.S. News ranked UNH tied for 109th among 434 national universities and tied for 52nd among top public schools in its 2025 American college rankings.《美国新闻与世界报道》2025 年美国大学排名把该校列为 434 所全国性大学中的并列第 109 名，以及公立大学中的并列第 52 名。
• Money magazine placed UNH 117th out of 744 institutions in its 2019 Best Colleges for Your Money ranking, which weighs graduation rates, net costs and alumni earnings.《金钱》杂志在 2019 年“最划算大学”排名中把该校列为 744 所院校中的第 117 名，该排名综合考量毕业率、净成本与校友收入。
• OpenAlex attributes 49,704 works and 3,121,299 citations to UNH, reflecting a research base concentrated in engineering, marine science, earth science and the life sciences.OpenAlex 记录该校论文 49704 篇、引用 3121299 次，反映出其研究基础集中于工程、海洋科学、地球科学与生命科学。
• The university's intellectual property law programme has consistently appeared among the top ten in U.S. News subject rankings, reaching fourth nationally in 2012.该校知识产权法项目长期进入《美国新闻与世界报道》学科排名前十，2012 年曾位列全国第四。
• A 2012 Department of Education analysis ranked UNH sixth among public four-year colleges for in-state tuition, and the university receives one of the smallest state subsidies per student in the country.美国教育部 2012 年的一项分析把该校列为公立四年制院校本州学费第六高，而其人均州拨款在全国属于最低之列。
• UNH is the flagship and largest institution of the University System of New Hampshire, a position it has held since the system was organised in the twentieth century.新罕布什尔大学是新罕布什尔大学系统的旗舰与最大成员，自该系统于二十世纪组建以来一直保持这一地位。
• The university is a member of the University of the Arctic, a circumpolar network of more than 200 institutions, reflecting its research on northern and cold-region environments.该校是北极大学成员，这一环极网络包含 200 多所院校，反映出其在北方与寒区环境方面的研究。

Student life

• UNH's traditional motto is Science, Arts, Industry, a phrase that captures its origins as a land-grant college for practical and technical education.新罕布什尔大学的传统校训是“科学、艺术、工业”，这一短语体现了其作为实用与技术教育赠地学院的起源。
• About 250 student organisations cover academics, service, politics, the arts, culture, honour societies, media, religion and recreation.约 250 个学生组织涵盖学术、服务、政治、艺术、文化、荣誉学会、媒体、宗教与休闲等领域。
• The Student Senate controls the student activity fee and is noted for being one of the few American student governments without a faculty or staff adviser, and it lobbies administrators and the state government on student positions.学生参议院掌管学生活动费，并以美国少数不设教职顾问的学生自治机构之一而著称，同时就学生立场游说校方管理层与州政府。
• About 15 per cent of undergraduates belong to 13 recognised social fraternities and eight sororities, whose houses line Madbury Road and Strafford Avenue.约 15% 的本科生加入 13 个获认可的社会型兄弟会与 8 个姐妹会，其会所分布于马德伯里路与斯特拉福德大道。
• The first fraternity, Zeta Epsilon Zeta, appeared in 1894 and became a chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon in March 1917.该校首个兄弟会泽塔·埃普西隆·泽塔于 1894 年出现，并于 1917 年 3 月成为西格玛·阿尔法·埃普西隆的一个分会。
• Student media include WUNH Durham radio, the newspaper The New Hampshire and Main Street Magazine.学生媒体包括 WUNH 达勒姆电台、报纸《新罕布什尔人》与《主街杂志》。
• The Wildcats compete in NCAA Division I, with most teams in the America East Conference, ice hockey in Hockey East and football in the Coastal Athletic Association at FCS level.野猫队参加全美大学生体育协会一级联赛，多数队伍属于美国东部联盟，冰球参加冰球东部联盟，橄榄球则参加海岸体育协会的 FCS 级别。
• The wildcat mascot dates from 1926, and the current pair are Wild E. Cat, introduced in 2000, and Gnarlz, introduced in 2008, in the university's blue and white colours, appearing at athletics events and in local schools.野猫吉祥物可追溯至 1926 年，目前的一对是 2000 年推出的“野猫E”与 2008 年推出的“纳尔兹”，校色为蓝色与白色，它们会出现在体育赛事与当地学校中。
• The fight song is On to Victory, and UNH Cheer, originally titled Cheer Boys, was revived from the archives by band director Erika Svanoe in 2003.该校战歌为《走向胜利》；原题《欢呼吧，男孩们》的《新罕布什尔大学欢呼》于 2003 年由乐队指挥埃里卡·斯瓦诺从档案中重新整理。
• The UNH Survey Center runs the Granite State Poll, which has given the university a national profile in polling around the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary.新罕布什尔大学调查中心运营“花岗岩州民调”，使该校在该州全国首场总统初选相关的民调领域享有全国知名度。

Notable people

• John Irving, author of The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules, earned a Bachelor of Arts at UNH in 1965, and his novels often return to New England settings.《盖普眼中的世界》与《苹果酒屋法则》的作者约翰·欧文于 1965 年在新罕布什尔大学获得文学学士学位，其小说常以新英格兰为背景。
• Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award for Charming Billy, took a master's degree at UNH in 1978.凭借《迷人的比利》获得美国国家图书奖的艾丽斯·麦克德莫特于 1978 年在该校获得硕士学位。
• Jennifer Lee, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios and co-director of Frozen, graduated from UNH with a bachelor's degree in 1992.华特迪士尼动画工作室首席创意官、《冰雪奇缘》联合导演珍妮弗·李于 1992 年在该校获得学士学位。
• Marcy Carsey, the television producer behind The Cosby Show and Roseanne, graduated in 1966 and later endowed major programmes at the university.制作《考斯比一家》与《罗珊娜》的电视制片人玛西·卡西于 1966 年毕业，此后为该校多个重要项目捐资。
• Mike O'Malley, actor and comedian known for Yes, Dear and Glee, earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1988.以《亲爱的，是的》与《欢乐合唱团》闻名的演员兼喜剧人迈克·奥马利于 1988 年获得文学学士学位。
• John Lynch, the eightieth governor of New Hampshire from 2005 to 2013, is a UNH alumnus.2005 至 2013 年担任新罕布什尔州第八十任州长的约翰·林奇是该校校友。
• Jeanne Shaheen, governor of New Hampshire and later a United States senator, earned a master's degree in political science at UNH in 1973.曾任新罕布什尔州州长、后任美国联邦参议员的珍妮·沙欣于 1973 年在该校获得政治学硕士学位。
• Charles Simic, who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1990 and served as Poet Laureate of the United States in 2007 and 2008, taught English at UNH for decades.查尔斯·西米奇于 1990 年获得普利策诗歌奖，并在 2007 至 2008 年担任美国桂冠诗人，他在该校教授英语数十年。
• Yitang Zhang, a number theorist who proved in 2013 that gaps between consecutive primes are bounded, joined the UNH mathematics faculty and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2014.数论学家张益唐于 2013 年证明相邻素数间隔有界，后加入该校数学系，并于 2014 年获得麦克阿瑟基金会奖学金。
• Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for History for A Midwife's Tale, taught history at UNH from 1980 to 1995.凭借《助产士的故事》获得 1991 年普利策历史奖的劳雷尔·撒切尔·乌尔里希于 1980 至 1995 年在该校教授历史。
• Charles James, a chemist who was among the discoverers of the element lutetium, worked in Conant Hall from 1906 to 1928 and made UNH a centre for rare-earth separation.化学家查尔斯·詹姆斯是镥元素的发现者之一，1906 至 1928 年在科南特楼工作，使该校成为稀土分离研究的中心。
• Clark Terry, the jazz trumpeter and educator, held an affiliate faculty appointment in the music department from 1988 until his death in 2015.爵士小号演奏家与教育家克拉克·特里自 1988 年起在该校音乐系担任兼职教职，直至 2015 年去世。