An almost-entirely online law degree – in I.P. law, of course
The UNH law school in Concord has launched its first virtually-all-online degree (a small part of the 3 1/2 years will be on campus), which required a waiver from American Bar Association rules that frown on “distance learning.” It’s also an unusual,...
More water or more growth? Trees change their mind as CO2 grows
From UNH News Service: Research from the University of New Hampshire finds that the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere by human activity and fossil fuels is altering the way forests grow and use water. Scientists found that trees in the...
Law school goes online (finally!) for IP
The UNH law school in Concord – now renamed UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, which was sort of its name for three decades before UNH took it over in 2010 – on Wednesday started its first class of a new online degree in Intellectual Property law. I wrote...When a new planet swims into your ken
Remember when finding a planet outside the solar system was an incredible, amazing discovery? Now they seem to be all over the place – but finding one is still cool. Dartmouth Prof. Elisabeth Newton was part of a team that found one with the weird name “DS...
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Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WKXL radio in Concord.
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.