News Archives: May, 2020

Several faculty and staff used 15 of the university’s 3D printers to make much-needed protective equipment for medical personnel. The printers — many of them now humming in home garages and basements — are manufacturing the headbands that support face shields used by medical professionals on the front line of addressing the coronavirus. At a production rate of up to 50 per day, by April 2 the effort produced more than 300 headbands.

When COVID-19 began to spread, UNH Police Chief Paul Dean, who is also serving as vice president of public safety and risk management for the campus, put out the call for supplies across the university, and between his stockpile and contributions from labs and departments campus wide, has collected some 45,000 pairs of gloves, 11,000 surgical masks, 4,800 N-95 respirators, 216 protective gowns and 38 Tyvek suits. These are being distributed to hospitals and health care facilities in the region as they are needed and are also available to first responders in Newmarket and Dover and to caregivers at Durham’s new RiverWoods retirement community.

Since mid-March, the Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by moving classes online, conducting and publishing research on new and emerging trends related to coronavirus, helping in the policy response, and by assisting communities to safely continue civic life during this period of individual isolation, while also preparing for re-engagement when limitations are lifted.