College of Liberal Arts
SOCIAL SCIENCES • HUMANITIES • FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS • EDUCATION
Bring your imagination to life at the College of Liberal Arts (COLA) at the University of New Hampshire. Explore your passions and create your very own path from dozens of majors, minors and graduate programs in the social sciences, humanities, fine and performing arts and education. Immerse yourself in an engaged, innovative community of academic excellence with some of the world’s best faculty leading the way.
Think it sounds amazing? It is.
Find your Future in the College of Liberal Arts
In COLA, you will learn deeply and explore boldly within a collaborative, caring community of thinkers, creators and doers. You’ll connect the dots and put things into a larger context while developing skills that employers want — like critical thinking, complex problem solving and communication. You’ll learn to be creative, nimble and ready to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
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Oct88:00am - 9:00am, Come learn about the One Big Bill Act (OBBA) passed by Congress over the summer with Deborah Fournier, Director of Health Law and Policy at the Institute for Health Policy and Practice at UNH, who will discuss provisions of the law and the implications of new policies on taxes, health access, and food supports.
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Oct8
7:00pm - 7:00pm, THE HALF-WRITTEN PLAYConceived and Directed by David KayeThe Half-Written Play will present a unique theatrical experience focused on a divisive issue related to sustainability. With the play performed to the midpoint, and the actors frustrated by the dead end at which their characters have arrived, the audience will take charge in charting how the play will conclude. This performance is associated with New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary internat...
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Oct9
7:00pm - 7:00pm, THE HALF-WRITTEN PLAYConceived and Directed by David KayeThe Half-Written Play will present a unique theatrical experience focused on a divisive issue related to sustainability. With the play performed to the midpoint, and the actors frustrated by the dead end at which their characters have arrived, the audience will take charge in charting how the play will conclude. This performance is associated with New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary internat...