Featured Employer: Mathematica

Welcome to our Featured Employer series where we feature different companies/organizations in the food, nutrition, and public health field! At the end of last month, the Block Career Center hosted an Employer Information Session with Mathematica.

What does Mathematica do?

By Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou
Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou Student Ambassador
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Insider Tips: Applying to Federal Government Jobs

Are you interested in working for the federal government? Or perhaps you are exploring government vs private sectors jobs. Federal agencies hire the best and brightest, and getting a federal job is often very competitive. Some agencies do not advertise, …

By Susannah Krenn
Susannah Krenn Assistant Director, Communications & Marketing / Career Advisor
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29 Organizations Promoting Food Literacy in Schools

Food literacy, the understanding that food choices affect human and planetary health, can be an important tool for building resilient individuals and communities. A combination of nutrition knowledge, culinary skill, food systems awareness, and behavioral change, food literacy is a …

By Susannah Krenn
Susannah Krenn Assistant Director, Communications & Marketing / Career Advisor
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Top 15 Informational Interview Questions to Ask (and Why)

Informational interviews put you in the driver’s seat. They are phenomenal opportunities to find out more about a job, career path, industry, or company you’re interested in. But any interview is often only as good as the questions the interviewer …

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AFE Career Discovery Session Recap

We hosted an AFE (Agriculture, Food and Environment) Career Discovery Session on Feb 14th, and these are some highlights from the talk.

Division Chair, Professor Tim Griffin, and Associate Professor Erin Coughlan de Perez shared their own personal career journeys, …

By Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou
Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou Student Ambassador
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Get the Most Out of Your Job Interview with These Questions

During a job interview, you can expect to be asked all kinds of questions about your education, experience, and skills. At a certain point, the interviewer will shift gears and ask if you have any questions for them, which gives …

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Internship Spotlight: Aarti Singh, Sustainability Fellow for the UNH Sustainability Institute

Aarti Singh is a second-year AFE student and interned as a Sustainability Fellow for the UNH Sustainability Institute. UNH’s fellowship is a national program that hosts students to work on transformative sustainability initiatives across different disciplines.

1. In just a …

By Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou
Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou Student Ambassador
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Finding Your Passion — Takeaways from Innovation Institute’s Panel Session with Lauren Abda

Lauren Abda founded Branchfood and built the largest food entrepreneurs and startups community in New England. She is also the Co-founder of Branch Venture Groups, a network of investors who support early-stage food start-ups. She graduated from Tufts Friedman School …

By Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou
Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou Student Ambassador
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Featured Employer: Indigo Ag

Welcome to our Featured Employer series where we feature different companies/organizations in the food, nutrition, and public health field!

What does Indigo do?

Indigo developed an integrated business platform for different stakeholders in the agriculture industry to promote the sustainability …

By Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou
Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou Student Ambassador
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Featured Employer: HNRCA

Welcome to our Featured Employer series where we feature different companies/organizations in the food, nutrition, and public health field!

What do they do?

The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) is one of the largest research …

By Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou
Fangruo (Ingrid) Zhou Student Ambassador
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