URC at UNH

The Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) is a celebration of academic excellence at the University of New Hampshire. In 2022, the URC celebrated its 23rd year during a series of events, running April 19 to 23. Close to 2,000 UNH undergraduate students, from all academic disciplines, presented at the URC. The presentations showcased the results of students' research, scholarly, and creative projects in over 20 professional and artistic venues at both campuses (Durham and Manchester), making the UNH URC one of the largest and most diverse conferences of its kind in the country.

The URC session in the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics was held on Friday, April 22. Below is a list of the of the research projects conducted by ECON B.S. students:

Determinants of Bitcoin Price 

Eric Tseng and Bryce Shaw 

Residential Home Prices and the Covid-19 Pandemic  

Andrew Meyer and Cameron Taatjes

The Effects of Macroeconomics on Marriage and Divorce

Alina Wright and Eric Ciarla

Determinants of Unemployment

Ian Berens and Tristan Pavarini

School Spending and Student Outcomes

Henry Lavoie, Jack Becker, and Benjamin Swift

Determinants of Success in Major League Baseball

Sarah Wilkinson and Camden Leno

Police Spending and Its Effects on the Violent Crime Rate

Abram Rocks and Briggs Haugen

Impact of Covid-19 on Labor Productivity and Work Hours

Nicole Jutras and Liam Morrissey

Bitcoin and Stock Market Performance

Benjamin Clement and Diego Smith 

Determinants of Poverty in the US

Nathaniel Cohen and SeanPatrick Flynn

The Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the US Inflation Rate

Justine Jonathan and Kieran McCormack

Determinants of Health Insurance Coverage

Colin Sprague and Shane Murphy