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UNM study confirms cannabis flower is an effective mid-level analgesic medication for pain treatment

August 20, 2019

Using the largest database of real-time recordings of the effects of common and commercially available cannabis products in the United States (U.S.), researchers at The University of New Mexico (UNM) found strong evidence that cannabis can significantly...

UNM’s National Security Studies and Critical Technology Study Programs host summer workshop

August 20, 2019

The University of New Mexico's National Security Studies and Critical Technology Study Programs host its annual Career Workshop and Summer Research Poster Session on Tuesday, Aug. 27 in the SUB. The workshop features presentations by Sandia National...

Adobe Creative Campus is here

August 19, 2019

All main campus students registered for Fall 2019 should receive an e-mail from Adobe.com with a link to download the Creative Cloud Suite at no additional cost. The Creative Cloud Suite includes a wide variety of applications used to create, edit, and...

Running Medicine launches fall 2019 season

August 19, 2019

The group known for delivering high-fives, dispensing community and generating family-oriented running enthusiasm throughout New Mexico is back for another round. Running Medicine kicks off its fall season Saturday, Aug. 24 at UNM North Golf Course at...

UNM’s Career Services teams up with JCPenney for ‘Suit Up’ event

August 19, 2019

From college casual to business professional, Career Services is partnering with JCPenney to host their popular reoccurring “Suit Up” event for UNM staff, faculty, students and alumni on Sunday, Aug. 25 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Coronado Center. The...

UNM provost and vice provost visit UNM-LA

August 19, 2019

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Paul Holloway and Senior Vice Provost Barbara Rodríguez traveled to Los Alamos recently to visit UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) and Los Alamos National Laboratory...

SUB employees render life-saving aid

By Dorene DiNaro August 19, 2019

The Student Union Building—a gathering place for students to recharge, eat and relax—took on quite a different atmosphere when two employees from The University of New Mexico saw an emergency situation and acted quickly to help. Jalen Williams (l.)...

Giving non-profits the tools to succeed

By Rachel Whitt August 15, 2019

The UNM Evaluation Lab Summer Institute brought in non-profits from across New Mexico to learn more about gauging the effectiveness of processes within their organizations. This is the second annual Summer Institute and more than 20 non-profits took...

Transgender Resource Center offers educational trainings

August 15, 2019

The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico will offer Transgender 101 and 201 Trainings at the UNM Art Museum on Wed. Aug. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The courses will cover a 2-hour training covering terms, definitions and concepts as they relate to...

NMIF visits with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on NMPED

August 15, 2019

This week on New Mexico in Focus, senior producer Matt Grubs sits down for an in-depth conversation with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about her ambitions goal of raising New Mexico’s public education system to be the best in the country. Less than a month...

Center for World University Rankings places UNM among world’s best universities

August 14, 2019

The University of New Mexico is ranking high amongst the world’s top universities according to the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)—the largest academic ranking of global universities. In the CWUR’s 2019-2020 rankings, UNM ranked No....

UNM's EDAC receives $700,000 grant to digitize historical aerial photos for web accessibility

By Steve Carr August 15, 2019

The preservation and documentation of historical records is an important job. From acts of Congress to government records to historical photographs, the National Archives and Records Administration (also known as National Archives or NARA) is tasked with...

UNM receives $5 million, 5-year National Science Foundation grant for water research

By Kim Delker August 12, 2019

The University of New Mexico has received a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue the groundbreaking research that the Center for Water and the Environment has been leading since 2014. "CREST Center for Water and the...

The growing trend of Emotional Support Animals

By Rachel Whitt August 05, 2019

A dog in the grocery store; a cat in the cabin of an airplane; a bird in a coffee shop – companion creatures labelled as Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) are showing up more and more in places previously understood to be animal-free. It’s part of a...

Notorious psychoactive chemical THC more important for therapeutic effects in cannabis than previously known

February 25, 2019

Researchers at The University of New Mexico recently solved a major gap in the scientific literature by using mobile software technology to measure the real-time effects of actual cannabis-based products used by millions of people every day. Contrary to...

UNM to welcome freshmen to campus

August 09, 2019

It’s a day that marks a new beginning for incoming freshmen at The University of New Mexico. It all starts for those students when UNM hosts Freshman Family Day on Sunday, Aug. 18 starting at 4 p.m. with a formal convocation for incoming freshmen. The...

Walt Miller to retire after 25 years with SUB

August 08, 2019

Dr. Walter Miller has been at the UNM Student Union Building long enough—25 years to be exact—to see the building and the University undergo many student, staff, and landscape transformations. This August, Miller will turn in his Lobo card and retire...

UNM prepares for Welcome Back Days

August 12, 2019

The University of New Mexico is preparing to welcome new and returning Lobos to campus with Welcome Back Days Fall 2019. Welcome Back Days is organized through Student Activities Center to help students become acquainted and feel welcomed on campus....

UNM's College of Arts and Sciences announces Regents’ Lecturers

August 08, 2019

The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts and Sciences has named Luis Campos, Irene Salinas and Owen Whooley as Regents’ Lecturers—a distinguishing title bestowed on selected tenured, junior faculty members that merit recognition of their...

SUB employees render life-saving aid

By Dorene DiNaro August 19, 2019

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UNM in the News

Headlines for August 20, 2019

* Albuquerque Journal - "Memorial service for Rudy Garcia scheduled" * Los Alamos Daily Post - "Robotics Night At Bradbury Science Museum Aug. 23" * Reader's Digest - "Here’s Why You Need Humor to Have a Healthy Brain" * Washington Monthly - "The...

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Faculty Experts

UNM faculty expert on foreign relations – Emile Nakhleh

Dr. Emile Nakhleh is a research professor and coordinator of National Security Programs at UNM. Nakhleh is a retired Senior Intelligence Service Officer, a National Intelligence Council Associate and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Since ...

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