The University of New Mexico (UNM) completed construction on its new Physics & Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science (PAÍS) building, a $67 million project that is already changing the way research is conducted on campus. A project over 20 years in...
It was April 2006 when a fire in the basement of The University of New Mexico's Zimmerman Library destroyed 30,000 volumes of periodicals as well as furnishings, shelving and fixtures in the path of the flames. An earlier flood in the underground...
Beginning, Monday, May 16, UNM IT will expand the use of Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Single-Sign-On (SSO) for supported applications to help further safeguard UNM accounts and information. In March 2021, UNM IT rolled out MFA for a variety of...
Canvas Update: Temp Courses, and Bulk Migrated Content Available We are excited to announce that Canvas is now open for course development. Instructors have access to request a temporary course shell to start building Canvas courses for future...
In response to global trends and other emerging threats related to information security, in 2021-2022, UNM President Garnett S. Stokes asked UNM IT to make a focused effort on accelerating improvements to security controls. UNM's next effort addresses...
Between classes, exams, and learning to live on their own – college can be a difficult time of growth for students. On top of that stress, 29 percent of undergraduate students at UNM report they are food insecure and are not able to consistently access...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr visited The University of New Mexico Thursday, appearing at a roundtable event with other stakeholders advocating greater broadband access in New Mexico. The commissioner traveled from...
Recently, the University of New Mexico, Wazco LLC and Celona demonstrated a novel deployment of Citizens Band Radio Service or CBRS-powered Private Mobile Network on UNM’s main campus in Albuquerque. CBRS is an enterprise-grade wireless broadband...
In 2019, The University of New Mexico announced it was teaming up with Adobe to make UNM an Adobe Creative Campus. Using that partnership as a springboard, UNM has created an Adobe Creative Commons where students, faculty, and staff have technological...
Researchers at The University of New Mexico examined the effects of consuming cannabis on nausea symptoms from five minutes to one-hour post-cannabis consumption and showed that using Cannabis results in an average symptom improvement of nearly 4 points...
Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, and his students, many of them undergraduates, are investigating the genetic and molecular mechanics regulating neural diversity ̶ from stem cells to neural...
The Spanish arrived from Europe in what would eventually become the United States nearly 500 years ago and began to mix with indigenous people they met and conquered. Native Americans, Mexicans, Central Americans, South Americans, Caribbean islands, and...
Many people understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, similar to all things on Earth, the environment is subject to human influences. Unfortunately, these influences often tend to lower...
Tim Gutierrez has held several titles during his tenure at The University of New Mexico from an instructor to coordinator, associate vice president and lastly interim vice president of the Division of Student Affairs. However, he jokes that most people...
Language matters—spiritually, culturally, emotionally. Written and spoken words are an art form, a way for values and traditions to be passed down for generations. When a language is lost, part of that culture is lost. By the same measure, when language...
“The Hispanic culture is rich in tradition. That’s what makes us unique – New Mexico is a perfect example of that.” The University of New Mexico Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo "Cheo" Torres said it best, pointing to the array of traditions...
Although my mother wasn’t a curandera — or traditional healer — she should have been one. Growing up on a rural farm away from populated areas made healthcare harder to come by. “Don’t you dare get sick,” she would say to me and my siblings. “And if you...
Cindy Nava heads to Washington, D.C. where she will become the first former DACA recipient in the United States to receive a White House presidential appointment. Nava, a University of New Mexico alumna, will serve as the senior policy advisor to the...
The University of New Mexico celebrated the graduating Classes of 2020 and 2021 inside University Arena, The Pit for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. Congratulations to one and all!!