C. Jeffrey Brinker, a Distinguished Professor and Regents’ Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of New Mexico, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. “This is an...
Dr. Sang M. Han, Regents’ Professor in the Departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering has been chosen to receive the 2018 STC.UNM Innovation Fellow Award in recognition of his achievements as a leading...
In the modern undergraduate engineering curriculum, design projects — where students apply their technical knowledge and creativity to solving real-life challenges — are an important part of preparing students for future careers. However, these design...
The University of New Mexico's Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department annually compile a list of its top-10 research news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of...
As cars become more fuel-efficient, less heat is wasted in the exhaust, which makes it harder to clean up the pollutants being emitted. Researchers at The University of New Mexico (UNM) and Washington State University have created a catalyst capable of...
As the result of an accreditation review by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET in fall 2016, all of the bachelor’s degree programs in engineering offered by The University of New Mexico School of Engineering have been...
As the need for alternative forms of energy production continues to increase around the world, researchers at The University of New Mexico are working to improve hydrogen fuel cells by better understanding them at the atomic and molecular...
A University of New Mexico undergraduate engineering student thinks algae could solve the problem of arsenic contamination in water. Chase Stearnes says he got the idea after hearing about researchers who were able to use algae to collect and harvest...
The University of New Mexico is part of a new National Science Foundation-funded engineering research center that will develop new technologies to produce fuels from U.S. shale gas deposits that could inject $20 billion annually into the economy. UNM...
Julian Vigil is a point of pride for the Lobo pack. The Chemical Engineering senior was just named as one of the elite Churchill Scholars. The Churchill Scholarship was set up at...
The mark of a life is immeasurable. For artist, activist and educator Patrick Nagatani, the impressions he left behind take the tangible forms of his photography and art, as well as the intangible forms of how he impacted his peers, students and those...
University of New Mexico Provost Chaouki Abdallah has announced three finalists for the position of Senior Vice Provost. The finalists include: Melissa Bokovoy, Jay Parkes and Richard Wood. Finalist interviews will include open forums and meetings for...
Researchers have demonstrated that mammal biodiversity loss, a major conservation concern today, is part of a long-term trend lasting at least 125,000 years. As archaic humans, Neanderthals and other hominin species migrated out of Africa, what followed...
Once a year, the Biology Undergraduate Society (BUGS) creates an opportunity for students to meet live lobos. BUGS hosts Wolf Fest 2018 on Friday, April 20 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. between Popejoy Hall and the Fine Arts building. It will include...
Natasha Pineda embodies all the good things expected from an upcoming generation of millennials. The environmental communications student strolled up wearing lavender leggings and sporting mirrored pink sunglasses, with her lovable Rottweiler/Australian...
Recruit, retain, graduate—it’s a military and Veteran’s initiative at The University of New Mexico organized with the goal of better supporting the presence of this community on campus. To engage Veterans and military members, the Student Veterans of...
For more than 30 years, The University of New Mexico and the Institute for Medieval Studies (IMS) have collaborated to present the Spring Lecture Series, an annual celebration of world-class scholarship and research to the UNM campus community. This...
The University of New Mexico's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) hosts a Native American Pedagogies Conference on Friday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Willard Reading room at the Zimmerman Library. The event will examine how faculty can...
The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has unanimously selected Garnett S. Stokes as its 22nd president. Stokes, 61, will succeed Interim President Chaouki Abdallah, who has served in the role since the beginning of 2017. Stokes will take office...
Lyrical, earthy and powerful, “The House of Bernarda Alba” is a masterpiece by one of the world’s most influential playwrights, Federico García Lorca, directed by Shepard Sobel in a new translation by Caridad Svich. Presented by The University of New...
1. ABQ Journal - "UNM students join walkouts protesting gun violence"
2. NBC Washington - "Humans Killed Off the Biggest Land Mammals, Not Climate Change: Study"
3. EnvironmentGuru - "New Study says ancient humans hunted big mammals to extinction"
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Nancy López is an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico López directs and co-founded the Institute for the Study of “Race” and Social Justice, RWJF Center for Health Policy, which is in the process of creating a ...
The 10th annual Sustainability Expo went off without a hitch, introducing students to more sustainabile ways of living. There was also a thriving grower's market.
UNM brought the world to Albuquerque with the 2018 International Festival. The annual event included musical performances, cultural art and crafts, and food from countries represented by UNM students and communities.
Lead by President Stokes, many Lobos walked out on work recently. The walk, sponsored by UNM Employee Wellness, honored the American Heart Association’s National Walking Day—a day that promotes awareness of cardiovascular health.
If a hollow Sun was filled up with spherical Earths then around 960,000 would fit inside. Good thing UNM has gorgeous, shady study spots all around campus.
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