For more than 50 years The University of New Mexico has welcomed new Lobos through an on campus New Student Orientation (NSO) program, and although the tradition will always remain, this summer, it is looking much different. In response to COVID-19 and...
A dedicated Lobo, Kim Kloeppel, is saying goodbye after 25 years at The University of New Mexico. Kloeppel is UNM’s Student Affairs associate director for finance and administration. However, throughout the years she’s filled several different roles...
Long-time Lobo Shelley Simms is retiring after 20 years of service at The University of New Mexico. After retiring, Simms plans to apply to the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at San Juan College. Simms recently served as the administrative...
Seven University of New Mexico students are being named Clauve Outstanding Seniors for 2020, in recognition of their academic success and campus leadership,. Adam Biederwolf, Nieajua Gonzalez, Kianna Holian, Madalyn Lucas, Sonia Ramirez, Stefani Strong...
The University of New Mexico is joining institutions and organizations across the country in recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This is the nineteenth year the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) has organized Sexual...
The 2020 Census is a decennial population count of the residents of the United States that is mandated by the government. It counts every person living in the United States and five U.S. territories. In mid-March, homes across the country began receiving...
The University of New Mexico’s College of Population Health, in partnership with departments and programs across campus, invites one and all to a forum titled “Creating a Safe Campus Environment: Preventing Gun Violence & Racism” on Thursday, Nov. 21...
In a single day in 2013, New Mexico domestic violence programs served 951 victims. Police responded to 18,954 domestic violence calls, 12,027 cases were filed in magistrate court, and judges issued 7,606 domestic violence protective orders. These and...
About 1 in 6 people in New Mexico, and 1 in 4 children, are suffering from food insecurity, according to USDA statistics from 2017 – unsure of where they will get their next meal and how to gain consistent access to food. It is difficult to pinpoint...
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...
To understand the power of a movement that began in 2013, we have to jump back nearly 400 years and grasp onto perhaps the same struggle the Black community fought then; the idea that all people should be treated fairly in the eyes of the law and in...
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...
To improve the safeguards that protect sensitive financial data from cyber threats, Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), also known as two-factor authentication, has recently been added to the Bursar Account Suite (TouchNet) and Loboweb (Direct Deposit,...
Paleo-ecologists from The University of New Mexico and at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have demonstrated that the offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex may have fundamentally re-shaped their communities by...
Mars is in the news with the landing of the Perseverance rover and there is a renewed interest in the red planet. In the March issue of National Geographic, professor Maria Lane of The University of New Mexico Department of Geography & Environmental...
Two University of New Mexico School of Law graduates Nancy Hollander and Teri Duncan will be represented in the feature motion-picture “The Mauritanian,” after the alumnae represented Mohamedou Ould Slahi between 2005 and 2016. Slahi, a Mauritanian...
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...
Streaming giant Netflix recently announced a proposed expansion in the City of Albuquerque – opening up countless possibilities for UNM Film and Digital Arts students to get hands-on experience. The investment will generate approximately 1,000...
Supreme Court Justice Julie J. Vargas being sworn into office. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham selected the UNM alumna to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Judith Nakamura.
Through virtual workshops, students learned how to fold the bags and heard a bit of history on Luminarias and Farolitos. It's part of the 2020 virtual edition of UNM's Hanging of the Greens tradition.
COVID-19 screening stickers peeled off UNMH badges and put on hospital signs remind first responders and practitioners how much they mean to our community.
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