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...
Fabianna Tabeling has been named Interim Director of Popejoy Hall. She assumes the post following the retirement of current UNM Public Events Director Tom Tkach. Tabeling has served as Associate Director, Business Operations for Popejoy since January...
After a nationwide search, Ellen R. Fisher, vice president for research at the University of New Mexico, has named Professor Katie Witkiewitz director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA). Witkiewitz will take over as director...
University Libraries celebrates staff member Nadia Orozco-Sahi for their selection in the 2022 American Library Associate (ALA) Emerging Leaders Program. Orozco-Sahi is a Library Information Special 3 within access services at Zimmerman Library. The...
Gene Henley is a familiar face around The University of New Mexico main campus – often seen walking briskly between meetings or around the grounds for exercise. But he is never too busy to help a UNM School of Public Administration (SPA) graduate...
After a two-year hiatus from celebrating in-person due to the pandemic, the UNM Staff Council will feature a series of events to celebrate Staff Appreciation Week May 21-27. The week opens with New Mexico United soccer match and ends with an Albuquerque...
Laura Valdez has played many key roles at The University of New Mexico over the last 34 years. As she enters retirement, Lobos reflect on how she has impacted first-generation college students and advisors. “Things that we take for granted when we’ve...
UNM Staff Council and President Garnett S. Stokes invite all staff who graduated between spring 2020-22 to join them for a celebratory reception called Staff as Grads. Staff as Grads recognizes the hard work of UNM staff who have recently earned a...
The Provost Committee for Staff (PCS) is accepting nominations for the Outstanding Staff Award and the Outstanding Workgroup Award now until Friday, April 22. Each spring semester of the academic year, the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs...
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!!
