After a lengthy process, The University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents recently adopted a new official seal, which will be implemented throughout 2021. The new seal is simple block lettered design that is centered with UNM’s new logo and the...
University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway recently announced the appointment of Dr. Mary Jo Daniel as acting/interim Vice President for Research (VPR), effective immediately. Daniel will serve as...
The University of New Mexico today released its annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report for 2020 in compliance with the federal Clery Act. The issue of campus safety at The University of New Mexico is an issue on most everyone’s minds as the...
In honor of their outstanding contributions to community service, the UNM Office of the President recently announced the winners of the 2020 Sarah Belle Brown award. They are Robert O. Valdez (faculty award) Amy Beggin (staff award) and Mirella Galvan De...
With the end of the Fall 2020 semester on the horizon, The University of New Mexico has released updated plans for the remainder of the fall semester as well as the upcoming spring 2021 semester. Students were recently provided with a message on the...
The University of New Mexico announced late-Friday that it will pivot operations to align with new state health orders issued by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The new orders, which include a statewide lockdown beginning Monday, Nov. 16 and continuing...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Tracie C. Collins, MD, MPH, dean of The University of New Mexico College of Population Health, secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health, it was announced Wednesday. “I’m thrilled to welcome Dr. Collins...
University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes today applauded the continued efforts by UNM leadership and the university community to mitigate the advance of COVID-19, pointing to strict health and safety practices and protocols that have resulted...
The University of New Mexico is joining hundreds of other institutions and organizations this week to celebrate Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week, to reflect on the importance of these two pillars of our institutional integrity. Compliance Week...
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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