UNM Facilities Management (FM) has scheduled a Duck Pond cleaning the week of March 13. The surrounding areas surrounding the Duck Pond will be closed and fenced off. Project Details A waist-high fence will be installed around the cleaning area on...
The design of indoor and outdoor spaces has the power to shape not just how we use an area, but also how we feel about it. Design can help inform whether someone wants to meet friends or move through an area quickly. It can even discourage crime. Crime...
Nominations are open for the 2022 Facilities Management (FM) annual Outstanding Manager Award. This award was developed to appreciate and recognize the qualities of excellence, leadership, and customer service in departmental managers. Nominations will...
To conserve resources over the break, every year The University of New Mexico and Facilities Management (FM) implements the Winter Setback Program. This winter break will be the 15th year that select campus buildings will have their temperatures...
The University of New Mexico’s VP Office for Institutional Support Services (ISS) has named Jeff Zumwalt as the director of UNM Utility Services. As the director, Zumwalt will oversee the efficient and reliable delivery of utilities to UNM’s main...
Mary Clark, manager of UNM Facilities Management's Office of Sustainability, recently received the 2021 FM Outstanding Manager Award during the UNM All-Staff Meeting and Annual United Way Fundraiser. Current FM staff nominated Clark for the award,...
UNM Utility Services elevated to stand-alone department status Following a careful examination of the critical processes and systems necessary to provide utilities to The University of New Mexico (UNM), Facilities Management (FM) and Institutional...
The newly renovated Johnson Center on The University of New Mexico campus received two awards in December from New Mexico trade associations. The center received the 2021 Best Building award from the Associated General Contractors of New Mexico (AGC) in...
Recently, at the New Mexico Recycling and Solid Waste Conference, Facilities Management (FM) Recycling Services was presented with the Recycling Facility of the Year award. The award was presented by the New Mexico Recycling Coalition, who each year...
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...
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...
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 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...
Registration for classes at The University of New Mexico 2023 Summer/Fall semesters begins on April 10 The Schedule of Classes is available for online viewing. UNM is rolling out its registration April 10-14. Registration begins for the summer...
Take pride in pride here at UNM. June 1 marks the first day of Pride Month, a 30-day celebration in commemoration of over 50 years of LGBTQ+ activism and community. “Pride season is upon us, and we are gearing up for another year of living out,...
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...
Meg Honnold just wrapped up her first year at The University of New Mexico, but unlike most students on campus, it was also her first year in a classroom. Homeschooled from kindergarten through high school on a fundamentalist family commune in the Ozark...
How do we even begin to compare immigration policies of countries in the world? The lenses through which we view one another are as vastly different as our skin colors, cultural traditions, and histories. So, when attempting to write a comparison of...
This Lobo statue, located southeast of Johnson Center, was created by sculptor John Tatschl as a dedication to the 158 students and alumni of The University of New Mexico who made the supreme sacrifice for our country in World War II. The structure was placed by the fraternities and sororities of UNM.
A new gateway to The University of New Mexico was recently unveiled on the northwest corner of Central Ave. and Girard Blvd. ASUNM was awarded funds from the NM State Legislature for the project in 2020. Students, visitors and alumni are invited to take photos with the 3D UNM monogram to show their Lobo pride.
The University of New Mexico will be closed for Winter Break from Friday, Dec. 23 through Monday, Jan. 2. UNM wishes one and all a safe and happy holiday season!
Pathways and sidewalks were illuminated with luminarias as part of The University of New Mexico’s annual Hanging of the Greens event recently. More than 14,000 luminarias dotted the campus landscape as part of UNM’s oldest tradition hosted by the UNM Mortar Board. Photo by Sarah Carsrud, UCAM.
"Stone, Paper, Scissors," located outside of Zimmerman Library on UNM's main campus, was created by Kevin Box in 2013. It's part of the UNM Art in Public Places exhibition commissioned by the State of New Mexico's Department of Cultural Affairs.
Heaven’s Tears, located in the UNM Student Union Building, was created from porcelain, wood and string in 1992. It's part of the UNM Art in Public Places exhibition commissioned by the State of New Mexico.
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