Faculty News

Beginning next fall, courses at The University of New Mexico will begin showing new Common Course Numbering (CCN) in compliance with the State of New Mexico’s Higher Education Department (HED) to standardize common courses among the state’s higher...

The University of New Mexico has announced listening sessions for faculty, staff and students to allow the campus community to be heard regarding its perspectives about the future direction of UNM's academic mission and what the campus community would...

Les Field, Ph.D., professor and chair in the The University of New Mexico's Department of Anthropology, has been awarded an EAGER (Early Concept Grant for Exploratory Research) from the National Science Foundation, to begin a project entitled...

The University of New Mexico Staff Council will honor Augustine Aragon, Justin Baca and Roberta Chavez as the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Supervisor Award. More than 50 supervisors were nominated from across campus and the winners were chosen by...

University of New Mexico interim Provost Richard Wood has named Dr. Barbara L. Rodríguez as interim senior vice provost. She replaces Wood during his interim appointment as provost through June 2019, announced by President Garnett S. Stokes last...

The National Science Foundation announced today $6 million for quantum research as part of its RAISE-EQuIP: Frontiers of Quantum Engineering effort, an initiative designed to push the frontiers of engineering in quantum information science and...

Advance at UNM hosts a series of workshops designed to faculty build an enjoyable career. The workshops include a variety of interesting topics including Succeeding with New Expectations, Research Proposals: From Idea to Submission and Mindfulness:...

Employee Wellness is encouraging UNM workers to step up their fitness. Healthywage is teaming up with the university again to bring UNM’s Step Challenge. It’s a 60-day activity challenge where participants who increase their average individual steps by...

The waterways of New Mexico are dominated by intermittent streams and rivers. Estimates are that almost 90 percent of the stream and river miles in New Mexico cease to flow at sometime during the year. Examples of intermittent rivers in central New...

In theory, society has changed a great deal since the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Many laws have been passed penalizing discrimination based on race, sex, disability and sexuality, to name a few. Diversity in the U.S. is on the rise, and social media is...