Government Relations

Students at The University of New Mexico will receive more funding from the state lottery scholarship than last year, according to new numbers released by the state Higher Education Department. Eligible UNM students will receive $2,294 per student/per...

Standard & Poors (S&P) Global Ratings, one of the nation’s premier credit rating services, affirmed UNM’s long-term ‘AA’ rating. At the same time, S&P revised the rating outlook to negative from stable, reflecting the already known challenges of...

“If every displaced person in the world were put into their own country, it would be the 21st largest country in the world.” The sobering statistics and complex crisis of displaced refugees is the focus of a new book written and published by students at...

The people of Santa Fe were seeing red on Monday. Dozens of The University of New Mexico’s departments, programs and student groups gathered at the State Capital Building to celebrate all things UNM with legislators and community leaders. UNM Day, is an...

Students elected to represent the undergraduate population at UNM are urging state lawmakers to increase funding to the Legislative Lottery Scholarship. UNM Student Body President Noah Brooks and Vice President Sally Midani sent an open letter to...

The most populous county in New Mexico also boasts the most innovative, modern and professional polling jurisdictions in the nation. According to a new report from the UNM Center for the Study of Voting, Elections and Democracy (C-SVED), Bernalillo...

A new study released by political science professors at The University of New Mexico could change how the state regulates and records public campaign financing.

Every year, Americans commemorate the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. On that date, 39 founding fathers signed the document that became the cornerstone of law in the United States of America. The Constitution...

New numbers show The University of New Mexico is making big strides toward addressing a rising national problem: sexual misconduct on college campuses. Just six months after UNM reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S....

The University of New Mexico Political Science Department is partnering with state legislators to provide students with an immersive, hands-on learning experience in the state’s capitol. "I made contacts that could turn into jobs after college" - Gabe...