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The first of four open forums featuring candidates for UNM’s Executive Vice President for Health Sciences will begin next week, Thursday and Friday, July 16-17, with Dr. Veronica T. Mallett. Dr. Veronica T. Mallett Forum Schedule Thursday, July 16...

The Provost’s Committee for Advising (PCA) seeks nominations for the Excellence in Advising for Academic Advisors and the Excellence in Advising for Integrated Advisors awards. To nominate a staff advisor in an integrated or academic unit, visit:...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, host Gene Grant celebrates the third anniversary of the show’s monthly series Our Land with environmental journalist Laura Paskus, who talks about the state’s outlook and attitudes toward the environment. Paskus also...

Can you hold a successful international scientific conference amid a global pandemic? Yes! Establishing a new tradition of collaboration and research excellence, the Virtual SynCell2020 Symposium was held online in late-May with 715 registered virtual...

After two months of around-the-clock mask making at the COSMIAC research facility south of campus, The University of New Mexico’s 3D-printed mask production for the community and medical workers involved in the COVID-19 pandemic has moved to main campus...

UNM Staff Council is kicking off a webinar series devoted to educating staff on issues of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The quarterly discussions will focus on topics including combatting racism and will take place during the Staff Council Brown Bag...

The University Libraries continues to plan for fall course resource needs, specifically on efforts to move to electronic course reserves for fall 2020 due to COVID-19. The University Libraries (UL) recommends requests for electronic course reserves for...

People of color are being disproportionately infected by the novel coronavirus, professor of computer science and biology at UNM Melanie Moses and...

A new study launched at the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has unique data showcasing behavioral pattern changes in communities. The National Panel Study of COVID-19 began in March and focuses on how different ethnicities and political party...

The University of New Mexico campus and labs have been uncharacteristically quiet the last few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but on least in one part of campus, that is about to change. Construction is slated to begin in mid-July on the new lab...