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The University of New Mexico leadership is giving thoughtful guidance and planning to how the Fall 2020 semester will look. Right now, UNM is planning comprehensive health measures to enable a "hybrid" semester in which some courses are delivered...

Organizations around the globe, including The University of New Mexico (UNM), are recognizing World Environment Day and its 2020 theme: Celebrate Biodiversity. The United Nations encourages environmental awareness by recognizing June 5 as World...

Even though The University of New Mexico’s main campus is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are certain jobs that remain on a regular routine for cleaning, maintenance and other necessary activities that keep the campus landscape looking...

The Solid Waste Management Department, Parks and Recreation and PNM are making it easy to recycle Christmas trees this season. Trees can be dropped off for free Dec. 30, 2019 through Jan. 12, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following...

As in years past, to conserve both financial and environmental resources, The University of New Mexico and the Facilities Management Department (FM) will implement the Winter Setback Program across campus. The program, which will run from Saturday, Dec....

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico’s (ASUNM) Community Experience rounded up nearly 300 Lobos to help UNM’s Facilities Management clean up campus in preparation for Homecoming Week through its annual Fall Frenzy event held...

On Jan. 29, 2019, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order calling for New Mexico to join the U. S. Climate Alliance, which has adopted the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. The governor also ordered the creation of a New...

The UNM Sustainability Studies Program recognized Earth Day by planting two new fruit trees on-campus. Before the afternoon spring rains visited Albuquerque, faculty and staff from Sustainability Studies Program including Professor/Director Bruce Milne,...

A hand-constructed yurt, a clothing swap, bicycle repair booth and seed swap are just a few of the activities planned for the annual UNM Sustainability Expo. It’s taking place Thursday, April 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Cornell Mall. The event is...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year, $6.4 million grant in new support of the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in central New Mexico with a research focus on environmental changes in dryland ecotones. The...