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The UNM Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), in collaboration with Academic Affairs and ADVANCE at UNM, is seeking proposals for the Spring 2022 Program for Enhancing Research Capacity (PERC). PERC supports acquisition of shared...

Jacqueline (Jacque) Kocer, an UNM Anthropology doctoral student, is being honored with a  2021-22 American Fellowship by The American Association of University Women (AAUW). As one of the world’s oldest leading supporters of graduate women’s education,...

Innovate ABQ is expanding into more buildings downtown taking to heart its “grow from within” philosophy. The downtown Albuquerque area is committed to being a catalyst for start-ups and small businesses and now is expanding its operations to better...

Associate Professor Anna Nogar of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of New Mexico and UNM Mexico Studies Chair Lorena Ojeda-Dávila, professor at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, recently collaborated on a...

Every year, U.S. News and World Report releases rankings for select university and college programs across the country. Each year it focuses on different types of programs, sometime ranking sciences and other times humanities, etc. Below are those...

Every two years, New Mexicans have the opportunity to take to the voting booth and approve funding that goes towards higher education through General Obligation Bonds. This year, the ballot will feature GO Bond C for Higher Education to help provide New...

Last year, Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) at The University of New Mexico, traveled to Italy on a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. The grant would allow...

Yu-Lin Shen, professor and chair of The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering, is the recipient of the PNM Chair for Renewable Energy Research. The endowment, first established at UNM in 1985 thanks to a gift from the PNM...

Africa has largely been portrayed as a site of perpetual misery, with stereotypes in the public, and among students and scholars. The generalizations make it one of the most misunderstood social, political, and cultural spaces – a perception the UNM...

The University of New Mexico is joining communities nationwide in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month – a time to recognize the contributions Hispanic Americans make to society.  Hispanic Heritage Month originated in the late 1960s. In 1968, Congress...