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The University of New Mexico Young Alumni (UNMYA) has announced its 2019-2020 advisory board.  The UNMYA board consists of 16 dedicated volunteers who lead committees, events and programs for both young alumni and soon-to-be graduates of UNM. Members of...

As the nation heads into Memorial Weekend, the unofficial start of summer, The University of New Mexico wants to recognize and honor the men and women who died while serving in the military, those who continue to bravely serve and those who have...

Olivia Padilla, an alumna of The University of New Mexico Class of 2018, is finishing a jampacked semester in Washington, D.C., as the first New Mexican to be a Global Leaders Fellow with the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI). CHLI gives...

Janet L. Pritchard recently became the third University of New Mexico alumnus in as many years to receive the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for photography. The grants provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative...

An alumna from The University of New Mexico is part of an international team of scientists that was able to produce the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole revealed earlier this week.  Raquel Fraga-Encinas, who is currently a Ph.D. student at...

“We are water. Our bodies hold streams—sweat, blood, tears, urine. Each of us is a walking river, sloshing along with damp insides held together by a paper-thin skin,” says Professor Emerita Basia Irland. Irland is the guest lecturer for the next Lobo...

The UNM Alumni Memorial Chapel will be open to students, faculty, staff and the UNM community for an open time of prayer and meditation April 2 through May 9  from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.  Lutherbury (the Lutheran Campus...

The UNM Alumni Association and UNM Young Alumni Chapter celebrate the Spring and Summer Class of 2019 by inviting graduates to party with their pack at the New Grad Bash from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 9 at Hodgin Hall Alumni Center.    Food,...

“To know no bounds is to be capable of affecting people and to have no limits.” – Anne B. Thomas No Bounds Scholarship In memory of Anne B. Thomas, family and friends have set up the Anne B. Thomas No Bounds Scholarship to aid disabled undergraduate...

The UNM Alumni Association will be lighting The U in honor of spring 2019 graduates. A professional photographer will be available from 5 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2 and Wednesday, May 1 to take free commemorative photos of our summer and spring 2019...