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As the state’s top research university, The University of New Mexico is home to some of the most cutting edge research. Associated with such research activities are potential occupational and environmental hazards, such as exposure to hazardous...

The University of New Mexico has placed an interim ban on the use, possession and storage of hoverboards on every UNM campus, including branch campuses, due to widespread safety concerns over the electronic skateboards or self-balancing scooters...

Universities operate in inherently risky environments. At the University of New Mexico, these risks run the gamut from the meticulous management of thousands of hazardous materials and chemicals in research laboratories, to insuring against lightning...

The Department of Safety & Risk Services oversees the UNM Watershed Basin permit and works to keep UNM’s storm water runoff as clean and pollution-free as possible. Storm water runoff occurs when precipitation from rain or snowmelt flows over the ground;...