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Acting dean of Graduate Studies Jesse Alemán announced that Rebecca Bixby is the new director of the Water Resources Program at The University of New Mexico. The Water Resources Program is an interdisciplinary master's level professional degree program...

The UNM School of Law recently led a group of faculty and students on a visit to the Laguna Pueblo, some 40 miles west of Albuquerque, to learn about the history of uranium mining and the disproportionate impacts of uranium contamination upon indigenous...

The UNM Grand Challenge focused on sustainable water resources is seeing great success in its first two years of establishment – cultivating collaborative partnerships across campus and increasing visibility of research. “It’s incredible to see the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation declared a water shortage in the Colorado River Basin, announcing historic water cuts for portions of the western United States. The damning headlines are startling, but water researchers...

Amid a risk of the Rio Grande going dry through Albuquerque this summer and growing threats to the state’s water supplies, The University of New Mexico has named Scott Verhines to be the next director of the UNM Water Resources Program. A New Mexico...