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After a highly competitive process, University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes has announced the three newest multi-disciplinary teams to join the Grand Challenges program as Level 2 teams, Child Health, Just Transition to Green Energy, and...

UNM's Grand Challenges and the Interdisciplinary Science Cooperative have teamed up to bring Grand Challenges Day and the Team Research Symposium together in one special event for the campus community. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to...

A new report from The University of New Mexico and PSE Healthy Energy examines which communities in New Mexico are most impacted by pollution from large facilities. The report, “Climate, Health, and Equity Implications of Large Facility Pollution...

The University of New Mexico is now accepting applications to become a Level 2 Grand Challenges team. The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be open for all interdisciplinary research teams until Monday, May 1.   Since its launch in 2019, the UNM Grand...

Child abuse, mental health, food and housing insecurity, and language endangerment — the issues facing New Mexicans everyday can be seen from the streets of Las Cruces to the doorways of Taos. But 10 research teams at The University of New Mexico are...

For the last three years researchers at The University of New Mexico have set out to collaborate and address problems that impact individuals on a global, national and regional scale through the Grand Challenges program ­­­­– now that program is...

The University of New Mexico’s Center on Alcohol, Substance Use & Addictions (CASAA) hosts a research day showcasing some of the work students and investigators have completed the last few years. The virtual event will be held Thursday, July 7 from 9...

While early evidence is beginning to suggest an increase of alcohol consumption during the pandemic, University of New Mexico and Mind Research Network researchers are in the midst of testing a combination of different mechanisms to treat alcohol use...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico (UNM) and University of Missouri (MU) have developed a new framework that they believe will help identify people previously overlooked for alcohol use disorder (AUD). The framework focuses on 13 mechanisms, or...

Applications for two opportunities relating to the UNM Grand Challenges are open. These research opportunities are likely to provide students with a great research experience working, and a sense of scholastic achievement. The Grand Challenges are one...