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UNM Young Alumni announces new board members

June 17, 2019

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...

Visiting scholars will use UNM resources to delve into region’s history

June 17, 2019

Gabriel Meléndez, director of the Center for Regional Studies (CRS) at The University of New Mexico, has announced that visiting scholars Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez and Tracy Brown will carry out research projects this summer at UNM through the center’s...

Rare George Orwell collection donated to UNM Libraries

By Rachel Whitt June 17, 2019

A longtime advocate and employee of UNM University Libraries is donating his collection of rare George Orwell books. Russ Davidson, University of New Mexico professor and curator emeritus, is both an avid collector of Orwell books and a great supporter...

New UNM study aims to learn why particular treatments work for alcohol use disorders

By Steve Carr June 17, 2019

In 2015 approximately 16 million people in the United States had an Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), including 15.1 million adults and about 625,000 adolescents ages 12–17. About twice as many men as women have an AUD. There are numerous approaches to...

UNM’s Lobo Launch team to make debut at rocket contest at Spaceport America

By Kim Delker June 15, 2019

For the first time ever, a group from The University of New Mexico will be competing in the Spaceport America Cup, which will be held June 18-22 between Las Cruces and Truth or Consequences, N.M. UNM’s Lobo Launch team, which includes 21 mechanical...

Schamiloglu receives inaugural IEEE Kristiansen Award

By Kim Delker June 14, 2019

Edl Schamiloglu, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and associate dean for research and innovation at The University of New Mexico School of Engineering, received the first-ever IEEE Magne “Kris” Kristiansen Award for...

Upgrades at CARC support UNM research

June 13, 2019

Following a week of downtime in late May, the UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing is back online with a number of improvements to its systems. The changes included upgrades to CARC’s data center power facilities, storage systems, network...

NMiF discusses upcoming Census count

By Evy Todd June 13, 2019

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland travels to Valencia County, where a year ahead of the census count, local planners are reaching out to community leaders in hard-to-count neighborhoods. Millions of dollars in federal funding...

Teachers taking coding skills from UNM workshop back to classrooms

By Mary Beth King June 12, 2019

Say the word “coding” and most people think of developing high tech computer software, phone apps, or websites. But since the 1950s, coding has also been used to create art. Teachers from all over New Mexico recently attended the first-ever Computer...

Turbine jet engines installed on main campus to support energy systems

By Steve Howe June 12, 2019

People witnessing the truck delivering a jet engine to Ford Utility Center in mid-May might have scratched their heads in wonder. However, for the Facilities Management Utility Division, it was an essential part of the utility maintenance plan to...

Trailblazing findings of daguerreotype properties revealed by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and UNM

By Steve Carr & Micol Spinazzi June 10, 2019

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) and The University of New Mexico today announced the groundbreaking findings of a two-year study of the plasmonic properties of daguerreotypes. Using atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy,...

UNM marketing students take top honors in national Acura ILX Marketing Challenge

By Leslie Venzuela June 11, 2019

Undergraduate marketing students from the UNM Anderson School of Management took top honors in the Acura ILX Marketing Challenge, a national student marketing competition sponsored by Acura and managed by EdVenture Partners. Student teams were tasked...

Todd selected as president & CEO of UNM Foundation

June 04, 2019

The UNM Foundation announced that it has selected Jeff Todd as its new president and CEO. Todd, who was selected following an extensive six-month nationwide search, will begin his duties on Sept. 1, 2019. Todd has more than 30 years of advancement...

Turbine jet engines installed on main campus to support energy systems

By Steve Howe June 12, 2019

Festival brings the passion and tradition of flamenco to Albuquerque

By Mary Beth King June 06, 2019

A toss of the skirt, a flick of the wrist and the crook of a finger, eyes demurely downcast or locked in smoldering intensity, the strumming and drumming, clapping, tapping, swirling, and stamping. Flamenco, the passionate, dramatic dance and music born...

Zerai appointed vice president for Equity and Inclusion at UNM

By Steve Carr June 04, 2019

University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes has named Dr. Assata Zerai as Vice President for Equity and Inclusion. “Dr. Zerai is a proven collaborative leader and advocate for inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility, and I’m excited to...

Notorious psychoactive chemical THC more important for therapeutic effects in cannabis than previously known

February 25, 2019

Researchers at The University of New Mexico recently solved a major gap in the scientific literature by using mobile software technology to measure the real-time effects of actual cannabis-based products used by millions of people every day. Contrary to...

Teachers taking coding skills from UNM workshop back to classrooms

By Mary Beth King June 12, 2019

Summer construction projects at UNM

June 04, 2019

Now that most of the students have let campus for the summer, traffic has slowed down and that means constructions projects have ramped up. Crews are actively working on new construction projects, street improvements, grounds and...

Project Heart Start set for June 15 at various locations

June 11, 2019

Sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 400,000 people in the U.S. every year. Surprisingly, 9,000 of those are under the age of 18. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if those close by had been trained to perform a few simple lifesaving...

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Headlines for June 17, 2019

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UNM faculty expert on foreign relations – Emile Nakhleh

Dr. Emile Nakhleh is a research professor and coordinator of National Security Programs at UNM. Nakhleh is a retired Senior Intelligence Service Officer, a National Intelligence Council Associate and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Since ...

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