UNM University Libraries (UL) is re-opening in a limited way, in order to maintain safe and health COVID-19 practices. Library buildings will reopen to the UNM Community on Tuesday, Sept. 8. A current Lobo Card will be required to enter. Zimmerman...
The Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections (CSWR) is introducing a new method of delivering its semester lecture series, People & Places. The virtual lecture series will be delivered through Zoom and will feature researchers and experts in...
The University Libraries continues to plan for fall course resource needs, specifically on efforts to move to electronic course reserves for fall 2020 due to COVID-19. The University Libraries (UL) recommends requests for electronic course reserves for...
The University Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR) is offering limited onsite research opportunities. Since the closure of library buildings in March, researchers have hoped for access to CSWR collections onsite. CSWR...
After six years at The University of New Mexico, Richard W. Clement has announced his retirement and will step down as the dean of the College of the University Libraries and Learning Sciences (ULLS) on June 30. During his time, Clement has overseen...
From alternate histories to dystopias and from cyberpunk to space opera, the UNM University Libraries is inviting the campus community to celebrate science fiction this summer while making vital connections during these socially distanced times. The...
Across the Albuquerque Metro, groups continue answering the call to create masks needed to help curb the spread of COVID-19. In April, when the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommended cloth masks should be worn in public settings, UNM staff members...
Despite uncertainty, social distancing and a rapid transition to remote learning and working, the UNM University Libraries (UL) are continuing to provide services to UNM and the wider Albuquerque community. Students and faculty continue to receive...
Long before COVID-19 was a concern, changes were in the works at The University of New Mexico's College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences. Since July 2018, University Libraries (UL) leaders have been thinking about how to use its on-campus...
To understand the power of a movement that began in 2013, we have to jump back nearly 400 years and grasp onto perhaps the same struggle the Black community fought then; the idea that all people should be treated fairly in the eyes of the law and in...
The University of New Mexico improved to No. 187 in the recently released 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings, a jump of 31 spots from last year. The list includes more than 350 surveyed institutions. “UNM's faculty, students, and staff...
Enrollment numbers are in for Fall 2020 at the University of New Mexico, with several key categories that reflect continued increases and positive momentum at the State’s flagship university for the 2020-21 academic year, which began on Aug. 17. Based...
The day after a rare snowstorm hit the state in early September with snow, cold, and gusts up to 70 mph, The University of New Mexico student Jenna McCullough received an email with a report of dead birds at the Tijeras ranger station. It was her first...
Homecoming isn’t on hold in 2020 as The University of New Mexico’s Alumni Association works to honor tradition, students and alumni. This year’s theme, “Connected by the Unexpected,” as a reality has inspired alumni to celebrate The University and what...
Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes and celebrates the contributions of Hispanic Americans tracing their roots to Spain, Mexico, Central America, South American and the Spanish-speaking nations of the Caribbean have made to American society and culture...
In 2015, professors Blair Wolf and Chris Witt from The University of New Mexico Biology department traveled to Peru to examine how hummingbirds survived the extreme Andes Mountains temperatures. Witt received a National Science Foundation grant to...
Although my mother wasn’t a curandera — or traditional healer — she should have been one. Growing up on a rural farm away from populated areas made healthcare harder to come by. “Don’t you dare get sick,” she would say to me and my siblings. “And if you...
Every two years, New Mexicans have the opportunity to take to the voting booth and approve funding that goes towards higher education through General Obligation Bonds. This year, the ballot will feature GO Bond C for Higher Education to help provide New...
The new solar panels on Zimmerman will cover all the electric needs ofthe library, and any extra will be used elsewhere on campus. Through this solar array, UNM is expected to save approximately $25,000 per year and will reduce UNM’s carbon footprint by an equivalent of 15 metric tons of carbon dioxide yearly.
A crane lowers solar panels on the roof of Zimmerman Library in preparation for installation as part of a solar array project between the Associated Students of UNM (ASUNM) and UNM’s Facilities Management. This project, initiated in 2019 by ASUNM, will be the 12th solar installation approved and installed since 2006. The installation is scheduled to begin Sept. 7.
It's time to Bring Back the Pack ~ The University of New Mexico welcomes all incoming freshmen, and new and returning students to campus for the fall semester!
The BeKind UNM Team joined UNM Athletics to deliver stuffed bears to the Albuquerque Police Department earlier this month. The bears were collected during BeKind UNM week in February and were donated to be given to kids who may be in traumatic situations.
