According to a recent CNN report, many states, including New Mexico, require more training hours to receive a barber’s license than a police badge. Some states are even encouraging cosmetologists to receive victim response training. It’s part of why...
This year’s flu season has been tougher than most, but there’s still time to get a flu shot. UNM Students can receive a free flu shot at SHAC in dedication to "Take One for Raymond," an initiative began by the parents of former UNM student Raymond...
The University of New Mexico’s Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) and Recreational Services launches the Lobo Wellness program at a kickoff event Thursday, Jan. 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building (SUB). The program is...
Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) offers free flu shots on Nov. 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Lobos 18-years and older, while supplies last. Walk-ins are welcome or appointments can be made by calling 505-277-3136. SHAC's Take One for Raymond...
If you haven’t been feeling like yourself lately, a simple, confidential questionnaire can determine what is wrong and what you can do for help. Whether for depression or another mental health issue, a mental health screening helps individuals to...
Students returning for classes this fall will find that The University of New Mexico has updated and will begin to enforce its Tobacco-Free policy on its main and branch campuses. New signage at the entrances to campus as well as notices affixed to...
Since 1929, The University of New Mexico has provided medical and counseling services to students in need. Known today as Student Health & Counseling, SHAC still delivers these services with extraordinary quality and value and wants to educate Lobos on...
Riley Del Rey will be the first in her family to graduate from college. She used her time at UNM to complete a degree in philosophy; and also to become secure in who she is as a transgender woman. She says UNM staff and faculty taught her the deep...
With work, school, relationships, homework and those dreaded finals, it’s no surprise that college students don’t get adequate sleep. But what’s surprising is what happens to your mind and body without those zzz’s. UNM Student Health & Counseling (SHAC)...
It’s a text no one wants to receive: a Lobo Alert warning the campus community one of its own has been sexually assaulted. Students immediately wonder if it was their friend or fellow student they see every day on their way to class – and according to...
The Grand Canyon is one of the supreme geologic laboratories on Earth and, after about 140 years of geologic investigation, one might think that its secrets have been mostly resolved. This is especially true of the flat-lying layered rocks that are so...
As members of a small but well-established program, The University of New Mexico’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) team members always know it’s a bit of an uphill battle competing against some of the largest and best-financed programs in...
Change is happening all over main campus this summer, so to keep your commute running smoothly, here are a few updates on parking and transportation. Cornell structure Access to the Cornell parking structure will be changed as a result of the Johnson...
In the United States, about one in 12 – or eight percent – of children have communication disorders. Researchers at the University of New Mexico and the University of Central Florida were recently awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to study...
Imagine leaving your home to go on a walk around the block, a familiar path you’ve walked many times. After a few steps into your walk, you look around and begin to feel like you don’t know where you are - nothing looks familiar. For aging adults,...
The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico has announced the passing of beloved colleague Marta Weigle on Thursday, June 14. Weigle was an extraordinary writer, cultural historian and critical analyst of what she famously called...
This summer children are invited to uncover the mysteries of history and discover the cultures of the world at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico. The Maxwell is offering two unique summer camp programs to keep children...
University of New Mexico architecture students are reimagining portions of the San Francisco Bay Area and how it could better cater to cultural exchange. Farrokh Rostami Kia, Master of Architecture 2018, and Siavash Rezaei, Master of Architecture 2019,...
New Mexico is a land rich with history, full of multifarious cultures, peoples, and identities. This undeniable truth made Albuquerque and The University of New Mexico an ideal setting for the annual Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA)...
For decades, scientists have conducted research centered around the five major mass extinctions that have shaped the world we live in. The extinctions date back more than 450 million years with the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction to the deadliest...
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Nancy López is an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico López directs and co-founded the Institute for the Study of “Race” and Social Justice, RWJF Center for Health Policy, which is in the process of creating a ...
was buried at the UNM North Golf Course to preserve the history of the open space partnership between Bernalillo County and the University. Some of the items included were a copy of the Daily Lobo, 2018 graduation program, official presidential installation coin and Bernie the County's mascot. It will be unearthed in the year 2068.
UNM's newest president is getting to know students around New Mexico. She launched her statewide listening tour today, starting in Los Alamos. Follow her adventures on Twitter @PresidentStokes
Students, staff and faculty all took a break from finals-mania to join the Star Wars Day festivities in the SUB, including cookies, characters in costume and a photobooth.
UNM President Garnett S. Stokes visits with a prospective student and his father during the President's Student Social. President Stokes visited with students near the Duck Pond in-between classes to hear about their UNM experience.
The 2018 Miss Indian UNM Ceremony was recently held. Sarah Dennison was crowned as the 2018-2019 Miss Indian UNM. Dennison is from Tohatchi, N.M. — of the Navajo Nation — and is a pre-nusring student.
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