University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Dr. Mike Holtzclaw as chancellor for the UNM-Los Alamos branch campus, effective July 18, 2022. Holtzclaw has more than 27 years of experience in...
University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Dr. Samuel Dosumu as chancellor for the UNM Valencia branch campus. “Sam Dosumu will be a wonderful new addition to the UNM Valencia community,”...
The University of New Mexico kicked off its long term strategic plan for UNM 2040: Opportunity Defined unveiling its collective roadmap for the future recently. UNM President Garnett S. Stokes opened the event with updated and new statements of UNM's...
Commencement is a time for celebration, recognition and reflection. It’s a tradition that marks the intersection of the past and the future, and on Saturday, May 14 at 9 a.m. at University Arena, The Pit, approximately 3,000 students from The University...
University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Eric Scott as vice president for Student Affairs. “I’m thrilled to have Dr. Eric Scott joining us as our new Vice President for Student Affairs,”...
The University of New Mexico is set to host the next step as part of its Strategic Plan Launch for UNM 2040: Opportunity Defined on Friday, May 6 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in Student Union Ballrooms B&C. The program begins at 12 noon with refreshments and an...
The University of New Mexico’s Office of Compliance, Ethics & Equal Opportunity (CEEO) is working on improving accessibility at UNM using a process that considers all parts of campus. UNM’s beautiful historic campus, originally founded in 1889, today...
University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has announced the launch of a national search for a new dean of the School of Engineering. The selected candidate will take over leadership of the...
“Doing the work and being a part of something that makes a difference is where the fun is.” This joy in advancing the operations and growth of The University of New Mexico has been a defining characteristic of Ava Lovell’s career. After nearly 28 years...
Researchers at The University of New Mexico examined the effects of consuming cannabis on nausea symptoms from five minutes to one-hour post-cannabis consumption and showed that using Cannabis results in an average symptom improvement of nearly 4 points...
New research suggests an unseen ‘mirror world’ of particles that interacts with our world only via gravity that might be the key to solving a major puzzle in cosmology today – the Hubble constant problem. The Hubble constant is the rate of expansion of...
The Spanish arrived from Europe in what would eventually become the United States nearly 500 years ago and began to mix with indigenous people they met and conquered. Native Americans, Mexicans, Central Americans, South Americans, Caribbean islands, and...
Many people understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, similar to all things on Earth, the environment is subject to human influences. Unfortunately, these influences often tend to lower...
There are fall-down, drag-out hard knocks stories, and then there are stories about rising from ashes. This story is full of both. Juan Juarez, 42, who was hired last December as a UNM-Taos academic advisor, is living a life he never dreamed possible....
Derric Romero compares his student experience at The University of New Mexico to the film Van Wilder. In the movie, the Wilder takes seven years to complete his degree and graduate. “I started UNM in the fall of 2010, fresh out of high school, 17 years old,...
Language matters—spiritually, culturally, emotionally. Written and spoken words are an art form, a way for values and traditions to be passed down for generations. When a language is lost, part of that culture is lost. By the same measure, when language...
“The Hispanic culture is rich in tradition. That’s what makes us unique – New Mexico is a perfect example of that.” The University of New Mexico Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo "Cheo" Torres said it best, pointing to the array of traditions...
How do we even begin to compare immigration policies of countries in the world? The lenses through which we view one another are as vastly different as our skin colors, cultural traditions, and histories. So, when attempting to write a comparison of...
The University of New Mexico celebrated the graduating Classes of 2020 and 2021 inside University Arena, The Pit for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. Congratulations to one and all!!