Every 68 seconds, an American over the age of 12 is sexually assaulted. Each April, The University of New Mexico’s LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center joins organizations around the country in prevention efforts and educational campaigns in honor of Sexual...
More than 463,000 people are sexually assaulted in the United States every year, according to RAINN. To shed light on this shocking statistic, the LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center at The University of New Mexico will create an art installation titled “Sole Survivor.”
With Thanksgiving and Winter breaks right around the corner, The University of New Mexico Lobo Food Pantry is seeking physical donations to help keep its shelves full after record-high use this semester. With an average of 120 daily visitors this...
The University of New Mexico provides a vast range of support services and resources for students experiencing issues that include mental health, physical health, community emergencies, and crime. UNM students are always able to connect to care at any...
The University of New Mexico is home to an array of campus resource centers and support programs that promote academic and communal success for all students, staff and faculty navigating campus life. Each center supports different elements of student...
Mandatory training may have a certain tone to it, but the LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center is working to distinguish the sexual assault prevention trainings the organization offers, like The Grey Area, as programs that initiate real conversations and help...
April is recognized nationally as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and departments at The University of New Mexico are teaming up to help educate and engage the campus community in conversations about sexual violence, consent, objectification and healthy...
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is recognized every year during April. Each year, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center promotes SAAM by highlighting a specific theme and this year’s theme is Building Safe Online Spaces Together. NSVRC is...
A survey conducted by a team of researchers from The University of New Mexico finds that students who are food-insecure are more likely to fail or withdraw from classes or drop out of college entirely. The survey was done by lead author Heather...
Professor Sonia Gipson Rankin is a Professor of Law at The University of New Mexico School of Law. Her work focuses on the legal and justice implications of new technologies like artificial intelligence, implicit bias, and criminal justice reform, as...
TAOS, N.M. – On Tuesday, Sept. 10, UNM-Taos hosted a paramedic graduation ceremony for the first time in over 20 years. With the leadership and vision of Josh Wright, director of EMS and chair of health sciences, the program started up again at UNM-Taos....
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...
Get ready to ignite your Lobo spirit at Homecoming 2024. With something for everyone, mark your calendars and join us from September 18–21! This year, we're ramping up the excitement with a series of events leading up to the epic showdown against Fresno...
The University of New Mexico will test its emergency notification systems on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 11:02 a.m. This system test is UNM’s annual fall semester test and coincides with UNM's Campus Safety Week. The test will include all parts of the...
A University of New Mexico alumnus sped into a new job in August as an aerodynamics design engineer with the McLaren Formula 1 team in Woking, England. Tiger Lee, who graduated from UNM in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, has...
“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...
Declining flows that have left the Rio Grande a tenuous brown ribbon through Albuquerque this summer are a reminder both of the impact of climate change, but also of our reliance on increasingly fragile water management infrastructure, according to a...
The University of New Mexico will be closed for Winter Break beginning Friday, Dec. 22 through Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. UNM wishes one and all a safe and happy holiday season!
This year a new balloon can be spotted in the sky, 'Cherry On Top,' the official University of New Mexico hot air balloon. UNM and Rainbow Ryders, Inc. revealed the new UNM hot air balloon ahead of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta as 'Cherry On Top' made its first public appearance on Johnson Field.
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