To say biomechanical engineer Christina Salas, Ph.D, MSc, has had a busy year would be an understatement. Since last spring, she and her students at The University of New Mexico have used 3D printers to create thousands of face masks and face shields...
Scribendi, a national arts and literary magazine, has announced the release of the 35th anniversary of its publication with the upcoming 2021 edition. For more than three decades, The University of New Mexico-based magazine has been publishing the finest...
University of New Mexico students, staff, faculty and community members are planning a virtual vigil to honor and mourn in solidarity with AAPI Communities Friday, April 9 at 5:30 p.m. The vigil will begin with a discussion featuring students, faculty...
The UNM Alumni Association will host a virtual STEM Career Fair Thursday, April 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair will highlight job opportunities in New Mexico's innovative STEM job market, including space, tech and biotech industries. This virtual...
Entry, descent, and landing technologies are critical to placing large payloads on other planets such as Mars. As a spacecraft enters an atmosphere of a planet such as Earth or Mars, collisions with the atmospheric atoms and molecules generate very high...
The University of New Mexico is part of a team announcing the launch today of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering’s Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), the first engineering research visioning organization of its...
If there is one thing everyone has learned over the last 12 months, it’s that we have to take care of each other. The UNM Innovation Academy thinks that means supporting our fellow Lobos who are small business owners and entrepreneurs. To that end, the...
Paula Wilson has been selected by The University of New Mexico Department of Art as the 2021 Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist. She is an African-American mixed media artist creating works that examine women's identities through a lens of cultural...
As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes increasingly available to the general public, including our students, The University of New Mexico is reminding all of the need to register on the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) COVID-19 Vaccine Registration web...
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...
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...
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...
April 1 kicks off Sexual Assault Awareness Month and groups across the country are joining the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) in pledging to create safe spaces online. This year, the NSRVC’s campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness...
Every year, U.S. News and World Report releases rankings for select university and college programs across the country. Each year it focuses on different types of programs, sometime ranking sciences and other times humanities, etc. Below are those...
Registration for classes at The University of New Mexico 2021 Summer/Fall semesters begins on April 12. The Schedule of Classes is available for online viewing. UNM is rolling out its registration April 12-16. Registration begins for the summer...
“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...
The American College Health Foundation (ACHF) selected The University of New Mexico to participate in its emotional well-being survey that will be sent to a random selection of students, staff and faculty across campus starting Tuesday, March 30. UNM is...
A group of 17 historians recently met to assess the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump. Among those helping to compile a scholarly history of the 45th president’s administration is Jason Scott Smith, professor of History at The University of New...
Supreme Court Justice Julie J. Vargas being sworn into office. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham selected the UNM alumna to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Judith Nakamura.
Through virtual workshops, students learned how to fold the bags and heard a bit of history on Luminarias and Farolitos. It's part of the 2020 virtual edition of UNM's Hanging of the Greens tradition.
COVID-19 screening stickers peeled off UNMH badges and put on hospital signs remind first responders and practitioners how much they mean to our community.
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