To help students, faculty, and staff adapt to a more socially-distant world, UNM Food now offers delivery service to main campus for two of the more popular restaurants in the Student Union Building. Lunchtime delivery service via GrubHub is available...
Despite a number of obstacles due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2nd annual Salsa Showdown kicked off the 2020 UNM Gives United Way Campaign recently, and after 200 bags of grab & go chips and salsa were distributed to faculty, staff and students, both in...
The University of New Mexico Associate Vice President for Institutional Support Services, Chris Vallejos, has announced his plan to retire on October 31, 2020. Vallejos has been a lifetime Lobo, earning both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business...
The University of New Mexico School of Public Administration (SPA) is adding another accolade to its long list of accomplishments. The School was recently re-accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) for...
The Office of the Chief Information Officer at The University of New Mexico announces the launch of its 8th annual Mobile App Contest, co-hosted with Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) for students enrolled in fall semester 2020. The Mobile App...
The dean of the UNM School of Architecture + Planning (SA+P), Robert Alexander González, has announced a new awards program called the On the Brinck Book Award + Lecture. The awards program is sponsored by the School’s $2.5 million John Brinckerhoff...
The UNM Bookstores host a Virtual Grad Fair Oct. 26-30 in support of any graduates needing regalia, diploma frames, class rings and announcements for any virtual events this December. Jostens will set up individual online appointments scheduled for...
Beginning the week Oct. 19, The University of New Mexico Facilities Management (FM) will oversee the demolition of the wall structures at the corner of Central Avenue and Girard Boulevard. FM has contracted a local construction company to complete the...
Join the UNM Alumni Association as it presents the next Lobo Living Room: Caring for UNM & the Community, Thursday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m. Stephanie McIver, counseling director at SHAC, and Miquela Rivera, grief counselor at the Grief Resource Center...
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 has announced 2021-22 scholarship opportunities for new students. Scholarship awards for incoming first-year and transfer students are extensive and are intended to reward students’ academic achievements. There is no ACT or...
A parking lot on the University of New Mexico’s Central Campus has been partially turned into a COVID-19 testing site for students. “This is a preventative measure as part of our Bring Back the Pack initiative,” said Byron Piatt, the UNM Emergency...
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...
The University of New Mexico is implementing a new initiative called Shared Location Entry Tracking, an ID scanning program to keep track of individuals, including vendors, contractors and visitors, entering some of the most popular buildings across...
University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes has appointed Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President (EVP) for UNM Health Sciences and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the UNM Health System. The selection culminates a 10-month national...
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...
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...
This year, The University of New Mexico’s Benefits & Employee Wellness is encouraging all employees, including faculty, staff, and students, to take advantage of no-cost flu shots available in the community. According to the Centers for Disease Control...
For the second year in a row the Salsa Showdown helped kick off this year’s UNM Gives Campaign, which began Oct. 1. For more information, visit UNM Gives Campaign at https://unmgives.unm.edu/.
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.
