Alumni

When Rudy Garcia took his first computer science class at Albuquerque High School in the 1980s, the machines still required punched cards. He was fascinated by the way the devices performed calculations. These days, Garcia works as a data engineer for...

University of New Mexico alumna and DC area resident LaNysha T. Adams was announced as the Best Indie Book Award (BIBA®) winner in the Motivational category for her debut non-fiction work, Me Power (New Degree Press) within the first three months of its...

“I love research,” enthuses The University of New Mexico alum Raven Otero-Symphony. “Not only did research give me the freedom to question and explore in my own capacity on topics that interest me, it also provided support during challenging moments in...

University of New Mexico alumna Cindy Nava will be the keynote speaker for UNM’s 2022 Fall Commencement set for Friday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. in University Arena, The Pit. Nava, who came to the U.S. as a child from Chihuahua, Mexico, grew up as an...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering honored eight of its graduates Dec. 1 as recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. The event, which was held at Hotel Albuquerque, featured a welcome by UNM President Garnett Stokes. Honorees are...

Wesley Chenault, who received his Ph.D. in American Studies from The University of New Mexico in 2008, has been appointed associate director for Strategic Initiatives and Programs of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. In this inaugural role,...

Lobo Living Room 10 Year Anniversary: State-of-the-art Research from New Mexico to Africa The UNM Alumni Association in partnership with the Shared Knowledge Conference proudly invites Lobo alumni and community members to the Lobo Living Room 10 Year...

He calls it the Nike of the nonbinary generation. Both& is a one-of-a-kind clothing brand coming out of the mind of former University of New Mexico student Finnegan Shepard. That’s the beauty of its uniqueness–it’s for both everyone and no one. “For...

Hear ye', hear ye' ~ The Pack is back! Homecoming is a time to come together and celebrate our Lobo spirit! This year, The University of New Mexico's Alumni Relations Office is re-igniting that spirit with a week of events leading up to the big game...

The University of New Mexico is planning a celebration on Monday, Oct. 10 in honor of alumnus Jack Dongarra, the recipient of the 2021 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of...