Alumni

Pulitzer Prize winning Diné composer and sound artist Raven Chacon, who earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in music at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the prestigious MacArthur Genius Grant. He was given the award for “creating musical...

The University of New Mexico's Homecoming 2023 kicks off the week of Oct. 16. You and yours are invited to join UNM Alumni Relations for a wonderful week of celebration. This year's Homecoming will feature three signature events including Happy Hour at...

Author Bradford Strand, Ph.D, a 1988 University of New Mexico alumnus, has recently published ”Optimal Sports Performance: Practice Smarter, Think Faster, Play Better,” a book rich in training methodologies for athletes, teachers, coaches, and parents of...

The next Lobo Living Room, “NMPBS: It Takes a Masterpiece to Present Masterpiece,” is scheduled for Thursday, June 29 at 5:15 p.m. (MDT) at New Mexico PBS. This month, Lobo Living Room guests include Franz Joachim, general manager & CEO, Ashley...

Even before the COVID pandemic crashed through the doors at The University of New Mexico’s Sandoval Regional Medical Center, Dr. Poonè Haghani Tehrani could see that psychiatric services needed to be more efficient. In a state with a big need but a...

The University of New Mexico Art Museum will host the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company performing Transformations in Keller Hall on Saturday, May 6. Burgess is an alumnus of the UNM Department of Theater and Dance. The program will begin in Keller...

Katherine Crawford-Garrett, former UNM faculty member, and contributing UNM alumni Damon Carbajal, Kahlil Simpson and Amanda Short authored "Promising Pedagogies for Teacher Inquiry and Practice: Teaching Out Loud (Practitioner Inquiry Series)," an...

The University of New Mexico's Tamarind Institute is releasing 10 monotypes that emerged from alumna Emmi Whitehorse’s 2022 residency, her ninth since 1994. Lustrous shades of color evolve and gently drift across the paper. The subtle shifts of light...

The life and legacy of University of New Mexico School of Law alumna and trailblazer, Barbara Brown Simmons (BA ’69, JD ‘74), was celebrated in January at the UNM Alumni Chapter, but her impact continues to resonate. Brown Simmons, who died July 14,...

This year’s Sitcom Boot Camp from The University of New Mexico Film and Digital Media Arts program will be both a first and a last. For the first time, the production will be written for an animated feature. And the production will be the last for the...