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Researchers from UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) have uncovered the giant hummingbird’s extreme long-distance migration for the first time. Their eight-year study, Extreme elevational migration spurred cryptic speciation in giant hummingbirds...

The number one pro-baseball draft pick, a two-time basketball all-star and a gold medal winner in beach volleyball may be the simple answer for the best of the best in a sport. When you remove the sight of the batter, the long legs of the player...

The University of New Mexico is committed to the safety of everyone on campus, including students, faculty, staff, and visitors. In a proactive effort to assess and enhance the culture of safety, the Environmental Health and Safety department undertook...

Nearly 3,000 students can now call themselves alumni of The University of New Mexico following Saturday’s commencement in front of a packed University Arena. UNM’s 2024 commencement culminated an unprecedented journey for this class, which started...

Ashley McMains is not only a nursing student; she's also a testament to resilience, compassion, and the power of determination. Graduating from The University of New Mexico College of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), McMains' journey...

Naadiyahtu Iddrisu hails from a small village in Ghana. A mother of young daughters, one of them born on her first year as a graduate student, she has consistently supported her family while excelling as a graduate student at The University of New...

A new survey by Advance at UNM finds that full-time, main campus faculty report a complex mix of organizational experiences and attitudes. The fall 2023 survey found, for example, high levels of work and teaching well-being among faculty, but low levels...

Like many other people, Liz Courts’s world changed in 2020 with the onslaught of COVID. Courts had a long-time career but when her freelance work bottomed out, so she turned her sights on The University of New Mexico. “I think we can all agree that 2020...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Source New Mexico Editor Shaun Griswold hosts a two-part roundtable discussion on the pro-Palestine protests taking place at the University of New Mexico and college campuses around the nation. In the first half of...

The University of New Mexico Sustainable Space Research Grand Challenge team aims to develop a center of space science-exploration excellence at UNM by uniting relevant and diverse space expertise. To that end, last month, the team brought industry, lab,...