News Archive

This week, New Mexico in Focus speaks with a tipster who may have helped launch the FBI investigation into alleged corruption at the Albuquerque Police Department's DWI unit. Journalist Elise Kaplan of City Desk Albuquerque asks legal malpractice...

The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) announces that applications are open for the Research Opportunities for Science Educators (ROSE) Program Summer 2024, a collaborative initiative with The University of New Mexico (UNM). “This is one of...

The give and take of the economy and those who drive it is a topic that UNM’s Center for Social Policy (CSP) strives to highlight as part of their mission to address social inequalities.    In a new, joint cross-campus research project from CSP...

John Mather, Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking observational work on the Big Bang, recently visited The University of New Mexico to share insights on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its early results.  The idea for a new telescope...

Brian Levant admits he didn’t choose to enter The University of New Mexico to engage entirely in rigorous academics. However, during his time at UNM, he found his passion, graduated, and has gone on to have a highly successful career in the TV and film...

UNM will soon be playing host to one of the largest gatherings this year of people interested in the science of happiness and what makes life worth living – also known as positive psychology. The annual meeting of the Western Positive Psychology...

A world-class graduate program at The University of New Mexico celebrates its 40th anniversary with two days of scheduled events and invited speakers on March 7 and 8. The Optical Science and Engineering (OSE) Program was launched in 1983 and has since...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allows scientists to peer 13.5 billion years into the past and photograph the origins of the universe. In the short time it has been in space, its images have changed what we know about the birth of stars, how...

The Department of History, with sponsorships and support from the Center for the Southwest, the Feminist Research Institute, the Institute of American Indian Research, the Institute of Medieval Studies, the Latin American and Iberian Institute, Women,...

University of New Mexico General Counsel Loretta Martinez has accepted a position at Loyola Marymount University in California as the institution’s first Senior Vice President & General Counsel. Martinez has served as general counsel for UNM since...