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The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) recently welcomed a new director. Damián Vergara Wilson holds a Ph.D. in Spanish & Portuguese and Hispanic Linguistics from The University of New Mexico. 

America is on the brink of the largest retirement wave in history — nearly 30 million people will hang up their careers over the next decade. That’s according to UNM School of Law Professor Nathalie Martin, who released a new book, The Inspired Retirement: Purpose and Passion in Your Next Adventure.

A four-year, $7 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program awarded to The University of New Mexico’s Accelerating Resilience Innovations in Drylands (ARID) Institute...

Siham Al Shanti, a Ph.D. candidate in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, was named an Outstanding Reviewer of 2024 by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Al Shanti has served as a reviewer for the...

Help celebrate outstanding supervisors who make UNM a great place to work. Nominations are being accepted through Aug. 31 for the Staff Council Outstanding Supervisor Award. The award recognizes supervisors who foster work environments that promote...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, host Nash Jones heads to the Mescalero Apache Reservation for a community feedback meeting organized by the state's Public Education Department (PED).

After years of planning, stakeholder engagement, and community feedback, The University of New Mexico Bookstores has launched the Course Materials Access pilot program ahead of the Fall 2025 semester. The two-year initiative is designed to ensure...

The ballots are counted, the votes are in, and the University of New Mexico’s newest undergraduate student leaders have been chosen. Andrew Norton and Hope Montoya are hitting the ground running on their term as president and vice president of UNM.

The UNM Children’s Campus (UNMCC) was recently awarded $10,000 through the support of Bank of Albuquerque employees and a nomination by one grateful UNMCC parent.

University of New Mexico students Celeste Maldonado Taheri and Anthony Languit recently participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at Johns Hopkins University. Their area of study was the pulmonary and critical care medicine...