Faculty News

University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes has named Rich Wood as interim provost effective Sept. 1. He replaces Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Chaouki Abdallah, who tendered his resignation earlier this summer to...

UNM welcomed new hires at the New Faculty Orientation held today in the SUB ballroom A and B. The event was open to anyone that wanted to meet the new faculty. Presented by the Office of the Provost and Center for Teaching Excellence, New Faculty...

The Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (SHRI) at The University of New Mexico will be under new leadership when students arrive back on campus for classes. Irene Vásquez, professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies and American Studies, is the new...

School of Public Administration Director Bruce Perlman was honored by the University of Guadalajara, because of the institute’s unique ties to UNM.  “Three of the last five General Rectors, or presidents, of UdG have been graduates of the UNM Master of...

Barbara S. McCrady, distinguished professor of psychology and director of The University of New Mexico’s Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, & Addictions (CASAA) will step down as the director of CASAA effective July 31. McCrady has led CASAA since...

Provost Chaouki Abdallah and Health Sciences Center Chancellor Paul Roth announced the promotion of six UNM faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The rank of Distinguished Professor is the highest faculty title that UNM bestows. It is awarded...

University of New Mexico mathematician and Sandia National Laboratories computational scientist John Shadid has been named a 2018 fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. John Shadid, professor and Sandia National Labs...

Provost Chaouki Abdallah announced that Edl Schamiloglu, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering, has been appointed as the Special Assistant to the Provost for...

Chaouki T. Abdallah, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The University of New Mexico, has accepted the position of executive vice president for research at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. Abdallah, who is a...

The Carson National Forest (CNF) will implement Stage 3 Restrictions, over most of the forest, effective Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 6 a.m. Effectively immediately the Camino Real Ranger District is closed. This immediate closure of the Camino Real...