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COSMIAC, a space-related research center in the School of Engineering, has received the inaugural Space Valley Diversity in Business Champion Award, sponsored by the New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency. COSMIAC provides innovative technical...

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently Dr. Nina Wallerstein of The University of New Mexico has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Dr. Nina Wallerstein Wallerstein will complete a...

The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts & Sciences has opened the competitive application process for proposals to establish new initiatives aligned with the University’s strategic plan, UNM 2040: Opportunity Defined, to enhance its strengths and...

Labels aren’t everything. From something as trivial as a relationship status to something as important as a medical diagnosis, an identification is not the end all to what makes a person.  In fact, previous studies have shown labels affect...

The 2023 recipients of the Gerald W. May Outstanding Staff Award at The University of New Mexico were recognized recently in a ceremony held in Ballroom B at the Student Union Building.  In 1990, UNM President Gerald W. May provided funds to award UNM’s...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has launched a new Action Collaborative on Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech along with 35 other institutions representing higher education, national laboratories,...

Two student teams recently won a total of $50,000 in awards in the annual Biodesign Pitch Competition, jointly sponsored by the School of Engineering and the Clinical and Translational Science Center in the School of Medicine at The University of New...

Sang M. Han, chair and Regents’ Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been elected into the National Academy of Inventors. Han was among 162 academics from around the country to be inducted into the 2023 class. The NAI...

The University of New Mexico recently became an official National Intercollegiate Mutual Aid Agreement (NIMAA) member. The partnership allows UNM to utilize resources and knowledge available from other member colleges and universities in the Southwest...

Dr. Kwane Stewart, a University of New Mexico alumnus (’93), was recently named CNN’s 2023 Hero of the Year for his work providing veterinary care to the pets of people experiencing homelessness in California. “As I get older, I start thinking about...