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As part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) High Risk, High Reward Research Program, Victor M. Acosta has received the 2020 Director’s New Innovator Award. Acosta is an assistant professor of physics and a member of the UNM Center for High...

Buildings, classrooms, electrical, high-speed internet, optical fiber, research laboratories – the importance of education infrastructure cannot be overstated. Studies have shown that high-quality academic and research infrastructure leads to better...

A woman forced underground during political upheaval in Mexico, separated from her four children who were sent to safety, and later deported from her own country for “subversive writing” – what sounds like a suspenseful plot is actually the real-life...

Jane Lancaster, Distinguished Professor Emerita at The University of New Mexico, has been honored in the latest edition of Human Nature, the interdisciplinary journal she founded in 1990. Lancaster arrived at the UNM Anthropology department in 1985 and...

The UNM Anderson School of Management Dean's Office and Women in Leadership (WIL) student organization are excited to host a virtual panel discussion as part of the She Means Business Speaker Series. The event will occur via Zoom on Wednesday, Oct. 21,...

One year ago, no one had heard of COVID 19. But by December 2019, the mystery disease was spreading through China. As the new year began in 2020, the virus started spreading throughout the world, affecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands of...

University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes has appointed Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President (EVP) for UNM Health Sciences and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the UNM Health System. The selection culminates a 10-month national...

Four titles published by the University of New Mexico Press recently were selected as winners of the 2020 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. The awards, managed by the New Mexico Book Co-op, honor the best books in New Mexico and Arizona. Results were...

Johnson Center's recreational facilities and Seidler Natatorium are tentatively scheduled to reopen Monday, Oct. 12.  There will be limited hours, facilities, programs, services and reduced maximum occupancy.  Reopening will take place in phases and...

The UNM Bookstores will be adjusting store hours at the main campus and north campus Medical/Legal Bookstore starting October 5. The Bookstore has continually monitored the State’s public health guidelines and University’s needs to determine the most...