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Fall semester is beginning and that means over 2,000 Lobos are moving into the dorms. Volunteers are needed during Operation Lobo Move-In to help new and returning residents settle in from Tuesday, Aug. 14 through Thursday, Aug. 18. The deadline for...

UNM employees are encouraged to join UNM Benefits and Voya financial advisor Edwin Fernandez, CPA/PFS, for the financial wellness workshop “Income Tax Planning,” on Thursday, Aug. 30 and Friday, Aug. 31 from noon to 1 p.m. The workshop will review key...

Leaders of The University of New Mexico Evaluation Lab deem the group’s inaugural Summer Institute an unequivocal success. “This is about empowering community organizations to take part in evaluation on an ongoing basis,” said Melissa Binder, director...

The UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board and the UNM-Los Alamos Fundraising Committee will host “An Evening with Dr. Terry Wallace” on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at Fuller Lodge. Wallace is the current director of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and President of...

Nurturing families and communities is the central vision of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (USBC), and to that end, August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month. In order to bolster and encourage these efforts, The University of New Mexico (UNM)...

For decades, research has produced vast amounts of data on how the brain works – how we think, how we learn, what happens when the brain is injured – and it is moving toward diagnosing mental illnesses that affect millions, like depression or...

Africana Studies, a transdisciplinary degree granting program at The University of New Mexico (UNM), offers students a full understanding of the global linkages between peoples of Africa and other African descended people in the Southwest, the contiguous...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering is participating in a pilot program that provides faculty with a financial incentive for participating in research. The program, titled the “base plus” compensation model, is open to any faculty member...

The Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) welcomes Dr. Gabriela Torres-Mazuera as she assumes the role of UNM's Mexico Studies Chair in Fall 2018, a position jointly established by UNM and the COMEXUS Fulbright-García Robles program. The UNM Mexico...

Elizabeth (Libby) Rodke Washburn will step down as UNM President Garnett S. Stokes’ chief of staff and the University’s chief compliance officer effective Aug. 31. She was appointed chief compliance officer in September 2016, and later tapped to take on...