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Innovate: to introduce something new, as if for the first time.  The word couldn’t be more appropriate for the Innovate ABQ project, spearheaded by the University of New Mexico. Now the project has added its first private sector investment with UNM’s ...

Two University of New Mexico students, including Iric Guthrie and Jake Wellman, were selected recently as finalists for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, respectively. Guthrie, an economics major and anthropology minor, is the Rhodes Scholarship ...

U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined leaders from the state’s research universities, national laboratories and military installations on Friday to help kick off an effort aimed at fostering scientific innovation and boosting economic ...

Donors to United Way who wear the United Way pin they receive in the mail are eligible to win prizes, including Popejoy tickets, items from the UNM Bookstore, athletic events and more. Every Friday beginning Nov. 15 through Dec. 6, a ...

Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de León, Consul of Mexico in Albuquerque, UNM President Robert G. Frank, and Santa Fe Community College officials took part in a check presentation recently on the UNM campus. During the ceremony, UNM and Santa Fe Community ...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant sits down with Albuquerque Public Schools superintendent Winston Brooks about the recent Great City Schools Conference held in Albuquerque, the turmoil among teachers over the state Public Education ...

The Staff Council Student Success Committee hosts "Staff as Students" on Monday, Nov. 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ballroom C at the Student Union building. This is an opportunity to learn about the tuition remission benefit and how to take ...

Jason Blankenship, a resident of Albuquerque, N.M., died Tuesday, Oct. 29 as a result of a tragic motorcycle accident. Born in Freeport, Texas on Dec. 18, 1969, Blankenship is survived by his parents James F. and Barbara Blankenship of Oyster Creek, ...

The annual United Way drive at UNM is in full swing and the University Communication & Marketing department is asking UNM staff and faculty, who donate to United Way, to share a few words explaining what motivates them to give. Please send an email to ...

After following up on many of the social media reports regarding the Chelyabinsk meteoroid impact last February in Russia, scientists, including those at the University of New Mexico, contributed to present a comprehensive overview of what occurred ...