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It's a great time of the year every May and December when Lobos walk the graduation stage at University Arena, The Pit to receive their diplomas. It's a bittersweet time for the campus community as it watches our rising stars aim for great heights as...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Dr. Sabrina Ezzell as chancellor for the UNM-Gallup branch campus, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Ezzell brings 20 years of experience in higher...

Noting the exceptionally positive outcome of a comprehensive evaluation process that included over 320 stakeholders, The University of New Mexico Board of Regents unanimously approved to extend the contract of Garnett S. Stokes, UNM president, for an...

Rylee Brachle has had her sights set on higher education since she was a child. When she was in elementary school her single mother finished her bachelor’s degree at The University of New Mexico. “She brought me to class a few times,” she recalls. “I...

It’s two degrees down and at least one more to go for University of New Mexico student Jenilee Jao. “I wouldn't be here now if I wasn't grateful. I would have stopped at bachelor’s. But here I am now, finishing up my master's and pursuing my Ph.D....

University of New Mexico Provost and EVP for Academic Affairs James P. Holloway has named College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS) Associate Dean Kristopher Goodrich as interim dean of the College effective December 16, 2022. “I am enormously...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, "Our Land" Producer Laura Paskus sits down with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for an exclusive interview covering the critical environmental concerns impacting New Mexico.   In collaboration with New Mexico In Depth,...

Through a detailed study of a planetary system 218 light-years away, a team of international researchers is providing evidence for the existence of a new type of planet called a water world. The team, led by Caroline Piaulet, a Ph.D. student of the...

In 2010, Gruia-Catalin Roman was an accomplished faculty member in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in Saint Louis, where he had made his home for more than three decades. He was chair of the department, held an...

Carla Santos always knew she wanted to pursue higher education. This year, that dream came true. Santos completed her Master’s of Business Administration over the summer. The degree represents the finish line in a five-year pathway, known as the...