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It’s an idea that’s a part of a larger development, but the possibility of a sports bar-themed restaurant involving former UNM football star Brian Urlacher moved a step closer to reality recently. Last winter, the UNM Board of Regents approved ...

The Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) recently hosted an open forum in the UNM Student Union Building to introduce the current proposal for a new state-of-the-art wellness center on campus. The informal session was an opportunity for ...

University of New Mexico students Cassie Thompson and Roxanne Imeson were recently chosen to join the 2014 Teach for America Corps. Teach for America offers high-achieving college graduates and professionals a pathway into the field of teaching. ...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, author Gail Rubin and pet loss counselor Ann Beyke sit down with Gwyneth Doland to talk about the ways in which social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are changing the way we process grief, tragedy, death and ...

A team of University of New Mexico students took first place in the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative New Mexico Case Competition recently.  The competition was hosted by UNM’s Anderson School of Management and New Mexico State University in ...

Education, job growth and economic development took center stage in Mayor Richard Berry’s state of the city address for 2013 recently.  Among the initiatives that are part of his vision for the next four years, Mayor Berry highlighted the city’s ...

The U.S. Census Bureau today released the latest statistics from the American Community Survey, which cover a three-year period from 2010-2012 and are available for areas with a population of 20,000 or more. The statistics show the median home value ...

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, recently recognized the University of New Mexico chapter of Phi Kappa Phi as a Chapter of Merit. The award is given to ...

The University of New Mexico Foundation announced recently the hiring of Emily Fox as the new senior development officer at the Anderson School of Management.  Fox was hired after an extensive national search and comes to UNM after spending the past ...

Researchers at the University of New Mexico in the Department of Biology are studying the rate and fitness effects of spontaneous mutations, a central area of study in evolution and biology. The research, enabled through a three-year, $750,000 ...