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The 2020 session of the NM Legislature begins soon and UNM has been hard at work identifying this year’s legislative priorities. The state's abbreviated legislative sessions in even numbered years typically focus on state finances and a handful of policy...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, it’s a look at how New Mexico’s oil boom in the Permian Basin is altering life for many in the southeast corner of the state. With people flocking to the area for jobs, community needs like roads, schools and housing are...

Celebrate our evolutionary past! Children will be able to travel 4 million years back in time this weekend and discover our ancient human ancestors at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on the UNM campus. The popular radio program The Children’s Hour,...

UNM alumna Nina Lanza, a planetary scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, summarizes her job on her Twitter account, @marsninja, as “I shoot the lasers, pew pew.” Her career isn’t one young girls are traditionally encouraged to follow, but Lanza...

The University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center Health Hackathon, an opportunity for both novice and experienced inventors to use their skills and creativity to develop innovative healthcare solutions, will be held Feb. 21-23 on the UNM...

University of New Mexico Provost James Paul Holloway announced today that Regina Carlow, interim dean of the UNM College of Fine Arts, will be leaving this spring to accept a similar position at Towson University in Maryland. He expects a new dean to be...

The University of New Mexico's Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department annually compiles a Year-in-Review for its research features during the course of the calendar year. Below is the...

University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) annually compiles a Year-in-Review highlighting its general news and feature stories during the course of the calendar year. Below is a select list of 2019 general news and feature stories highlighting...

This week NMiF continues its annual countdown of the top stories of the year, with a special Line opinion panel of all journalists. A look back at 2019 wraps up with topics such as the passing of the landmark Energy Transition Act and the move toward...

The Solid Waste Management Department, Parks and Recreation and PNM are making it easy to recycle Christmas trees this season. Trees can be dropped off for free Dec. 30, 2019 through Jan. 12, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following...