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The University of New Mexico has always had a strong commitment to honor veterans and their family members attending the University. This year, a record number of UNM vets turned out to celebrate their upcoming graduation at a ceremony presented by UNM’s Veterans Resource Center (VRC).

Associate Professor Emerita Anita Bradley Pfeiffer is the recipient of one of three 2016 honorary degrees presented by The University of New Mexico. Other recipients include V.B. Price and Polly Schaafsma. Pfeiffer will receive a Doctor of Humane...

UNM Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) is informing customers to expect heavy traffic on main campus this weekend due to commencement and convocation ceremonies.  

The Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee and the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) announced the 2015-16 UNM Teaching awards recently, honoring educators from around UNM. Every year the Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee selects...

A Lobo Engineering team won first place, $2,500 and the Intel Environmental Innovation Award for their design in “The People’s Water” Treatment of Wastewater for Reuse” in the 26th Annual International Environmental Design Contest. The competition was...

This week, New Mexico in Focus looks at the challenges women face after leaving prison. Correspondent Stan Wilson sits down with Maria Garley to hear about her experience after leaving incarceration and what she is doing now to support other women....

UNM’s Peace Studies Program welcomes the global Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run to the Land of Enchantment, and honors Peace Run’s 30th anniversary by taking a significant step for peace in dedicating UNM’s Peace Studies Program as a designated Sri...

University of New Mexico student Maria Mendez will graduate this May. Even after losing her father to suicide, she pushed to finish college. Mendez came to UNM from Pomona, Calif. She attended CEP orientation and got in contact with an advisor who was ...

Renee Reeves won first place in the Joe and Steve Mercer Memorial Scholarship Speech Tournament, sponsored by the Department of Communication and Journalism, recently. Reeves, a liberal arts major, won $1,000 for her speech titled, “Homelessness in New...

Each year at The University of New Mexico, a new cohort of graduates celebrates the culmination of a long, sometimes trying but rewarding experience as they graduate after completing their degree requirements. From graduates who have battled back from...