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The New Mexico Department of Transportation is responsible for the safety of highway bridges over rivers and arroyos in the state. But what are their methods and how do they determine if a bridge is safe? This, they have turned to the UNM Department of...

For months now, weather forecasters have been talking about a Godzilla El Niño. Even though most New Mexicans have enjoyed a fairly mild fall, make no mistake, an El Niño winter is here. The question now becomes, how much moisture will it generate over...

Annually, the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department compiles a list of its Top-10 general News stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of UNM's Top-10 general News stories for 2015. The stories are in random...

Anyone who walks around the University of New Mexico has the opportunity to see UNM’s art collection in public spaces. It might be a glimpse of a sculpture as students rush to class. It might be a painting or drawing in a classroom building or in one of...

Jessica Goodkind, associate professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico, specializes in change. Her nine credit hour, two semester course begins each fall teaching undergraduate students what refugees are, and what kind of world conditions...

New Mexico in Focus will continue its annual countdown of the top stories of 2015 and will conclude its series on entrepreneurship in Albuquerque on Dec. 25. New Mexico in Focus is New Mexico PBS’ prime-time news magazine show covering the events,...

Graduating from college is a great accomplishment, but for some students, the journey to get there is a little more difficult. University of New Mexico student, Daniela Romero graduated this fall with a double major in psychology and criminology and a ...

Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president for Student Affairs announced the appointment of Jenna Crabb, as the new UNM Interim Dean of Students effective Tuesday, Jan. 5. Tomás Aguirre, the current UNM Dean of Students, will continue in this position until...

We’ve all been there – reaching for another heap of potatoes or ambrosia, sampling everything on the dessert tray, maybe one too many eggnogs, and suddenly we’re more stuffed than the rib roast and feeling guilty. Don’t beat yourself up, it happens to...

Each year, the UNM Office of Sustainability gets questions about recycling after Christmas.  Most Christmas wrapping paper and ribbon cannot be recycled because they contain metal and that is why reusing gift bags is recommended.  But you can recycle...