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The University of New Mexico announced recently the recipients of the 2026 Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize, a biennial award recognizing individuals who have made significant contributions to fostering peace, compassion and human understanding.

UNM’s Global Education Office recently celebrated its annual International Festival, a beloved campus tradition held for more than 30 years. The event has become such a longstanding tradition that no one seems to know exactly when it first...

Leaders, faculty, staff, and students at The University of New Mexico recently gathered to bless the land where the future Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) building will be constructed and to share what they hope students will find there.

Danielle Cummings, who will graduate from The University of New Mexico School of Medicine in May 2026, hasn’t just defied the odds—she has rewritten what people thought those odds were in the first place.

The University of New Mexico Army ROTC program commissioned nine cadets as second lieutenants during its spring 2026 commissioning ceremony at the UNM Continuing Education Auditorium last Saturday.

Mutazz Jaber will become the ninth member of his family to graduate from The University of New Mexico this spring as he walks across the stage with a double major in political science and psychology. 

As misinformation spreads faster than ever across digital platforms, new research highlights growing risks to public understanding of planetary defense, an area of science that deals with the threat from asteroid and comet impacts, with potentially...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, an environmental attorney criticizes a recent decision by the state's Water Quality Control Commission to revisit how and where fracking wastewater can be used in New Mexico. Tannis Fox, a senior attorney with the...

A sea of black and cherry swept across The University of New Mexico as more than 3,600 graduates officially joined the ranks of UNM alumni during the University’s 2026 graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies this weekend.

Each year in the days leading up to Spring and Fall commencement, the University Communication and Marketing team honors graduating Lobos whose stories reflect the many paths that lead to success at The University of New Mexico. It has become a...