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The UNM Staff Council and Employee Wellness are teaming up to host a Staff Appreciation Bingo that features a series of events to celebrate Staff Appreciation Week. UNM Staff is encouraged to participate in all events during the week to be entered into...

Shawna Yellowhair, a sophomore at The University of New Mexico-Gallup campus, has been awarded the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. This highly competitive national award was awarded to 61 recipients from...

Janet L. Pritchard recently became the third University of New Mexico alumnus in as many years to receive the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for photography. The grants provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative...

Jared Thurgood will graduate this Saturday from The University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering. But there were times along the way when he didn’t know if he was going to succeed. Thurgood worked hard in high school...

Commencement is often thought of as a “new beginning,” a time to conclude one facet of life and a time to start anew. On Saturday, May 11 at 9 a.m. at Dreamstyle Arena, about 3,800 students from The University of New Mexico will graduate as part of the...

Four scientists at The University of New Mexico have been selected as the recipients for the 2019 Women in STEM awards. The recipients this year include Dr. Darcy Barron, Dr. Sakineh Chabi, Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn and Dr. Hannah Mattson. Their work...

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) will offer a certificate program in welding beginning Fall Semester, 2019. The 36 credit-hour program is designed to train students to enter the workforce as welders after one year of coursework.  The new...

The University of New Mexico Class of 2019 showcases the diligence, perserverance and grit it takes to overcome life's obstacles and succeed. At UNM, each of us defines all of us. We believe what makes us different, makes us strong. Each of the...

Two University of New Mexico students, incuding Glenn Elvendahl and Catherine Louise Ruev, were among 16 selected by the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) for summer study abroad programs in Moscow or St. Petersburg, Russia. The...

Getting through college is tough enough for any student. For graduating senior Abdullah Shah, having a hearing loss and wearing hearing aids added an extra challenge to his years at The University of New Mexico but haven’t held him back. Ignoring the...