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Life after law school has been anything but sedentary and sedate for Professor Emerita Sherri Burr. Burr officially retired from teaching three years ago after a distinguished career that spanned 30 years, a noteworthy span that saw her become the first...

This fall, The University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management’s Innovation Group is offering to help New Mexico’s businesses respond to the management challenges of the new COVID-19 low-touch economy, by connecting local businesses to student...

Marygold Walsh-Dilley, an associate professor in the Honors College at The University of New Mexico, is currently leading a study to determine the patterns of food insecurity among students at UNM with her co-PI Sarita Cargas (Honors College)...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Nuclear Engineering will welcome a new leader this academic year with the arrival of Hyoung K. Lee. Lee, who comes from Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), will begin as department...

In detail, Myra Washington can explain the very moment media literacy seized her attention and never let go; it was during her years studying communication as an undergraduate, at Vanderbilt University where she vowed to never again consume media the...

A professor in The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was recently selected for a New Mexico EPSCoR Mentor Award. Ali Bidram is one of two professors to receive the award. Nominated by their mentees, recipients...

With the school year quickly approaching and coronavirus cases surging, New Mexico schools are going to be fully online until at least Sept. 8. New Mexico in Focus Correspondent Megan Kamerick talks with single mother Bridget Montoya, who is also a nurse...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced a $25 million award to launch a new quantum information science and engineering research center led by the University of Colorado-Boulder. The University of New Mexico’s Center for Quantum...

Advising services going remote since March 2020 has not curtailed excellence in The University of New Mexico’s advising community. The Provost’s Committee for Advising (PCA) recently recognized four recipients with the Excellence in Advising Award for...

Every summer about this time, water is on the minds of many New Mexicans. There never seems to be enough precipitation to fill the reservoirs and dry riverbeds, even as summer monsoons flood arroyos and bring welcome relief to parched gardens. A new...