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This week, New Mexico in Focus digs into this year's ongoing fire season. In 2022, the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned more than 340,000 acres of spruce, fir and ponderosa pine. Today, recovery for the forest in the burn scar remains a work in...

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month. The University of New Mexico joins the month-long celebration that demonstrates how LGBTQ Americans have strengthened our country, by using their talent and creativity to help...

Barbara Rodriguez, senior vice provost for academic affairs, has been selected as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The University of New Mexico starting July 3. James Paul Holloway, who has been provost and executive...

UNM's 2024-2025 cohort of the WeR1 Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) program proudly welcomed a diverse group of 18 researchers, each bringing unique perspectives and expertise to the initiative. In April, all 18...

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced its list of newly elected members. Mary Stiner, a distinguished UNM alumna, is among this year’s class. This prestigious award is highly competitive because of its...

The year was 1994, and Richard Towne — retiring June 30 after serving 30 years as general manager of KUNM-FM, UNM’s public radio station — had a big decision to make. The last few years, he had spent time taking short-term and short-notice assignments...

Updated Lobo Alert – 6.2.2025, 9:45 p.m.: Police Activity at 1634 University NE is all clear. ________________________________________________________________ Urgent Lobo Alert – 6.2.2025, 6:31 p.m.: Police Activity at 1634 University Blvd NE. Please...

The Harwood Museum of Art invites media to an exclusive Press Preview and Briefing—in person and remote—for the first public unveiling of two recently recovered paintings: Aspens by Victor Higgins and Oklahoma Cheyenne by Joseph Henry Sharp.   The...

A team of researchers from The University of New Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) have shared new research on the contamination at Holloman Lake in southern New Mexico. The team began studying PFAS contamination of wildlife at Holloman Lake...

The University of New Mexico’s Southwest Environmental Finance Center will receive a $7 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help build the technical, managerial, and financial capabilities of small water systems, improve...