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The University of New Mexico will welcome its first cohort to a new Master of Social Work program in the spring of 2027. Funded by an endowment from the Higher Education Department, the program will help to address workforce shortages in social work.

The 2026 UNM Law Scholarship Golf Classic, presented by Nusenda Credit Union, continues a long-standing tradition of bringing together alumni, students and community partners in support of The University of New Mexico School of Law. This year’s...

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.

When the design team for The University of New Mexico's new Humanities & Social Sciences Complex (HSSC) wanted to understand Pueblo Revival style, they didn't just study examples like UNM’s Zimmerman Library. They got in a car to see “what Pueblo Revival...

Earlier this month, dozens of alumni of the Native American Program, College of Engineering gathered to celebrate the program’s 50th anniversary at Fifty Years of Impact: Celebrating the Legacy of NAPCOE, the first university program in the country...

In the New Mexico Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team’s 2025 Annual Report, the study looked at 26 cases of intimate partner violence in 2021 that resulted in death. It examines each incident and demographics, such as the relationship between the inmate partner pair and contact with services.

The University of New Mexico Student Activities Center has welcomed new and returning students to campus every fall semester since the 1970s.  The event is a week-long series of celebrations and informational booths that kick off the fall semester,...

A new study from The University of New Mexico's Institute for Social Research shows Bernalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) is seeing an increase in its jail population.

The University of New Mexico's Institute for the Study of "Race" and Social Justice will welcome Shiv Desai as its new director starting July 1. Former director Shinsuke Eguchi will leave UNM for Wake Forest University in North Carolina this...

A new study conducted by The University of New Mexico identifies two different Instagram profiles and how they interact with political and social issues.