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Julie Coonrod, dean of Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico, has been named chair-elect of the Board for the Council of Graduate Schools, starting January 1, 2021. The Council of Graduate Schools provides three main services to its...

It was soon after her 30th birthday that Beth Glenn woke up one night and told herself “I have to do something different.” A fan of the series ‘Breaking Bad,’ which was filmed in New Mexico, she decided Albuquerque looked intriguing, so she packed up,...

In 2019, Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico celebrated its 100 years of graduate education at UNM with its annual Shared Knowledge Conference and popular LoboBITES competition. Students, faculty, staff,...

The University of New Mexico is in the middle of its 2020 UNM Gives United Way campaign, which runs through #GivingTuesday on Dec. 1. Highlighting the university’s commitment to the United Way of Central New Mexico (UWCNM) is one way to express The...

The Shared Knowledge Conference, UNM Graduate Studies’ annual event, celebrates and showcases graduate students and their outstanding research and scholarship. The conference exclusively features the work of UNM graduate students and provides a venue for...

Alexandre Frederick Mills, a graduate student in The University of New Mexico Physics and Astronomy, is among 52 students from across the nation selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR)...

Buildings, classrooms, electrical, high-speed internet, optical fiber, research laboratories – the importance of education infrastructure cannot be overstated. Studies have shown that high-quality academic and research infrastructure leads to better...

In Spring 2020 UNM Graduate Studies announced a new initiative that will waive fees for active military personnel and veterans on applications to graduate school. The cost to submit an application...

As a direct response to the racial violence and civil unrest that immediately followed the police killing of George Floyd, Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico launched a pilot initiative to support graduate student research on critical race...

It’s been more than 50 years since the Apollo missions, and in that time, chemical analyses of the recovered lunar materials have revolutionized our understanding of planetary materials. One of the major findings as a result of this research is the...