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Graduate students from the University of New Mexico’s Department of Geography & Environmental Studies (GES) took home several awards at the annual conference of the Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers (SWAAG), held in San Antonio in the first week of November.

Students at the University of New Mexico come from all walks of life. Some are leaving home for the first time, some have battled through adversity and some are returning after decades away from any sort of formal schooling. Regardless, their decisions to return to school were driven in part by life’s experiences.

Kimberly Martinez always was an excellent student, earning one of the highest GPAs in her Bernalillo High School class and now graduating with honors.

Lyndsay Stapleton, an undergraduate student in Chemical and Biological Engineering has received a graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation  

University of New Mexico students, alumni and community members can connect with representatives from graduate and professional programs from New Mexico as well as schools from across the nation at the UNM Graduate and Professional School Fair, ...

The University of New Mexico is working with United Way of Central New Mexico (UWCNM), CNM and APS on Mission: Graduate, a bold initiative to add 60,000 new graduates with college degrees and certificates to Central New Mexico by 2020.   A group of ...

The University of New Mexico hosts the 2013 National Hispanic Youth Research and Leadership Program, which is funded by the Department of Energy. Students present their case studies on Wednesday, July 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Student Union Building ...

Zachariah HarrisThe study of engineering is finding ways to solve problems, which is ironic because UNM Chemical Engineering graduate Zachariah Harris has had to find ways to work with some unusual physical problems on his way to graduation. "I had to ...

Dreaming about Graduate School: Undocumented Immigrants & Graduate/Professional School 101," is set for Thursday, April 11, from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. in El Centro de la Raza conference room. The event features a panel and stories of immigrant students from ...

Tom LowreyUNM Professor of Biology Tom Lowrey has been appointed to the position of associate dean in the Office of Graduate Studies. Lowrey will serve as associate dean, but split his time between the Office of Graduate Studies and the Museum of ...