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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched its first Signature School Program at The University of New Mexico. During a speech at UNM on Nov. 9 about future intelligence and security challenges, CIA Director John O. Brennan announced the new...

The University Libraries’ Indigenous Nations Library Program (INLP) is launching the Michael and Enokena Olson Memorial Scholarship, established to support Native American students at UNM.  INLP is using this scholarship to offset the cost of attending...

For scientists developing life-saving medicines, knowing how cells interact and communicate with one another is an important part of the puzzle. The problem is, being able to see those interactions through a microscope hasn’t always been possible. But...

A long way from home, Bilal Yasir, an exchange student from the National University of Sciences and Technology of Pakistan (NUST) is enjoying his time at a destination he worked hard to reach—The University of New Mexico.

A student team from The University of New Mexico placed second in an international autonomous car racing competition. The team, made up of students from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, competed in the F1/10 Autonomous Racing...

The University of New Mexico will receive a $344,325 grant to provide training, licensing and induction services to Native Americans interested in pursuing a career in education announced U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. The purpose of the...

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded The University of New Mexico-Valencia campus a nearly $5 million Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics and Articulation Programs (HSI-STEM) grant.  

Students at The University of New Mexico were encouraged to take their learning outside the classroom as part of a new, weeklong initiative to teach self-awareness, the mitigation of danger as well as overall safety support. Safety Week, sponsored by...

Summer for most college students is a time for road trips and odd jobs. The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program takes this tradition and turns it into a life-changing experience for UNM students.  

Seventeen students from The University of New Mexico (UNM) recently returned from a summer study abroad program in Limerick, Ireland led by David Wright, director of Education Abroad. The trip was geared toward service-learning, a teaching strategy that...