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University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy Graduate student Josef Sorenson was selected recently to receive the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award to pursue his Ph.D. next year at...

The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced yesterday approximately $504 million in implementation grants to 12 Tech Hubs designees, including Elevate Quantum (EQ), the lead agency of a Colorado-New Mexico-based collaboration that seeks...

The University of New Mexico is recognizing the newest additions to its growing list of Fulbright awardees. Four UNM students and recent graduates have been chosen to be part of Fulbright programs this year. Across the world and across disciplines,...

UNM researcher awarded Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for intersectionality research on Latino Student Success in Higher Education  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $110,000 for a yearlong study on how universities employ...

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently Dr. Nina Wallerstein of The University of New Mexico has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Dr. Nina Wallerstein Wallerstein will complete a...

An idea to simplify how migratory populations of ducks, geese and cranes are counted first hatched around a campfire. The project took flight in Bosque Del Apache earlier this month for its first-ever waterfowl survey. Every winter, wildlife managers...

New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows New Mexico's population is aging. New Mexico’s total population increased by 2.8% from 2010 to 2020, but the population of people ages 65 and older increased by 43.7%, according to 2020 Census data...

One University of New Mexico student is joining the rare ranks of Fulbright recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year.  Latin American Studies master’s student Miguel Sabol just received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to...

The Friends of Fulbright at UNM may be headed home, but they will remain true to the name–longtime companions of the university. For five years now, UNM has hosted the Friends of Fulbright Argentina Undergraduate Student Exchange Program through the...

In what is possibly a first for The University of New Mexico, an alumnus has won a Grammy award. Col. Jim R. Keene, UNM Class of 1988, received a Grammy for Best Immersive Audio Album for the recording Soundtrack of the American Soldier, on which he...