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From Shiraz, Iran to Albuquerque to the moon is the trajectory of Hamideh Shojaeian, a Grand Challenges graduate fellow working with the Sustainable Space Research team. Shojaeian recently placed first in the University of New Mexico’s Graduate Poster...

Members of the Child Health Grand Challenge team have just received a $17,000 grant from the Brindle Foundation to conduct a pilot study of a program that will help foster and kinship care parents enhance their children’s cognitive and...

A team of University of New Mexico researchers received a three-year, $1.02 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to increase family participation in statewide early childhood home visiting programs.   New Mexico ranks...

The Grand Challenges Climate Science Communication Fellowship is looking for undergraduate students with creativity and a passion for climate science research and communicating that passion and research to the world. The program is currently seeking 10...

Two UNM Grand Challenges teams will receive congressionally directed funds this year to complete research projects. Due in part to the efforts of Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, the Sustainable Space Research team and the Child Health team...

The University of New Mexico’s Just Transition to Green Energy Grand Challenge team hosted Wade Buchanan, director of Colorado’s Office of Just Transition, for a public presentation at UNM and a dinner with representatives from several New Mexico state...

The Child Health Grand Challenge team at The University of New Mexico is undertaking a two-year study on child maltreatment incidence. The study, led by principal investigators Rebecca Girardet, professor of Pediatrics, and Gabriel Sanchez, professor of...

The University of New Mexico’s Level Two Grand Challenge team Just Transition to Green Energy convened UNM law school professors and New Mexico politicians recenty to provide a forum to discuss challenges and policies for moving toward a low-carbon...

After a highly competitive process, University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes has announced the three newest multi-disciplinary teams to join the Grand Challenges program as Level 2 teams, Child Health, Just Transition to Green Energy, and...

UNM's Grand Challenges and the Interdisciplinary Science Cooperative have teamed up to bring Grand Challenges Day and the Team Research Symposium together in one special event for the campus community. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to...