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To say biomechanical engineer Christina Salas, Ph.D, MSc, has had a busy year would be an understatement. Since last spring, she and her students at The University of New Mexico have used 3D printers to create thousands of face masks and face shields...

Every year, U.S. News and World Report releases rankings for select university and college programs across the country. Each year it focuses on different types of programs, sometimes ranking sciences and other times humanities, etc. Below are those...

The UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC) is celebrating Women’s History Month in very exciting ways. Several events have already taken place this month, and many more are yet to come. HSC has collaborated with the Feminist Research Institute (FRI) on many...

Jared Goodrum, a graduate of The University of New Mexico and Musician 3rd Class Petty Officer, takes the center spotlight playing saxophone in a new video released by the United States Navy. An Albuquerque native, Goodrum graduated in 2017 with his...

Some of the most famous anthropologists are women: Margaret Mead, Mary Leakey, Alice Roberts, and Jane Goodall, to name a few. Even in times when men were typically leaders in the field, women still made a name for themselves and continue to do so now....

UNM Children’s Hospital’s largest annual event is returning to the New Mexico airwaves. The Children’s Miracle Network at UNM Children’s Hospital is thrilled to announce 100.3 The Peak’s Annual Radiothon, sponsored by Dion’s, will air Friday, Feb. 26...

Three UNM programs are among those listed in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs Rankings. The online master’s in Engineering program from UNM School of Engineering is ranked No. 50 (up from No. 53 in 2020); the online master’s in...

Mark McKnight, who recently started at The University of New Mexico as an assistant professor of photography, has returned to his roots in the Land of Enchantment. “I was born and raised in the high desert periphery of Los Angeles,” McKnight said. “I...

As a child growing up in a tenement in the Bronx in the shadows of Yankee Stadium, Edl Schamiloglu probably never could have imagined that he would one day make his home among the mountains, prickly pears and cholla in the high desert of the...

The University of New Mexico was ranked No. 256 in the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Global Universities rankings. The rankings, now in its seventh year, evaluate nearly 1,500 research universities across 86 countries on academic...