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University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes has announced the appointment of Victor Griego as the institution’s new Director of Internal Audit. Griego, who was selected after a nationwide search, has served in the role of UNM’s Interim Director...

UNM-Los Alamos launched a new initiative aimed at improving college graduation rates in Northern New Mexico. The Graduation Project, modeled from the program on UNM main campus, seeks to encourage former students to return to school to finish their...

Christopher Perfetti, assistant professor in The University of New Mexico Department of Nuclear Engineering, has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a project to explore the physics behind UNM’s nuclear reactor. The project,...

Two professors in The University of New Mexico School of Engineering have earned the title of distinguished professor. Fernando Garzon, professor of chemical engineering, and Kerry Howe, professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and...

A small flickering at dusk near the trees, a pinprick of light rising from the ground – fireflies bring an air of magic and wonder to long summer evenings. The twinkling conversation between beetles is commonly associated with mating patterns; and new...

With a recent uptick in new COVID-19 cases and as vaccination rates stall in parts of the country, questions surrounding the level of protection offered by vaccines remain prominent. One researcher at The University of New Mexico is taking that question...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, environmental correspondent Laura Paskus speaks with a former U.S. Air Force firefighter who served at Cannon Air Force Base in the 1990s. Part of the award-winning NMPBS series “Groundwater War,” the interview touches...

Diana Northup, a visiting associate professor in The University of New Mexico’s Biology department, was recently featured in an episode of Alien Worlds, a new docufiction series streaming on Netflix for her cave...

Exceptionally hot and dry weather this summer has fueled dozens of wildfires across the western U.S., spewing smoke across the country and threatening to register yet another record-breaking year. More than a century of fire exclusion has created dense...

The University of New Mexico announced it will require COVID-19 vaccinations of its faculty staff and students to help protect the health, safety and welfare of the UNM campus community. The requirement is pending UNM Board of Regents approval in a...