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The University of New Mexico houses one of the few programs in the country, which was just chosen for a competitive and worthwhile grant by the Prevent Cancer Foundation.  The organization Comadre a Comadre was awarded $25,000 for the next year, under...

The domino effect of how your body operates is a mystifying, but fascinating area of study. The question of ‘’why does this happen when I do that?’ generates a never ending search for answers within the College of Education & Human Sciences...

UNM’s Family Development Program (FDP) has a new director for the first time in two decades. FDP, housed in the College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) is welcoming Veronica Griego-Sanders, as the successor for Lois Vermilya, who retired after...

UNM’s Department of Special Education, in the College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) is filling a critical need in New Mexico. Now with its 55th graduate, the Graduate Certificate Program in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)  is creating Board...

Two members of the Special Education Department in UNM’s College of Education & Human Sciences have just been recognized nationwide. Assistant Professor Sarah Carlson and Distinguished Professor Ruth Luckasson were both honored at the 147th Annual...

UNM Speech & Hearing Sciences and the Department of Special Education are proud to have hosted another year of its Project SCENES summer clinic.  SCENES, which stands for Social-Communication: Collaborating Early with Naturalistic Evidence-Based...

UNM’s College of Education and Human Science (COEHS) is celebrating a major victory with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM.)  Recent UNM Exercise Science Ph.D. graduate, Jeremy Ducharme, just took the first-ever first place tie, at the ACSM...

The integral role schools play in the livelihood of kids and families is undeniable. Still, a new book from UNM Associate Professor Emerita Sheri Williams highlights why the role the community plays in schools is just as important.  Beyond the...

One University of New Mexico student is being recognized as the blueprint for the future of health and physical education. Junior Physical Education student Aliyah Gonzalez has been named a Major of the Year by the Society of Health and Physical...

It’s an old equation with a new solution. Now, new funding, plus a new UNM team is going to equal more STEM educators in New Mexico.  The National Science Foundation (NSF) has just awarded a UNM cross-campus collaboration a $1.49 million grant. That...