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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...

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...

Alexandre Frederick Mills, a graduate student in The University of New Mexico Physics and Astronomy, is among 52 students from across the nation selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR)...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico and a German team have written a collaborative paper about their joint project that was published this week. The article is Laser cooling of ytterbium-doped silica glass and appears in Communications...

The U.S. Department of Education announced The University of New Mexico's Student Support Services (SSS) TRIO program is one of 15 programs at colleges across the state to receive grant funding to help provide academic and other support to low-income,...

The United States developed its newest military branch, the U.S. Space Force just in time to welcome its first Lobo into the ranks, 2nd Lt. Kyle Williams. The U.S. Space Force (USSF), founded in 2019, is organized as a military service branch within...

In October of 2016, following a report by the U.S. Department of Justice released earlier that year, the U.S. Department of Justice and The University of New Mexico entered into a three-year formal agreement regarding UNM’s obligations under federal...

Law students and faculty at The University of New Mexico participated in a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding people with mental disabilities that came to a close earlier in November.  On Nov. 6, at the direction of the United States Supreme Court, the...

University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes raised awareness for the University’s Army ROTC program in a unique way – a tandem skydive with the Golden Knights – the U.S. Army’s elite parachute demonstration team. Prior to the jump, Stokes went...

Critically-acclaimed poet and former UNM student and faculty member Joy Harjo is the new United States Poet Laureate – the first Native American to hold the position.  “It’s not just me carrying this title, it has to do with my family, my people, this...