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This week on New Mexico in Focus, after testifying at a congressional hearing on PFAS last week, New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney joins the show to talk about trying to pressure the federal government to set standards for exposure to the...

J Gourdin, a senior student success specialist at The University of New Mexico African American Student Services, will present poems they created in a spoken word presentation for the City of Albuquerque Juneteenth celebration this weekend. The holiday...

UNM was honored recently with the 2021 James S. Cogswell Award. The Cogswell Award is the most prestigious honor the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) can bestow to cleared industry. Of the more...

A group of University of New Mexico researchers are working on two Department of Energy (DOE) research grants that investigate the dynamics of spin polarized electron beams in existing and planned high energy storage rings. Research Professor Klaus...

On June 19, 1865, slavery in the United States ended when Union soldiers landed in Texas and delivered the news that the Civil War was over and that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed nearly four million from chattel slavery. This year, June 19,...

Twelve faculty members at The University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2021 Women in STEM awards....

It was a long time coming, but that made the victory even sweeter. After not being able to compete due to the pandemic in 2020, The University of New Mexico Solar Splash team was able to travel to Springfield, Ohio, and garnered a third-place victory...

Two students from The University of New Mexico are taking their studies abroad after receiving Fulbright Research Awards for the 2021-2022 academic year. Emily Hayes-Rich received the Fulbright Research Award for her Archaeology project in Morocco; and...

Staff Council's Staff Success Committee and Employee & Organizational Development are offering a professional development virtual event designed to help individuals gain leadership opportunities, increase workplace engagement and feel empowered in...

A new cryptocurrency company, 420Coin, has built a business model that allows investors to directly contribute to medical cannabis research. Cryptocurrencies are gaining rapid popularity because of their relative security, confidentiality, ease of asset...