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The proposal submitted by the UNM CHILI HOUSE Team won first place in the NASA MINDS Challenge, beating out dozens of other teams across the country. The UNM team of interdisciplinary researchers based its submission on teaching robots to take care of...

Longtime University of New Mexico Professor C. Jeffrey Brinker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, announced this week. He was among 120 members elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original...

This weekend kicks off the annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium House Music featuring recordings of new music by composition students at The University of New Mexico and local and international composers, as well as interviews and panels. From...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with President Biden’s top tribal affairs adviser, PaaWee Rivera. The son of former Pojoaque Pueblo Gov. George Rivera is working to advance Native interests as tribal communities...

As many are aware, The University of New Mexico has been engaged in an extended evaluation process to determine the future direction of our Academic Learning Management System (LMS).  A Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued in February of 2020. Four...

Two University of New Mexico Army ROTC cadets put it all out on the FRONT lines when COVID-19 ripped through some of the First Nation Communities throughout the state. Nicialia Nunez, a senior nursing student, worked with Chinle Indian Health Services,...

With the current shortage of 1.4 million software developers in the US, there is a heightened demand for skilled software developers. The University of New Mexico (UNM) Continuing Education saw an opportunity to bridge this gap by offering 18-week coding...

The University of New Mexico Water Resources Program will conduct open forums for a new director beginning Monday, May 3.  The position became available when current director John Fleck recently announced his retirement to work on a new book about the...

The University of New Mexico ranked amongst the top 1.6 percent of the top universities worldwide according to the 2021-22 edition of the “Global 2000 List" by the Center for World University Rankings released April 26. The Center...

A virtual launch for “UNM 2040: Opportunity Defined” is set for Friday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. This will be a chance for up to 500 faculty, staff and students to work together in breakout sessions and respond to key questions about future...