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Would it be a shock to know that one of the most reputed research centers in the country is located right here at UNM? Would you be even more surprised if you found out that the same center has been making groundbreaking discoveries for 35 years, but...

A University of New Mexico research scientist and professor is being recognized nationally for his contributions to planetary geology by the Geological Society of America. Charles 'Chip' Shearer, a Senior Research Scientist for the Institute of...

Ruth Luckasson, a Distinguished Professor of Special Education, has retired after serving at The University of New Mexico for more than four decades. Luckasson’s path to becoming the College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS)’s first...

A new, timely book written by two UNM political science professors is diving into the critical issue of abortion politics.  Johns Hopkins University Press has just published, Regulating Abortion: The Politics of U.S. Abortion Policy, by Deborah R....

The University of New Mexico’s “Divine Nine,” a prestigious group of Black fraternities and sororities, was officially chartered as part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) in a ceremony held recently at the UNM Student Union Building. With the...

For craftsmen like Luis Aragon and his 8-year-old son Lance, art runs in the family. But the knowledge to run a successful art business can be hard to come by in an area where resources are limited. That’s why Aragon signed up himself and his son to...

The University of New Mexico and PNM recently celebrated the winners of the 2023-2024 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest. The winners, families and teachers gathered recently for the celebration in Ballroom C of the Student Union...

Rachel Swanteson-Franz, a rising 2L at The University of New Mexico School of Law, was named a 2024 Peggy Browning Fellow and will spend the summer working at the New Mexico Center for Law and Poverty. The Peggy Browning Fund helps law students gain...

A long-standing partnership between UNM’s Speech & Hearing Sciences Professor Cathy Binger and University of Central Florida (UCF)’s Assistive Technology Center Founder and Professor Jennifer Kent-Walsh is proving that there’s hope for families of all...

The number one pro-baseball draft pick, a two-time basketball all-star and a gold medal winner in beach volleyball may be the simple answer for the best of the best in a sport. When you remove the sight of the batter, the long legs of the player...