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Dr. David Scrase, cabinet secretary for the Human Services Department, knows that as the Labor Day weekend approaches, New Mexicans will want to gather and may be tempted to flout public health rules on masking and social distancing. NMiF producer Matt...

UNM University Libraries (UL) is re-opening in a limited way, in order to maintain safe and health COVID-19 practices.  Library buildings will reopen to the UNM Community on Tuesday, Sept. 8. A current Lobo Card will be required to enter.   Zimmerman...

A parking lot on the University of New Mexico’s Central Campus has been partially turned into a COVID-19 testing site for students. “This is a preventative measure as part of our Bring Back the Pack initiative,” said Byron Piatt, the UNM Emergency...

The University of New Mexico’s Nutrition and Dietetics program received its national reaccreditation to continue serving communities across the state by preparing students to become registered dietitian nutritionists. Housed within the College of...

When Kamala Harris first came to national notice as a presidential candidate and then as the Democratic nominee for vice president, she joined a long line of distinguished members of the Divine 9, the nine historically Black sororities and fraternities...

Almost everyone has heard the expression “Safety first!” an admonition urging people to avoid any unnecessary risks and to act to stay safe. At The University of New Mexico, an event that started out as a simple idea to promote campus safety, has grown...

UNM Employee Wellness Health Education Consultant and personal trainer, Lauren Lewis, is offering her popular ZoomFit classes for the fall semester. Join Lauren and this fun online fitness community for a lunchtime sweat session that you can do from...

As COVID-19 swept across the world this year, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, it quickly became clear that one essential factor for controlling its spread is the ability to rapidly and accurately test for the virus causing it, SARS-CoV-2, as...

Nominations for the 2020 Sarah Belle Brown Community Service Award are now being accepted through Sept. 28.  Presented by President Garnett S. Stokes, each year the award is given to a faculty member, staff member and student who have demonstrated...

It was August 28, 1963, when civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic I Have a Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in our nation’s capital. It was delivered in front of some 250,000 people at the "March on...