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Silent Lights, Freshman Convocation, Welcome Back Days, Commencement– the list of opportunities to have fun, make friends and enjoy UNM’s amazing campus is endless! After a difficult and distanced year, The University of New Mexico is eager to welcome...

A year ago, the dancers and choreographers of The University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance were ready to go with their annual spring show when the whole country shut down due to the pandemic. A year later, the pandemic is releasing its...

In April 2020, as everyone struggled to adjust to the unprecedented changes brought about by the COVID pandemic, the American Planning Association New Mexico Chapter (APA-NM) began to discuss ways to help as an organization...

When Damián Wilson, an associate professor in The University of New Mexico Department of Spanish and Portuguese, first saw Spanish-language highways signs at the start of the COVID pandemic shutdown, he was happy to see the state reaching out to its many...

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,...

Facing a second summer of pandemic uncertainty, Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico is launching a new pilot initiative: The Graduate Studies Dissertation Writing Award. The award provides summer funding for Ph.D. or MFA graduate students...

To say biomechanical engineer Christina Salas, Ph.D, MSc, has had a busy year would be an understatement. Since last spring, she and her students at The University of New Mexico have used 3D printers to create thousands of face masks and face shields...

UPDATED: 3/29/2021 at 11:30 a.m. As students, staff and faculty at The University of New Mexico gear up for the 2021 spring semester, a list of important student services and hours of limited operations are listed below: Children’s Campus  UNMCC is...

Since 2017, the Sitcom Boot Camp hosted by The University of New Mexico Department of Film & Digital Arts has presented a performance of an episode created and written by students to a live audience. But when the pandemic put a stop to in-person classes...

The pandemic has been devastating to restaurants, as well as the rest of the hospitality industry. But as damaging as it's been, the ensuing shutdown has shown that restaurants have worked creatively to keep serving food to an eager audience and now have...