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Shaifalee Saxena, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Best Student Award. She was one of five recipients out of approximately 2000 student workers. Saxena began...

The University of New Mexico community came together recently to discuss a topic that has rapidly become omnipresent in today’s world — artificial intelligence.

The UNM Office of Sustainability and Facility Services - Recycling has launched a new initiative called Green Game Day, which was initiated by students. The aim of this initiative is to collect cans, bottles, and other recyclables from tailgaters to...

This summer, two University of New Mexico School of Law students, Will Martin and Noah Passaris, worked as housing policy interns for Bernalillo County’s Community School Innovation and Strategic Partnerships Department. Martin and Passaris are both...

Ask a student at The University of New Mexico School of Engineering if they’ve worked with Elsa Castillo, director of the Engineering Student Success Center, and there’s a good chance they’ll share a story about how she has supported their education in...

Barsha Khanal, an international undergraduate student in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, has received seven scholarships and awards, totaling $9,500, for academic and research excellence this year. As a...

The University of New Mexico Department of Economics will highlight four different state-specific economic research projects during its annual New Mexico Economics Research Day, on Friday, Aug. 14 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The free event will be held in the...

A graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of New Mexico has received a prestigious fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. Amilcar Jeronimo Perez, a...

The University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning and the Thornburg Foundation have announced the winners of the 2026 Jeff Harnar Awards. These awards, created by Garrett Thornburg in 2007, honor the legacy of the late local architect Jeff...

A sea of black and cherry swept across The University of New Mexico as more than 3,600 graduates officially joined the ranks of UNM alumni during the University’s 2026 graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies this weekend.