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February 07, 2025
Members of the Child Health Grand Challenge team have just received a $17,000 grant from the Brindle Foundation to conduct a pilot study of a program that will help foster and kinship care parents enhance their children’s cognitive and...
February 05, 2025
A team of University of New Mexico researchers received a three-year, $1.02 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to increase family participation in statewide early childhood home visiting programs.
New Mexico ranks...
By Mary Beth King
November 12, 2024
The Grand Challenges Climate Science Communication Fellowship is looking for undergraduate students with creativity and a passion for climate science research and communicating that passion and research to the world. The program is currently seeking 10...
By Tracy Wenzl
August 18, 2024
Two UNM Grand Challenges teams will receive congressionally directed funds this year to complete research projects. Due in part to the efforts of Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, the Sustainable Space Research team and the Child Health team...
By Tracy Wenzl
April 20, 2024
The University of New Mexico’s Just Transition to Green Energy Grand Challenge team hosted Wade Buchanan, director of Colorado’s Office of Just Transition, for a public presentation at UNM and a dinner with representatives from several New Mexico state...
By Tracy Wenzl
February 22, 2024
The Child Health Grand Challenge team at The University of New Mexico is undertaking a two-year study on child maltreatment incidence. The study, led by principal investigators Rebecca Girardet, professor of Pediatrics, and Gabriel Sanchez, professor of...
By Megan Borders
November 18, 2023
The University of New Mexico’s Level Two Grand Challenge team Just Transition to Green Energy convened UNM law school professors and New Mexico politicians recenty to provide a forum to discuss challenges and policies for moving toward a low-carbon...
By Marissa Lucero
August 29, 2023
After a highly competitive process, University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes has announced the three newest multi-disciplinary teams to join the Grand Challenges program as Level 2 teams, Child Health, Just Transition to Green Energy, and...
By Marissa Lucero
August 24, 2023
UNM's Grand Challenges and the Interdisciplinary Science Cooperative have teamed up to bring Grand Challenges Day and the Team Research Symposium together in one special event for the campus community. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to...
By Carly Bowling
February 01, 2023
A new report from The University of New Mexico and PSE Healthy Energy examines which communities in New Mexico are most impacted by pollution from large facilities.
The report, “Climate, Health, and Equity Implications of Large Facility Pollution...
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