Schools and Colleges

The University of New Mexico has 127 postdocs who make major contributions to the research enterprise and each year along with universities across the country, we celebrate them during the third week of September for National Postdoc Appreciation...

Meet Kristina Sowar, a medical doctor and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of New Mexico. She also serves as the program director for the UNM School of Medicine’s General Psychiatry Residency program and...

This week, New Mexico in Focus explores problems in the classroom which the state's new public education secretary will face.  Correspondent Russell Contreras sits down with Karen Sanchez-Griego, a former superintendent of the Cuba Independent School...

To celebrate and highlight Hispanic Heritage Month The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology has published a page full of resources, including UNM Hispanic organizations, Hispanic Heritage Month history, Hispanic scholars, events, research,...

Music? A light show? What’s not to love!

A University of New Mexico alumnus sped into a new job in August as an aerodynamics design engineer with the McLaren Formula 1 team in Woking, England. Tiger Lee, who graduated from UNM in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, has...

Homecoming week is officially here, and the University of New Mexico Bookstores are gearing up for a week of celebration and savings! From Sept.16-22, both bookstore locations are offering a 25% discount on all Lobowear and spirit merchandise. This...

The tradition of recognizing Honorary Degree recipients at The University of New Mexico began in 1924. That's when John J. Tigert, the U.S. Commissioner of Education, was awarded the LL.D. as the first UNM recipient of an Honorary Degree. In most years...

A School of Engineering graduate student’s work in energy storage has just become supercharged, thanks to a prestigious fellowship she recently received. Ngoc Nguyen Ngoc Nguyen, a second-year master's student working with Assistant Professor Shuya...

The University of New Mexico Department of Geography and Environmental Studies granted its first doctoral degree at the end of the Summer 2024 semester. Daniel Beene received his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation titled “Critical Geospatial Data...