Mellon Foundation has awarded The University of New Mexico a $2 million grant to support students in the Humanities at Central New Mexico Community College and UNM branch campuses in transferring to the UNM main campus in Albuquerque. The program is led by UNM Professor Irene Vasquez.
Libraries have long been the center for student research and learning, from the ancient collections of clay tablets to the modern library containing books, digital files, and other resources in spaces meant to nurture and support learning. At The...
The Udall Foundation announced recipients of the 2022 Undergraduate Scholarship, and among them is UNM student Nicolas Estrada.
Estrada is a UNM Honors College student with a Regents Scholarship. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he is a...
The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is bringing visiting scholars to campus with a focus on racial and minority diversity. It’s part of the ongoing Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholars Program (IEPVSP).
Raymond...
Overcoming significant challenges, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities enacted a swift, innovative, inclusive, and community-driven approach to rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination, and there’s a lot to be learned from their methods. A...
A new report from the UNM Department of Political Science shows New Mexico had its largest voter turnout in recent history during the 2020 General Election.
The “2020 New Mexico Election Administration, Voter Security, and Election Reform Report'' was...
As a college freshman at Wayland Baptist University, Haleigh Gossett never expected her collegiate path would lead her to walking across the graduation stage at The University of New Mexico.
Gossett, originally from New Mexico, made the decision to...
By Katelyn Dickensheets, UNM School of Law '23November 11, 2021
The UNM School of Law recently led a group of faculty and students on a visit to the Laguna Pueblo, some 40 miles west of Albuquerque, to learn about the history of uranium mining and the disproportionate impacts of uranium contamination upon indigenous...
When voters hear about ‘political special interests’ a few media-frenzied groups might automatically come to mind: the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood, to name just two. But what about CoreCivic or The GEO Group? Although they don’t...
The University of New Mexico is increasing its research footprint. This week the nationally renowned Brookings Institution announced the appointment of the third class of David M. Rubenstein Fellows. Among the 10 appointments is Gabriel Sanchez, UNM...