You’ll find plenty of public servants in Washington D.C., defending various cases for their prospective state. You won't, however, find one as young, passionate and innovative as UNM senior Nic Estrada.
The New Mexico native is graduating this spring...
When asked what he is most proud of accomplishing during his undergraduate experience, Andrew Schumann has a lot of material to draw from, but his extensive work preparing for a career in public service is no surprise when you learn his motivations are...
UNM College of Arts & Sciences interim Dean Janie Chermak has announced the winners of the College's annual Teaching Excellence Awards. The awards honor A&S faculty, lecturers, adjunct instructors and graduate teaching assistants who have made...
It’s three years in a row now that the University of New Mexico can proudly say it has a Truman Scholar.
For 2023, that incredibly prestigious honor goes to senior and Honors College student Andrew Schumann. Schumann was selected as just one out of 62...
One University of New Mexico Ph.D. student is embracing the Hawaiian term ‘ikaika;. Leilani DeLude is dedicating her educational mission, with immense determination, to the island she was born and raised on.
DeLude just received a $2,000 Diversity...
By Carly Bowling and Savannah PeatJanuary 17, 2023
Lawmakers often use research and study committees to help inform legislative decisions, but this time it’s personal.
Two groups at The University of New Mexico sought to uncover the need and estimate the costs of modernizations to the state legislature...
Just after her freshman year in 2020, University of New Mexico student Kiana Frederick decided to take a course with associate professor Sarita Cargas in the Honors College. Cargas was looking for students who wanted to explore food and housing security...
University of New Mexico Political Science Professor Timothy Krebs is spreading his expertise on urban politics.
Krebs has just been featured in the Los Angeles Times, his ‘hometown’ paper, after being asked to compose an op-ed on the...
A small shift in boundaries can have a drastic impact.
That’s why the tiniest bending of a line turned into a hard-fought battle for fairness in New Mexico’s redistricting process, a painstaking redrawing of state election districts following a new...
Twelve faculty members at The University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2022 Women in STEM awards. Award recipients will look at patterns of cancer disparities in New Mexico, consider an interdisciplinary lens for algorithmic justice, examine...