Schools and Colleges

The University of New Mexico recognized nearly 500 honorees recently at its 38th Annual Service Awards ceremony, whose service totaled 9,860 years of service to the University. “Today’s ceremony is important because it gives us the opportunity to...

The documentary Trenzas: Margaret Montoya Stories will be featured in the Waters Room in Zimmerman Library on April 29 at 2 p.m. The documentary tells the story of Margaret Montoya, the first Latina to be admitted to Harvard Law School. The documentary...

On Jan. 29, 2019, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order calling for New Mexico to join the U. S. Climate Alliance, which has adopted the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. The governor also ordered the creation of a New...

The UNM Entrepreneurial Challenge, formerly the UNM Business Plan Competition, features a cohort of collegiate venture teams representing UNM, CNM, NMSU, and Santa Fe Community College. Come see what they are planning and implementing for their startup...

Two years ago a team of scientists visited Costa Rica’s subduction zone, where the ocean floor sinks beneath the continent and volcanoes tower above the surface, to find out if microbes can affect the cycle of carbon moving form Earth’s surface into the...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, producer Matt Grubs talks to a panel of journalists about public access to government. As politicians increasingly pick which media outlets will have access—or choose to bypass the media as much as possible—what’s the...

University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes has appointed Dr. James Paul Holloway as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective July 1, 2019. “Dr. Holloway is an inspired choice for UNM Provost, and we are thrilled to...

The UNM Sustainability Studies Program recognized Earth Day by planting two new fruit trees on-campus. Before the afternoon spring rains visited Albuquerque, faculty and staff from Sustainability Studies Program including Professor/Director Bruce Milne,...

Former University of New Mexico registrar Alex González recently received the Fred Turner Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA in memoriam. González, who passed away unexpectedly in 2017, was a staple on UNM’s campus for creating spaces on campus where...

UNM President Garnett Stokes will hold a spring semester campus town hall Friday, April 26 from 12 to 1 p.m. in Ballroom A of the Student Union Building. Town halls are an opportunity for members of the UNM community to share ideas and observations, and...