Schools and Colleges

The University of New Mexico Foundation has announced the hiring of Joe Weiss as the new senior director of Development at the UNM Anderson School of Management.  Weiss earned his MBA from the Anderson School in 2006 and for the past year he has worked...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently announced $25 million in authorized funding for the continuation of the nationwide STARBASE program, which motivates fifth grade students to explore Science,...

Coming up on Dec. 23 and 30, New Mexico in Focus (NMiF) host Gene Grant hosts a countdown of the top stories of 2016, along with a special Line panel of local journalists. The panel will discuss a number of different topics this week, including the...

The University of New Mexico recently earned distinction with Tier 1 recognition for its workplace policies by Family Friendly New Mexico, a statewide project developed to recognize companies that have adopted policies that give New Mexico businesses an...

Ruth Luckasson, distinguished professor and the chair of the Department of Special Education in The University of New Mexico's College of Education has been recognized nationally as a champion for people with disabilities. Luckasson was recently given...

Elba Saavedra, program director with Comadre a Comadre, and Cathy Landavazo, a breast cancer survivor who is now a peer educator and navigator for other women, were featured recently in an interview on fighting breast cancer through peer support and...

Marketing students at The University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management had a strong showing against 19 other universities placing second in the Acura ILX Marketing Challenge held recently.  The Anderson group of senior marketing students was...

Behsan Behzadi, a research assistant with the Center for High Tech Materials (CHTM) at The University of New Mexico, was recently awarded the ASSL Student Outstanding Poster Prize at the Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference (ASSL). The annual national...

University of New Mexico Press author Angela Morales’s debut essay collection, The Girls in My Town, has been longlisted for PEN America’s 2017 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. The award honors an outstanding book that...

The University of New Mexico Press has announced the acquisition of High Desert Field Guides. Effective immediately, UNM Press will distribute all High Desert Field Guides titles. Founded in 2006 by Dick and Kathryn Huelster, High Desert Field Guides is...