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It is considered by many to be one of the biggest scientific discoveries of the past century. For the first time an international group of researchers, including a University of New Mexico alumnus, have detected the existence of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime, confirming a portion of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity.

Four startups at the University of New Mexico, including three at the UNM’s Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM), were among six startup companies benefiting from $300,000 in first round funding to help develop and commercialize several innovative...

The University of New Mexico Board of Regents approved changes, with one exception, to several policies pertaining to the governance of the Health Sciences Center. The motion, introduced by newly-elected Board Vice President Marron Lee, stated the...

The University of New Mexico’s Office of Vice President for Research presents the campus-wide inaugural Community Engaged Research Lectureship Award, one of the highest honors presented to UNM faculty, on Thursday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Nina...

The UNM Bookstore presents the Spring Grad Fair 2016, an event where students can get customized graduation essentials at a discounted price. The event takes place Wednesday, March 23 through Friday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UNM Bookstore...

Dr. Dan Chavez, founder and first director of the College Enrichment Program (CEP) at UNM, will be honored this Friday, March 18 at noon during a tree planting ceremony in the northwest courtyard of Mesa Vista Hall. Chavez is credited with bringing this...

The Physical Plant Department (PPD) is hosting a Building Coordinator Meeting this Wednesday, March 16 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Continuing Education Auditorium. Topics will include a presentation from Amy Coburn, director of UNM’s Planning, Design...

University of New Mexico Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Lawrence Guy Straus found his life’s work as a young boy allowed into the study of his long-deceased French grandfather where he alone could look in the cabinet drawers, at the...

Sandia National Laboratories engineer and UNM alumnus Tian Ma, whose research helps deter nuclear proliferation, is the 2016 Most Promising Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY). He will be honored in a ceremony March 12 in New Brunswick, New...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Sarah Gustavus sits down with local journalist Laura Paskus to discuss her ongoing reporting series “New Mexico’s Changing Climate” and how changes in the Rio Grande might impact people and animals along the...