This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales looks at how individuals and programs are helping to reduce the dropout rate for Native American students across the country, including here in New Mexico.  Gonzales sat down recently with...

Assistant professor of family and child studies in the College of Education at The University of New Mexico. 

who volunteer in their communities and engage in helping behaviors are less likely to partake in dangerous alcohol and marijuana use.

As substance abuse continues to be a health concern in colleges and universities across the U.S., a social scientist from The University of New Mexico (UNM) and a colleague from the University of Missouri (UM) has found that female student-athletes who...

Mary Clark (center) was the recipient of the 2017 Jim Davis Staff Council Award for Meritorious Service.

The 2017 Jim Davis Staff Council Award for Meritorious Service has been awarded to longtime staff council representative Mary Clark. Clark came to UNM in 1995 and is currently UNM’s Sustainability manager within the Physical Plant Department. As a...

New numbers show The University of New Mexico is making big strides toward addressing a rising national problem: sexual misconduct on college campuses. Just six months after UNM reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S....