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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has launched a new Action Collaborative on Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech along with 35 other institutions representing higher education, national laboratories,...

Two student teams recently won a total of $50,000 in awards in the annual Biodesign Pitch Competition, jointly sponsored by the School of Engineering and the Clinical and Translational Science Center in the School of Medicine at The University of New...

Sang M. Han, chair and Regents’ Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been elected into the National Academy of Inventors. Han was among 162 academics from around the country to be inducted into the 2023 class. The NAI...

The University of New Mexico recently became an official National Intercollegiate Mutual Aid Agreement (NIMAA) member. The partnership allows UNM to utilize resources and knowledge available from other member colleges and universities in the Southwest...

Dr. Kwane Stewart, a University of New Mexico alumnus (’93), was recently named CNN’s 2023 Hero of the Year for his work providing veterinary care to the pets of people experiencing homelessness in California. “As I get older, I start thinking about...

The University of New Mexico-Gallup recently continued its successful Holiday in New Mexico tradition with nearly 1,000 luminarias, more than 800 biscochitos, and a musical finale by mariachi entertainer Antonio Reyna. Families and children who visited...

Charles Scott loves to learn. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Global Business Management and a Master of Business Administration, and this December, he will walk The University of New Mexico aisles as a Master of Architecture with 10 years of completed...

Gloria Valencia-Weber, a professor emerita, regents professor, and Henry Weihofen Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, received the prestigious Pierce Hickerson Award from the National Legal Aid and Defenders...

Save the date for Jan. 4, 2024, from 7-10 a.m. at La Posada for the Staff Council's Staff Appreciation Burrito Breakfast. The event also offers staff the opportunity to learn about your benefits as staff. The first 50 people to stop and ask HR a...

Winning an Academy Award is a crowning achievement for filmmakers, but to even be named eligible is an incredible feat in itself. “Apache Blues: Welcome Home,” a documentary co-directed by Dustin Sweet, a former University of New Mexico-Taos adjunct...