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To better track vaccination status, the UNM Vaccine Verification Program site has been updated for students, learners, faculty and staff to upload documentation of receiving a COVID-19 booster shot. The University encourages all those who receive a COVID...

The University of New Mexico Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) officially celebrated the opening of a new donor-funded learning space on November 1 in a ceremony attended by University and community officials. The...

The bi-annual Paul Ré Peace Prize has opened the 2022 nomination cycle - in keeping with these ideals, the award is given to a University of New Mexico faculty or staff member, student, alumnus, volunteer or retiree who has best promoted peace, harmony...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, as COVID-19 cases continue to soar in New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced plans to make vaccine boosters available to all adults. The Line opinion panel weighs in on whether the aggressive approach...

After a nationwide search, James Holloway, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at The University of New Mexico has named Camille Carey as dean of the School of Law, effective July 1, 2022. “I’m excited to have Professor Carey take...

A survey conducted by a team of researchers from The University of New Mexico finds that students who are food-insecure are more likely to fail or withdraw from classes or drop out of college entirely. The survey was done by lead author Heather...

Mohamed El-Genk, a Distinguished and Regents’ Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at The University of New Mexico, has received the 2021 American Nuclear Society Reactor Technology Award. This national award recognizes individuals who...

Jessica Richardson, an associate professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded a five-year, $2 million grant to optimize treatment and interventions for those who acquire the language disorder known as aphasia...

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) announces a departmental name change: the Office of Research and Compliance (ORC) is now the Office of Research Integrity and Compliance (ORIC). This change stems from a greater emphasis on...

The UNM School of Law recently led a group of faculty and students on a visit to the Laguna Pueblo, some 40 miles west of Albuquerque, to learn about the history of uranium mining and the disproportionate impacts of uranium contamination upon indigenous...