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In Spring 2020 UNM Graduate Studies announced a new initiative that will waive fees for active military personnel and veterans on applications to graduate school. The cost to submit an application...

The University of New Mexico Ph.D. candidate Milena Carvalho was with a team of archaeologists excavating a site in Portugal when she found an archaeological “smoking gun” that, along with the team’s other finds of stone tools, shows modern humans...

Edl Schamiloglu, associate dean for research and innovation at The University of New Mexico School of Engineering, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). He was elected during the APS September meeting upon the...

The second installment of the School of Engineering’s new virtual speaker series “Engineering in Action: How our innovation is impacting our community” will be held at 3 p.m. October 2 on Zoom. At the event, UNM Engineering faculty and students will...

As a direct response to the racial violence and civil unrest that immediately followed the police killing of George Floyd, Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico launched a pilot initiative to support graduate student research on critical race...

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, faculty from The University of New Mexico—Gabriel López, Maggie Werner-Washburne and Fernando Valenzuela—were recognized by Cell Mentor as three of the 100 Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists in America. Cell...

The Spanish arrived from Europe in what would eventually become the United States nearly 500 years ago and began to mix with indigenous people they met and conquered. Native Americans, Mexicans, Central Americans, South Americans, Caribbean islands, and...

No, The University of New Mexico's 2020 Homecoming celebration isn't on hold. Together with the UNM Alumni Association, the UNM Bookstores will help to honor tradition, students and alumni by celebrating Homecoming each day with special promos. Starting...

The world’s population is aging rapidly, presenting an urgency to address the health problems of the aged. Critical insights on these problems can be gained by examining how the aging process has been shaped over evolutionary time, and how it is...

During The University of New Mexico’s 2020 Homecoming week, join the Alumni Association as it presents a special Lobo Living Room: Astonishing True Tales of UNM's Early Presidents. The event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. This Lobo...