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Provost Chaouki Abdallah and Health Sciences Center Chancellor Paul Roth announced the promotion of six UNM faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The rank of Distinguished Professor is the highest faculty title that UNM bestows. It is awarded...

Every college strives to bring students to their campus and see them through to graduation, and The University of New Mexico (UNM) is no exception. In addition to strong academic programs, a number of elements factor into student retention, and this is...

This week, New Mexico in Focus looks at the potential impact of bus passes on the health of young people in Albuquerque and revisits some of our favorite interviews and stories from the past year. Producer Sarah Gustavus sits down with three members of...

University of New Mexico mathematician and Sandia National Laboratories computational scientist John Shadid has been named a 2018 fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. John Shadid, professor and Sandia National Labs...

Provost Chaouki Abdallah announced that Edl Schamiloglu, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering, has been appointed as the Special Assistant to the Provost for...

The University of New Mexico received a $50,000 grant from Lumina Foundation’s Fund for Racial Justice and Equity, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, to enhance the general education curriculum with teaching and learning around race and...

Chaouki T. Abdallah, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The University of New Mexico, has accepted the position of executive vice president for research at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. Abdallah, who is a...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, producer Sarah Gustavus looks at why it is important for students who identify as Latino, African American, Native American or Asian to see their culture reflected in textbooks, lessons and images in their classroom. A...

Zimmerman Library on UNM Main Campus is planning a network outage for routine maintenance. Central IT Networking will be replacing all of the network switches in Zimmerman Library on Friday, July 13 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The outage will include both...

The University of New Mexico is offering free on-site health checkups for active, benefit eligible employees enrolled in a UNM medical plan. Registration is now available for onsite checkups taking place July 9 through Oct. 19. Eligible employees can...