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There is more opportunity to experience the arts in Albuquerque thanks to the successful partnership of UNM’s College of Fine Arts (CFA) and the City of Albuquerque. Out of a mutual interest in boosting the cultural community downtown, the CFA Downtown...

As the state’s top research university, The University of New Mexico is home to some of the most cutting edge research. Associated with such research activities are potential occupational and environmental hazards, such as exposure to hazardous...

Millions around the world offered sympathy, prayers, and even money after hearing about the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal that killed more than 8,000 people and devastated thousands of homes and businesses. But some were compelled to do even more. Two...

The University of New Mexico and the College Enrichment Program (CEP) recently received a $42,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to provide Boundless Opportunity Scholarships to non-traditional students. Boundless Opportunity Scholarships help...

It is considered by many to be one of the biggest scientific discoveries of the past century. For the first time an international group of researchers, including a University of New Mexico alumnus, have detected the existence of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime, confirming a portion of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity.

Four startups at the University of New Mexico, including three at the UNM’s Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM), were among six startup companies benefiting from $300,000 in first round funding to help develop and commercialize several innovative...

The University of New Mexico Board of Regents approved changes, with one exception, to several policies pertaining to the governance of the Health Sciences Center. The motion, introduced by newly-elected Board Vice President Marron Lee, stated the...

The University of New Mexico’s Office of Vice President for Research presents the campus-wide inaugural Community Engaged Research Lectureship Award, one of the highest honors presented to UNM faculty, on Thursday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Nina...

The UNM Bookstore presents the Spring Grad Fair 2016, an event where students can get customized graduation essentials at a discounted price. The event takes place Wednesday, March 23 through Friday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UNM Bookstore...

Dr. Dan Chavez, founder and first director of the College Enrichment Program (CEP) at UNM, will be honored this Friday, March 18 at noon during a tree planting ceremony in the northwest courtyard of Mesa Vista Hall. Chavez is credited with bringing this...