Inside UNM

After struggling mightily to get out of House Education over a long couple of weeks, the Higher Education Endowment bill, HB 170, has gathered steam and is moving rapidly. 

When Faculty Senate met last month to vote to designate Chicana and Chicano Studies a department, more than 100 people congregated in the hallway waiting anxiously to hear the result of the vote. When it was approved, the crowd erupted in jubilation. No...

Balancing the business needs of a University with those of its employees and retirees requires foresight, analysis, creativity and stakeholder representation. Adjustments to health care benefits have been the subject of much debate and negotiation in...

It may be difficult to imagine a time before university campuses were as diverse as they are today, but the time when they were the sole preserves of men is still well within living memory. Dr. Louise Lamphere, professor emerita at the University of New...

UNM now has a total of six photovoltaic (PV) solar panel systems and one solar thermal storage system after the most recent installation at the UNM West campus. The $465,000 project has been completed and is now generating approximately 70 percent of the...

As one of the highest cost-per-square-foot buildings at the University of New Mexico, the Center for High Tech Materials (CHTM) associate director, Majeed Hayat, felt it was necessary to figure out ways to reduce the total energy consumption in the...

Every semester, University of New Mexico’s University College identifies students who have achieved academic excellence by granting them admission to the Dean’s List. In order to qualify for the honor, students enrolled in University College must have earned a semester G.P.A of 3.5 or higher, completed at least 12 credit hours and not received grades of credit or no credit.

The Health, Exercise and Sports Science Department (HESS), in the UNM College of Education, hosts the Spring Fling Triathlon, Kids Race and Wellness Fair on Sunday, April 12 in celebration of the UNM School of Medicine’s 50th Anniversary.

For more than 30 years, the University of New Mexico has been participating in the National Student Exchange (NSE), a not-for-profit education consortium that provides affordable and practical opportunities for students enrolled at member campuses to ...

In a Facebook world of instant gratification it may seem slow. In a real world of bureaucracy and public money, Innovate ABQ is growing like a rainforest in the desert.