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Last December, University of New Mexico Civil Engineering Department Chair and Professor Mahmoud Taha, and Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Mark Stone, traveled to the Suez Canal to speak about infrastructure resilience at a conference sponsored...

The cost of textbooks always causes lively debate at the University of New Mexico. “It’s a pain point for students because it’s an impediment to academic success, said Stephen Burd co-chair of the Course Materials Subcommittee of the Provost’s Committee...

Four years ago when Robert Frank began his presidency at The University of New Mexico, one of his main goals was to increase student academic success. Now, through the Institute for Design and Innovation (IDI) – coupled with the implementation of a suite...

As a student and an educator, Dr. Daisy Thompson has seen firsthand that it takes both academic excellence and cultural competency for Native American students to be successful. She says that no matter how much Native American students may achieve...

The Association of General Contractors (AGC) of New Mexico announced that UNM’s Science & Math Learning Center (SMLC) Phase II project is due to receive the 2016 Best Building Award for projects between $2.5 and $5 million.  The awards will be presented...

“Something needs to be different.” That was the reaction of Laurel Semsch (now Laurel Lane) after 9/11. After the horrific events of that day in 2001, she decided to do something positive and make a difference in the world—by becoming a teacher. So in...

Surprise and elation spread across the faces of UNM Law School students Frank Cardoza and Scott Woody at a dinner during the midyear meeting of the ABA’s Section of Taxation.

The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has approved a new university-wide, interdisciplinary Global & National Security Policy Institute (GNSPI). The purpose is to enhance UNM standing across the country in National Security, broadly defined, to...

It began with a man walking along a shallow wash near Abiquiu, New Mexico one afternoon and noticing some flakes of what looked like bone. He happened to be walking near the property line, maybe on his neighbor’s property. So he went to visit his...

Spring enrollment at UNM is down slightly as anticipated, with a hint of promising news to come. Initial enrollment numbers for the spring semester show a total of 25,299 students. During the February Board of Regents meeting, President Robert Frank...