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Jessica Goodkind, associate professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico, specializes in change. Her nine credit hour, two semester course begins each fall teaching undergraduate students what refugees are, and what kind of world conditions...

We’ve all been there – reaching for another heap of potatoes or ambrosia, sampling everything on the dessert tray, maybe one too many eggnogs, and suddenly we’re more stuffed than the rib roast and feeling guilty. Don’t beat yourself up, it happens to...

As part of the UNM BeKind initiative, and in the wake of the recent tragic events happening in our community, country, and the world, the UNM BeKind team wanted to do its part to not only help prevent road rage incidents, but other senseless, violent...

University of New Mexico Regent Jamie Koch announced today that he will retire from the Board of Regents effective Dec. 31, 2015. Koch, a longtime New Mexico public servant, has been a member of the UNM Board of Regents for 13 years. Most recently he has...

Understanding the different ways organisms can adapt to environmental temperatures is central to understanding how they will respond to climate change. In a study released yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists...

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced today that it has chosen a cohort of inventors from around the world for election as 2015 NAI Fellows. UNM Distinguished Professors Steven R. J. Brueck and C. Jeffrey Brinker were among 168 distinguished...

A new technology developed at the University of New Mexico for detecting pneumonic tularemia infection has received an issued patent. The inventors are Drs. Seong Won Choi, Graham Timmins and Terry Wu at UNM’s Health Sciences Center. Timmins is a...

The dormant volcanoes west of Albuquerque frame the view on the western horizon from anywhere in the city. Next summer westbound drivers on I-40 will be able to glance to their right as they rumble over the Westside I-40 diversion channel, and they just...

The University of New Mexico Board of Regents today approved a long-term ground lease for the development of an impressive sports entertainment district featuring a sports bar and grill bearing the name of Lobo Football legend Brian Urlacher. Lobo...

Two doctors and two coaches received the Regents' Meritorious Service Medal in recognition of extraordinary and distinguished service to The University of New Mexico at the December board meeting. The regents honored Dr. Cheryl L. Willman for her...