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The University of New Mexico hosts two commencement ceremonies this weekend, Friday-Saturday, May 16-17, recognizing graduate degree students and baccalaureate and associate degrees students separately. The idea came from UNM President Robert Frank ...

Three University of New Mexico students have received financial awards to study and teach abroad during the 2014-2015 academic year, announced Mary Anne Saunders, special assistant to the president for global initiatives, Global Education Office. ...

University of New Mexico Department of Communication & Journalism graduate student and author Hakim Bellamy won the Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing from the Working Class Studies Association for his debut poetry collection, SWEAR, published by ...

Sandra Begay-Campbell, chair of the STC.UNM Board of Directors, will be recognized for her lifetime contributions to the advancement of Native American students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers.

Craig White has been appointed interim dean of the Anderson School of Management announced UNM Provost Chaouki Adballah. The appointment is effective July 1, 2014.

Climate scientists have long documented the strong control of Earth’s orbital variations on the waxing and waning of the great ice ages, when huge “pluvial” lakes filled the valley floors of the Great Basin. For years it was thought that Great Basin ...

Meng Zhang, a second year Ph.D. student in anthropology, is learning the scientific research techniques of an anthropologist under the mentorship of UNM Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Lawrence Straus. Zhang, who recently won the “C

Think saxophone and think jazz riffs, big band beats, bebop improv and rock and roll, and the greats like John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Jimmy Dorsey and Branford Marsalis.

The National Academy of Sciences has announced that Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Patricia Crown has been elected as a member. This is one of the highest honors accorded to scientists and is given in recognition ...

Innovate ABQ, and the push to create an innovation district in downtown Albuquerque, have picked up a new partner. PNM announced a $56,000 contribution to create the PNM Innovation Network in collaboration with the New Mexico Technology Council ...