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The City of Albuquerque is embracing transparency in an unusual way.  The city’s information technology department has opened the databases the city uses to make decisions on everything from air quality to food inspections...

President Robert G. Frank today announced the appointment of Dr. Amy Wohlert as his new chief of staff. An internal search was conducted among UNM faculty in late-February.  

The Center for Water and the Environment, a research center based at the University of New Mexico, has received a 5-year, $5 million Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) award from the National Science Foundation.

UNM Civil Engineering graduate student Adrienne Martinez is working to solve a potentially big problem in Albuquerque’s North Diversion Channel. Martinez is an engineering intern at the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority where engi

Albuquerque Business First magazine names some of the most powerful and innovative women in the state each year as “Women of Influence.” Among the 30 honorees for the 10th annual award is the University of New Mexico’s Michèle Huff. From a record 450 ...

Along with UNM’s planned Innovate ABQ initiative; CNM is now launching an educational and entrepreneurial center in Downtown Albuquerque. The CNM STEMulus Center, to be located in the First Plaza Galeria, is designed to provide a new educational ...

Innovate ABQ, the University of New Mexico planned hub for entrepreneurial education and economic development will be a central part of a new initiative announced by Mayor Richard Berry this week. The partnership brings in an initial $100,000 ...

It has long been known that birds and bats have small genomes, but the cause was uncertain. Now researchers at the University of New Mexico have shown that the genome shrinks over evolutionary time in species that spend lots of energy on flight. This ...

Members of the 20 fraternities and sororities at the University of New Mexico concluded their annual Greek Week activities this past week.  Every year around the last week of February, the UNM Greek community gathers in the name of competition and ...

Add the prestigious Heinz Award to Dr. Sanjeev Arora's long list of accolades.  The University of New Mexico physician is one of five recipients of the $250,000 award for his work in creating and expanding Project ECHO, the innovative telemedicine ...