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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $8 million to NM EPSCoR to lead the "Research Infrastructure Optimization for New Mexico" (RIO-NM) project, a transformative initiative connecting New Mexico's significant research resources with its...

This year’s recipients of the UNM Faculty Mentored Research Award (FMRA) focused on research that evaluates strategies for promoting student success at UNM. The FMRA is awarded annually by UNM’s Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and the...

The University of New Mexico's police department will soon have another tool as part of its campus safety toolbox. Later this fall, UNM plans to implement body-worn cameras (BWCs). This initiative aims to enhance accountability, build public trust, and...

Margaret Jane Slaughter, Professor Emerita at The University of New Mexico, died June 4. She was 82. Slaughter was a celebrated founding mother of the international and interdisciplinary field of Women’s and Gender Studies, a scholar of women in the...

University of New Mexico student Michael Lente has always been a storyteller, starting from an early age. “I began as a cartoonist at age 6 but, when you see the world through the eyes of a cartoonist, you also see the world through the eyes of a...

GALLUP, N.M. — State lawmakers praised the continued growth of The University of New Mexico-Gallup after the chancellor delivered updates about the branch campus to the New Mexico Interim Indian Affairs Committee on Friday, Aug. 2. The committee had a...

Two UNM Grand Challenges teams will receive congressionally directed funds this year to complete research projects. Due in part to the efforts of Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, the Sustainable Space Research team and the Child Health team...

University of New Mexico Vice President/Director of Athletics Eddie Nuñez, whose seven-year tenure has witnessed tremendous successes for the Lobos on the field, in the classroom and in fundraising, has accepted a position as Vice President for...

The OVPR has announced the newest cohort for the 2024-2025 Zancada Graduate Fellowship Program. The Zancada Fellowship provides students with professional development programming, opportunities to engage with campus and community leaders, and a forum to...

Sardinian ethnomusicologist Diego Pani will be a Fulbright Scholar in Residence for the next 10 months at The University of New Mexico. He and his wife will be hosted by UNM Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) Kristina...