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This week, New Mexico in Focus continues the discussion on the Drought Crisis in New Mexico. NMiF correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with State Engineer Scott Verhines and Estevan López, director of the Interstate Stream Commission, to talk about ...

The University of New Mexico School of Architecture & Planning, through the City of Albuquerque, was recommended for a grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program. This is one of 59 projects nationally to receive NEA ...

Tómas AguirreUniversity of New Mexico Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Eliseo "Cheo" Torres recently announced the appointment of Tómas Aguirre as UNM's new Dean of Students. Aguirre started his new role on July 1. His new job — his dream job — is ...

Serving on a committee like Legislative Finance, which is charged with oversight and recommendations for how the state is funded, means you learn something about just about everything driving state dollars in New Mexico. This morning, the committee ...

The Legislative Finance Committee came to the UNM campus this week for a series of committee meetings. They heard from panels of behavioral health care providers about the kinds of programs they offer and discussed gaps in the system facing patients in ...

SHADE modelTeam ASUNM, a collaborative effort between Arizona State University and the University of New Mexico, has come together to address the inefficiencies of urban sprawl and to create a model for sustainable desert living that has been dubbed ...

Legislative Finance Committee member John Arthur Smith with UNM Director of Government Relations Marc Saavedra and UNM President Robert FrankThe Legislature's interim road show has come to UNM’s central campus. Today, the Legislative Finance Committee ...

A little over three years ago, the UNM West campus opened in Rio Rancho, N.M. With the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area continually growing, the campus was designed to make access to college classes at UNM more accessible to students in Rio Rancho, ...

Mark KosonMark Koson, director of UNM's Ticketing Services, was one of four members elected to serve as officers on the New Mexico Lottery board. Koson was elected vice chair. Other officers elected include longtime educator Dan Salzwedel, chair; ...

One of the most important ways that we can share knowledge at the University of New Mexico is to show the value that it brings to our state and its people. The New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee (LFC), which is responsible for recommending funding ...