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University of New Mexico student Rakshya Ghimire, from Nepal, was recently awarded an International Peace Scholarship of $10,000. She is the first person from the UNM School of Planning and Architecture to receive this very competitive scholarship.

The University of New Mexico Communication & Journalism Department recently hosted the Joe and Steve Mercer Memorial Scholarship Speech Tournament, which is open to all UNM students.  Tournament Director Judith Hendry said, "Although we only had...

Nine students at the University of New Mexico received Clauve Outstanding Senior Awards. They include: Arthur Armijo, Jr., William Crawley, Krista Marrs, Divana Olivas, Isaac Romero, Sophie Salcedo, Earl Shank, Lyndsay Stapleton and Rachel Williams.

University of New Mexico student Hugh Greenwood was presented with the Lobo Outstanding Ambassador Award at a recent Recognition Reception.

The University of New Mexico selected its first Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows recently. The recipients for the the 2015-2017 cohort of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program include: Amber Lopez, Kalila Bohsali, Melissa Auh, Nina...

Three university of New Mexico students have been awarded Fulbright scholarships to study or teach abroad in the 2015–16 academic year. Anna Adams leaves for Germany in September where she will be an English teaching assistant. A member of the UNM ...

The UNM Gallup Skills USA Team competed this past weekend in the New Mexico Skills USA competition. Nineteen students competed and earned six medals.

Gregory Ottino, a sophomore majoring in physics and mathematics at the University of New Mexico has been awarded the Goldwater Scholarship, the leading national scholarship for undergraduate science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students. The...

Bridget Llanes, a UNM junior majoring in Environmental Planning with a minor in Sustainability Studies, has been awarded the Morris Udall & Stewart Udall Foundation scholarship.

Larisa Dmitrieva is still growing into life as Julia Lambright, an emancipation of sorts from a difficult past. She grew up in a Moscow orphanage during Soviet Russia, where she felt the stark contrast between life inside and outside the orphanage...