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The University of New Mexico’s Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) has planned a two-day, campuswide advocacy training workshop as part of its efforts to improve awareness of sexual assault. The workshop is Monday and Tuesday, July 25-26 from 8:30 a.m. to...

Attorneys for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and The University of New Mexico met recently to discuss a negotiated agreement in response to the DOJ findings following a review of the University’s policies and procedures regarding campus sexual assault...

In an effort to provide support to the community as they work through their emotions surrounding the recent events in Orlando, The University of New Mexico’s LGBTQ Resource Center, the UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC), UNM-Hospitals and other UNM student...

The University of New Mexico’s Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) has implemented new processes designed to speed up discrimination claims and departmental investigations. The new procedures, which went into effect June 15, will help speed up sexual...

The UNM Office of Equal Opportunity hosts an open house on Wednesday, May 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at their office at 609 Buena Vista Dr. NE. The campus community is invited to stop for free coffee, breakfast burritos, chair massages and...

The U.S. Department of Justice has released its findings following a review of The University of New Mexico’s policies and procedures in response to campus sexual assault. The DOJ acknowledged that during the 16-month investigation, the University made...

Rob Burford, who serves as the Clery Act compliance officer for The University of New Mexico, has been awarded Exemplary Service Recognition for his work with the National Student Exchange. Burford has been actively involved as a National Student...

The University of New Mexico established “SMART,” or Sexual Misconduct and Assault Response Team, as front line campus responders for a range of sex crimes. The team is an evolution of SART, which responded exclusively to sexual assaults.

Sexual violence on college campuses is a hot topic in the media these days, fueled in part by the federal government leading a national conversation. President Barack Obama and a number of congressional leaders are demanding universities protect ...

How do you spell respect?  If you’re talking about LoboRESPECT, the letters of the word form an acronym designed to convey how the UNM community should approach sexual violence on campus - Respond, Educate, Support, Prevent, Empower, Consent, Train. ...